 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaUlam vaiva mhuri yakapfuma yechiJudha yokuPoland yevanamuzvinabhangi, vezvemabhizimisi, uye vamwe vashandi. Mhuri yaUrami yaiva nepfuma asi isina kupfuma. Baba vake, Józef Ulam, vakaberekerwa muLwów uye vaiva gweta, uye amai vake, Anna née Auerbach, vakaberekerwa muStryj. Babamunini vake, Michał Ulam, akanga ari muvaki, muvaki, uye mugadziri wemapuranga. Kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1918, mhuri yaJozef yakagara muVienna kwenguva pfupi. Mushure mokunge vadzoka, Lwów yakava nharaunda yePolish-Ukraine Hondo, panguva iyo guta rakasangana neUkraine yakakomberedzwa. 