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All of my news alerts are currently flooded with rumors that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plan to adopt another child “soon” – this time from India. There doesn’t seem to be any confirmed sources, so we’re still dealing with “a source said” gossip, but it’s not entirely unbelievable.
The alleged story is that Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the ten-year-old child stars of Slumdog Millionaire asked Angelina, after meeting her at the Oscars, why she hasn’t adopted from his home country yet. Supposedly, Angie said they would be soon.
Yet another unnamed “source” claims that Brad and Angelina visited the Priya Darshini Orphanage when they were in India in 2006, but weren’t able to complete all the paperwork at that time.
Right now, it’s all just talk, but you know, this is one rumor that actually wouldn’t surprise me. We know they still want to expand their family, and we know they still want to adopt. We’ve also heard them speak favorably of India on several occasions – one recent time that sticks out in my mind is when reporters asked Brad what his reaction was to the attacks in India a few months ago.
With the twins getting older now and the amount of time that it takes to complete an international adoption, I could definitely see them making plans to adopt a child from India. Obviously, Angelina is a little busy right now with filming, but if there’s a trip to India in the near future, I would not be shocked at all.
What do you think of this latest rumor? While gossip is gossip, at least this one is a positive story, rather than the same old, washed-out “trouble in paradise” garbage!
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520 days ago
Sherry, why was my comment not coming out of the moderation queue, and why did you eventually even delete it? I said nothing offensive at all. I was just discussing the family dynamics and in which way they might change when adopting another girl around Zahara´s age.
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520 days ago
Victoria – I didn’t delete it at all, I just didn’t get a chance to go into the moderation queue until now. I only had time to put up a post quickly earlier and had some stuff to take care of (making supper, nothing exciting unfortunately!).
If you scroll up, your comment is there now. :)
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520 days ago
I think that if they adopt any time soon, they might adopt a child whose age is between Shiloh and the twins. I doubt it would be easy to handle another infant now. I don’t think they ever said that they wanted to adopt another girl for Zahara – just another child that looks similar. In terms of dynamics a boy might be better in that he would eventually be someone Knox could be close to. They’ll do whatever they want of course – just speculating. In any case, families are all unique and no matter how you try to plan it the personality of the children play a roll in how close they are and to whom. Not to mention that those dynamics change over the years. I think initially they will do what seems most practical.
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520 days ago
angiefan- Actually, what Angie said (if I’m thinking of the same interview you are, that is) is that you can’t begin the adoption process until any new children are six months old. :)
Obviously some agencies DO allow you to adopt when you have a child under 1 year old, as Pax was adopted when Shi was 10 months old. :)
Amanda- I, too, have a hunch that the next child they adopt won’t be as old as Pax was when he was adopted. Two things are giving me that hunch.
One is that, provided they adopt again at some point this year, Zahara will be younger than Maddox was when they adopted Pax. Therefore, assuming they’d go with a child slightly younger than her (just as they went with a child slightly younger than Maddox), I’m guessing they’ll adopt 2 year-old.
The other is that, assuming they adopt from Africa again, I have a feeling that, sadly, there probably aren’t too many older African kids avaliable for adoption. I mean, Zee, for example, probably would have died before her first birthday had Angie not adopted her.
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520 days ago
accidentalbranfan- Interesting points! I don’t think Jen Garner usually looks that stressed. I think she mostly looks “casual”. By that I mean she might be pictured with her hair uncombed, or wearing slightly mis-matched clothes, or looking quite tired.
However, people have pointed out that Ben Affleck often looks very upset when the paps take photos of him dropping off or picking up Violet from Preschool. I’m sure he wishes they’d just let his little girl (and the other kids who attend that preschool) go to school in peace!
As for Katie, I agree with whomever it was that said it might be because Suri appears to at least somtimes be afraid of the paps (Tom said a few months back that she’s at least sometimes okay with them, at times even waving to them, which is evident in some photos of her. I have a feeling she has a love-h8te relationship with the paps.).
That said, I’ve noticed that people often criticizng Tom and Katie for taking Suri out when she seems to be scared of the paps. Yet, from Angie and Brad’s interviews, most people know that Zee is afraid of the paps….But people rarely, if ever, criticize Angie and Brad for bringing Zee out when she’s clearly afraid of the paps.
Any idea why this double-standard?
Getting back on topic a bit….I just realized another very good reason for Angie and Brad not adopt a baby or a toddler under 2. If they did that at this point, they’d have THREE kids in diapers at the same time (assuming that Shi is potty trained by now, that is. If she isn’t, then they’d have FOUR in diapers!)!
Now, obviously they can more than afford enough diapers for three babies/kids, but let’s face it: Who really wants to change that many diapers every day?
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519 days ago
That boy that she supposedly told that to speaks almost no English. This is BS.
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517 days ago
dhc- Well, when they adopted Pax so Maddox could have someone who looked like him, they choose a child the same gender as him. I think that’s why so many of us are speculating that they will choose a same-gender African child for Zee.
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516 days ago
I recently adopted from India. You have to be an Indian citizen to adopt from there or be of Indian origin (if you have a foriegn passport). I doubt they would be allowed to adopt from India unless it is a special needs child. They are EXTREMELY strict about foriegners adopting.
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515 days ago
i hope they will adopt an indonesian child.
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