Okay. [ He draws a breath, settling into wookiepedia mode. Thank god for wookiepedia. ]
He was born into slavery on Tatooine. His mother was Shmi Skywalker — there's no record of his father and her story is that he was immaculately conceived by the Force. [ But he's not getting into that too deeply, or the midichlorians. ] Anakin was a skilled pilot even as a child, and the Force was unusually strong in him. When the Jedi Order found him, they believed him to be the Chosen One of prophecy.