Through her, Bloom is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland. Bloom’s maternal grandmother’s family lived in Tasmania, Australia, Japan, and India, and were of English descent, some of them having originally come from Kent. During his childhood, Bloom was told that his father was his mother’s husband, Jewish South African-born anti-Apartheid novelist Harry Saul Bloom; but when he was thirteen (nine years after Harry’s death), Bloom’s mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother’s partner and family friend. Bloom is named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons.
Miranda Kerr Names Son After Late Boyfriend The model says Orlando Bloom was “happy” to honor her teen love, who died in a car accident [link]
