Family want Jolie's adopted daughter back
Agent Smith
Family want Jolie's adopted daughter back
Thursday, November 15 2007, 12:49 GMT
By Kimberley Dadds
www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a79899/family-want-jolies-adopted-daughter-
back.html
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The family of Angelina Jolie's adopted daughter Zahara have said that
they want her to bring the child back to her home in Africa.
The actress adopted the Ethiopian girl from an orphanage when she was
diseased and close to death, but now her grandmother has insisted that
the paperwork is incorrect and that she should be returned because her
mother is still alive.
But on the adoption papers, obtained by US magazine In Touch Weekly, it
states that although she has family in Africa she has no living parents.
Mentewab Dawit Lebiso, who claims to be the girl's mother said: "I want
my daughter to come home to see where she is from.
"Her grandmother and I both tried very hard to raise her, and I want her
to come home to regain her identity."
The aunt of Zahara has also spoken out about Jolie and Pitt's adoption,
saying: "My mother was very sad. At one point she was even thinking of
trying to find a way to bring her grandchild back, but she has no money,
so she can't."
But reports claim Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt will fight for their
daughter. A source said: "She believes that Zahara is an orphan and the
woman who claims to be her mom is mistaken.
"Zahara was days away from death and Angelina saved that child. As far
as she is concerned, that bonded her to that little girl forever."
LAF
What a load of bs. Now that the little girl is famous weirdos are
coming out of the woodwork to claim her. At least Angelina gave that
baby a life otherwise she would have died.
Agent Smith
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> On Nov 15, 6:24 pm, Agent Smith <agent-sm...@two-blocks-on-your-
> left.com> wrote:
>> Family want Jolie's adopted daughter back
>> Thursday, November 15 2007, 12:49 GMT
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>> By Kimberley Dadds
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>> www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a79899/family-want-jolies-adopted-
daughte
>> r- back.html
I doubt she was anywhere near death, or they wouldn't have taken her.
But I'm not aware of any adoption service that allows the birth parents
to take back their children after a few months or years. It's not like
leasing a car. :p
doomella
left.com> wrote:
The nastiest thing Jolie and Pitt could do would be to simply return
the child without a moment's hesitation and issue a statement that
they'd never insult the mother or degrade the child by offering
anything like a cash settlement instead.
yD
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ooooh you're bad! Have the handover televised.
yD
Wull
They have let the celeb couple get attached and now are trying for money.
They really don't deserve anything, especially the child.
Wull
"yD" <yaffa...@aol.com> wrote in message
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doomella
> IMO, I think the people who want her back, really only want some money.
> They have let the celeb couple get attached and now are trying for money.
> They really don't deserve anything, especially the child.
Well, maybe the mother *does* "deserve" the child, since that would
probably be the most fitting punishment for what clearly seems to be a
way of making some cash out of this deal.
On the other hand, it's easy to be judgmental and cynical about this
woman, but we also have to remember that the whole point, supposedly,
of the "Brangelina" brand is awareness about the plight of the poor,
and about the injustices in today's world. Destitute, starving parents
living in poverty maybe shouldn't really be blamed for feeling
entitled to a little something when the child they gave up is adopted
by a globally famous, spoiled, filthy-rich white child collector who
talks a good show about saving the world. On the flip side, most poor
Ethiopians who've had to give up a child who was ultimately adopted by
a family overseas don't have to endure daily images of that kid being
toted around like some cute little third-world prop fulfilling its
role in an instant Bennetton family.
yD
Well, I'm not exactly sure how they would see daily images unless
there is a lawyer involved who would have a percentage of anything
they got from Jolie. As for getting "a little something" when they
give up a child for adoption, wouldn't that be considered the seeling,
and buying, of a child?
yD
doomella
Daily images = tabloid shots of of the Pitts toting around those kids;
the whole world is infested with those images -- I'm sure Ethiopia is
no different. And I wasn't saying that Pitt/Jolie should have paid
for the kid, which indeed would have amounted to a purchase, but that
the biological family shouldn't be judged too harshly; I can
understand how people who are desperately poor and hungry, who find
out that their kid, whom they couldn't afford to keep, has been
adopted by somebody who could easily afford to buy their entire
country and a couple of adjoining ones, might try to get a little
something out of the deal.
yD
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I do agree with you, but I think they were steered into asking for
something. I also agree that giving up a child already suffering from
poverty and want is understandable. If I was judging, it was whoever
is behind them.
yD