Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-10207438-20130702195544

XRainbowniumx wrote: And wasn't Miraak born on Solsthiem? And Talos a.k.a Tiber Septim was actually one of Miraak's grand father? Well, Miraak was the first dragonborn who was alive before even allesia, so he would be Tiber Septims ancestor aswell.

and it is not known where he was born, just that he lived in skyrim, and he had his battle with Vahlok in skyrim aswell, but the battle was so devastating that it tore a part of skyrim from the mainland, which would become Solstheim.