The Bloom character, born in 1866, is the only son of Rudolf Virág (a Hungarian Jew from Szombathely who emigrated to Ireland, converted from Judaism to Protestantism, changed his name to Rudolph Bloom and later committed suicide), and of Ellen Higgins, an Irish Protestant.
Nado en 1866, Bloom é o fillo único de Rudolf Virág (un húngaro de Szombathely, emigrado a Irlanda e convertido do xudaísmo ao protestantismo; mudou o seu nome polo de Rudolph Bloom e posteriormente suicidouse) e de Ellen Higgins, unha protestante irlandesa.