The biological mother of Angelina Jolie and
Brad Pitt’s adopted daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt
has resurfaced and is asking to speak with the
12-year-old, who was adopted by the actress as
a baby.
Mentewab Dawit Lebiso, 31, who lives in
Ethiopia, talked to the Daily Mail Online
through an interpreter that she never stopped
thinking about her daughter after more than a
decade.
41 year old Angelina Jolie adopted Zahara at six
months old as a single mother in 2005, and her
then-partner Pitt, 53, requested to legally adopt
the girl a year later.
Zahara's biological mother begged:
“I just want her to know that I am alive
and here and long to be able to speak
with her. I
do not want my daughter back but just to
be in contact with her and be able to call
her up and talk with her.
“Angelina has been more of a mother to
her than I have ever been. She has been
with her since she was a baby, but that
does not mean I do not miss her. I miss
her all the time. I think about her every
day and long to hear her voice or see her
face. I know when she has a birthday but
I am sad because I can’t celebrate it with
her. I would so much want to celebrate
with her on her birthday and other
special days. … I long to be able to have
regular contact with her.
I would ask Angelina to let me speak
with [Zahara]. I do not think it is too
much to ask.”
"I would like Zahara to know she has a
mother who loves her as much as
Angelina. Before I die I would like her to
know about me and that she has family
here in Ethiopia.”
The Ethiopian native hasn’t had any contact
with Zahara since she gave her up for adoption.
It seems that the A-list couple were unaware at
first that Lebiso was alive because they were
told Zahara was orphaned when they adopted
her.
In a 2006 interview, Jolie told CNN of Zahara,
“She’s from Ethiopia, she’s an AIDS orphan.”
Seems they discovered Zahara’s birth mother
was alive when she gave her first interview in
2007.
Alabatvnews.
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