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Jolie says she and Pitt plan to adopt
NEW YORK—Angelina Jolie says she and boyfriend Brad Pitt want more
children, and will likely adopt their next child to try to balance their
“mixed-race family.”
Jolie and Pitt have three children: 5-year-old Maddox, adopted from
Cambodia; 23-month-old daughter, Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and
6-month old daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May. “I want
Mad (Maddox) to know that as our family grew and we all came together,
we didn’t just start having children, biological children,” the
31-year-old actress said Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“Yes, we have Shiloh and it’s been a wonderful experience, but we want
to find another brother or sister in the world for our family.” She
added: “I’m on the pill.”
Jolie said it’s important to balance how their children perceive their
family. “You know, now the questions are more when you have a mixed-race
family, do you balance the races so there’s another African person in
the house for Z? So there’s another Asian person in the house for Mad?
Shiloh has Brad and I she can look at,” the actress said.
“What’s best for the children as they grow? ... We don’t just want to
have different children from different countries. That’s not the point,”
Jolie said. The couple and their three children were photographed for
the upcoming issue of People magazine. She said Pitt, who will be 43 on
Monday, is a conscientious father and partner.—Agencies
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