It’s hard to say what Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the most famous for…their charity work or a large family? Probably, charity work! Well, some may say adoption counts as a charity in a way. Over the course of their relationship and marriage, they worked hard to raise their kids. However, the public soon became fixated on Shiloh.
Brangelina
During the “Brangelina” name trend, Angelina Jolie is married to Billy Bob Thornton and had her first adopted child from Cambodia, who was a six-month-old named Maddox Chivan in March 2002. Later that same year, Angelina and Billy broke up. Meanwhile, Brad Pitt is married to Jennifer Aniston. In 2005, Brad admitted that he fell in love with Angelina and that’s the reason for the break up with Jennifer Anniston. In this same year, Angelina adopted her second child, Zahara Marley, a six-month-old orphaned baby from Ethiopia. Despite the dissolution of their previous marriages, the Brangelina were expecting some exciting news.
Brangelina
Building The Family
Angelina and his ex-husband Billy announce the adoption of a six-month-old orphaned baby named Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002. Jolie went through a lot of legal procedures to settle her adoption. She raised the child as a single mother because Thornton did not take any custody of the child and they got separated a few months after the adoption. Three years after, Jolie adopted her second child in 2005 and named her Zahara Marley, a six-month-old baby girl from an Ethiopian orphanage. As the Jolie-Pitt family began to grow, people are excited to see the anticipated firstborn of the Brangelina.
Building The Family
Escaping the Media
Wanting to live a private life is what most famous persons in Hollywood would ask for but if you become the most sought Hollywood couple like Brad and Angelina, it is impossible for you to dodge off the media and tons of paparazzi especially when the two of them are together, all their actions will be captured and they’ve become the talk of the town.
Escaping The Media
To Africa
Angelina is known for her commitment and humanitarian works in Africa. Being pregnant with their first child made the couple attract the media more and everyone is as excited as them when she is about to have their child. Brad and Angelina decided to stay in Namibia for Angelina to give birth so she could still continue her humanitarian work until the end but giving birth in Africa made it hard for the media to chase them there and have a peek at how their firstborn child looks. They named the baby Shiloh Nouvel.
To Africa
Expanding
The Jolie-Pitt family didn’t stop their willingness and love to adopt and had decided to keep their family to grow bigger. After giving birth to their firstborn child in May 2006, they adopted another child which they named him Pax Thien, who was a three-year-old Vietnamese orphaned in 2007. Pax is Angelina and Brad’s fourth child.
Expanding
Adoption Difficulties
The Brangelina gang, who has Maddox, 19, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 13, Pax, 16, and the twins, Knox and Vivienne, 11, is known for being a diverse family. They underwent a lot of adversity in the process of their children’s adoption but it doesn’t make them stop there and instead, they used it as their motivation to love their children more. Angelina Jolie herself admits that she is not afraid of diversity and it is what she actually values rather than perfection. She makes sure that her children, despite the differences, will receive the same amount of love, support, and affection from them no matter what.
Adoption Difficulties
Adopting In Ethiopia
Angelina decided to adopt her second child in Ethiopia and that’s where she met Zahara (she was named Yemsrach by her biological mom) in 2005. Zahara was still a six-month-old baby and was put into adoption. Jolie faced a minor setback after the settlement of her single mother’s adoption with Zahara when the child’s birth mother came up after mistakenly thinking of dying after giving birth, the reason why her baby was put up for adoption. Later that year, Pitt also took custody of Zahara and Maddox as well.
Adopting In Ethiopia
From Jolie To Jolie-Pitt
Being the most desired couple in Hollywood, everyone is always taking a look at the couple’s life. When Brad announced that he will also adopt Angelina’s children, Maddox and Zahara, the kids’ last name Jolie became Jolie-Pitt in the same year. The “Jolie-Pitt” is like a trademark that reminds the people of the Brangelina they all love since 2004.
From Jolie To Jolie Pitt
Exciting News
Angelina and Brad wanted to live a private life despite being the most iconic couple in Hollywood which also makes them the most anticipated as well. Brad’s announcement of adopting Maddox and Zahara makes the fans delighted as they are now an official family but things get insane when the couple announces about Angelina’s pregnancy for their first biological child. The Jolie-Pitt children are being dragged with their parent’s fame and popularity which they may not wish for.
Exciting News
Where It All Began
Jolie met Pitt while filming their movie; Mr and Mrs Smith way back in 2004, which made the two celebrities establish their close relationship. During this time, Angelina is still recovering from her divorce to Billy Bob Thornton and she is a single mother to Maddox, her first adopted child from Cambodia. Meanwhile, Brad has currently married to Jennifer Aniston for four years already.
Where It All Began
Affair Rumors
The public can’t deny the chemistry they made in their movie, Mr and Mrs Smith, that speculations like Jolie are having an affair with Pitt surfaced. Angelina made herself clear that she has no intention of ruining the Aniston-Pitt relationship. However, In 2005, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt announced their divorce and made it clear that the reason was far from what the media is telling the public. After the Aniston-Pitt divorce, Jolie and Pitt had been seen in public together that generated the idea that they might be the next Hollywood iconic couple.
Affair Rumors
Much Anticipated Birth
Angelina’s pregnancy took the interest of the media and had it intensified as she is about to give birth to the most-awaited Brangelina child. Due to an overwhelming media interest, the iconic couple decided to travel to Namibia and have the baby delivered at Welwitschia Clinic in Walvis Bay. On the night of May 27, 2006, Angelina and Brad welcomed their new-born baby girl named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt.
Much Anticipated Birth
Photos For Charity
The couples are known for their solid pledge and humanitarian works in Africa. Being a well-known Hollywood couple and having their firstborn child, they really took the interest of every media possible. Most of these paparazzi aimed to acquire a photo of their baby which is a great opportunity to gain profit. The couple ended up selling the first photo of their child for $3 million and all of that will be donated to their chosen charity.
Photos For Charity
Tight Security
The famous Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took the attention of both local and international media during their stay in Namibia as they welcomed their healthy baby girl named Shiloh Nouvel. The government of Namibia made sure that any media or paparazzi will not breach the couple’s privacy during their stay at Walvis Bay. The police told the couple to forbid the media to go in further at the couple’s hospital or hotel unless they have the approval of the couple. No media or paparazzi were allowed to take any photo or video of them or their child. Any unsolicited photos will be confiscated by the police and any media or paparazzi will face custody with the Namibian police.
Tight Security
An Incident
Due to the intensified media interests in the Jolie-Pitt stay in Namibia and on her giving birth, the couple set an example to a Namibian national journalist; John Liebenberg, which has been once released in the custody of the police as a warning for taking unsolicited photos of the iconic Hollywood couple, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The said journalist was later charged with a trespassing case which will cause him a thousand Namibian dollars or a year of imprisonment. The couple made it clear that they value their privacy despite being well-known.
An Incident
Big Reveal
The Brangelina couple exposes the first-ever public photo of their child Shiloh through Getty Images. However, the photo was also in Hello! and People Magazine. The profit the couple earned from selling their child’s first photo was 100% donated to a charity. Since Shiloh is born in Namibia, lots of media in the US were left clueless and they are being suspicious if the couple will be revealing their child’s photo in public or they have already signed a deal for the kid’s first photos.
Big Reveal
Media Frenzy
After the most -awaited reveal of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s newborn daughter, Shiloh, happened. Normally, the fever should go down but instead, it leads to unanticipated work that the public and even the parents are unaware of.
Media Frenzy
A Wax Figure
Shiloh’s birth really hyped up the public and things are getting even crazier after the appearance of baby Shiloh in a couple of magazine covers. Did you know that Shiloh became the first-ever infant that has a wax figure in Madame Tussauds? Each photo that will be taken on Shiloh’s wax figure will cost $1 and all the earnings will be donated to UNICEF. Madame Tussaud’s manager acknowledges Shiloh as an icon despite being just a few months old.
A Wax Figure
Not Quite Done
The Jolie-Pitt clan continues to grow as the couple decided to adopt another male child in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Pax Thien is a three-year-old Vietnamese boy who Angelina and Brad met during an orphanage visit while on their trip to Vietnam. They have adopted Pax Thien and made him the fourth child of the Jolie-Pitt growing family.
Not Quite Done
Adopting Pax
Angelina Jolie knew that going through the process of adopting a child had never been easy. As her past experiences taught her, these challenges were her reason to love and to pursue the child she wanted even more. Adopting the three-year-old Vietnamese orphaned Pax Thien made her adopt the child as a single parent despite being in a supportive relationship with Brad Pitt in 2007. The reason behind this was a Vietnam law that forbids a non-married couple to adopt a child in their country.
Adopting Pax
The Jolie-Pitt Family
As they managed to get through the adoption process in Vietnam, they returned to the US with the child and Brad make sure that he will also be a parent to his new son, Pax Thien, which later on the same year, he applied to become his parent and grants him the Jolie-Pitt family name in 2008. The Jolie-Pitt family continues to expand and became known to be an internationally diverse family.
The Jolie-Pitt Family
Growing And Changing
Normally, if a popular Hollywood couple gets to have a baby, the next questions will be “who will the kid look like, Mom or Dad?” But having the genes from your good looking parents, the public starts to bet which Shiloh will resemble when she grows.
Growing And Changing
Mom Or Dad?
As Shiloh grows, more of her parent resemblance shows and most fans are taking notice that she looked like a female version of Brad that even Angelina herself believed so. However, some fans started to compare Shiloh’s toddler photos with Angelina’s.
Mom Or Dad
An Announcement
Shiloh has all the limelight and became the talk of the town since her birth until the iconic Hollywood couple brought surprising news in 2008. During the joint interview with Angelina and Jack Black in Cannes, Jack Black told them that Angelina and Brad are expecting twins, and Angelina said that “Well, Jack’s just confirmed it already.”
Next Came The Twins
Next Came The Twins
The Jolie-Pitt camp adds Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline as their fifth and sixth child making them a happy-big family of eight! The twins were born in July 2008. Remember the time Shiloh was born and the Jolie-Pitt couple signs a media deal for the photo? This time the couple sold the photos of the twins for $14 million and the earnings from this deal were directly donated to the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Next Came The Twins
A Young Brad
As the limelight continues to cast upon Shiloh, the public began to agree that she grew to look more like his father, Brad Pitt, who has the same beautiful blonde hair and a pair of dazzling blue eyes. They also began to notice that Shiloh’s clothing preferences were almost like his father’s, which made them see her as the little version of him.
A Young Brad
Non-Traditional Style
The Jolie-Pitt kids never failed to show up on their parent’s red carpet films which made them wear their big smiles and exquisite suits and lovely dresses. However, the fans expect Shiloh to wear the same lovely dresses as her sisters do but she usually comes in suits like what her brothers wore.
Non-Traditional Style
Her Hair Too
Shiloh’s contrasting choice of style made the fans question her style more aside for not wearing the same clothing as her sisters, the public notices that her hairstyle as well is being kept short just like his Dad’s. This made the media feel like Shiloh was being different and made them question Shiloh’s manly styles harshly.
Her Hair Too
The Tabloids
Shiloh’s difference made the media question Brad and Angelina’s style of parenting. Some are saying that the parents are turning their first biological daughter into a boy, and some are saying that what the famous couple doing is just right—letting your daughter figure out her gender identity, expression, and what she wanted to become.
The Tabloids
Media Crosses Boundary
As the media notices that Jolie-Pitt’s first biological child, Shiloh, appears to prefer to be a he rather than she, tons of questions and comments towards the family flares up such the lack of ‘gender distinction’ in their family might harm the kids. As any normal parent would do, in order to protect their child from the negativity of the media, they asked to remove Shiloh from their tabloids.
Media Crosses Boundary
Defending Choices
The manly style preferences of Shiloh have gotten the attention not only of the media but as well as the persons and the organizations that support the child’s self-exploration for her own gender identity. Most of the fans supported the Jolie-Pitt family as the couple supported their daughter. A lot of parents would normally think to shut the idea of going outside your box at an early age so they can immediately reshape the kid’s identity to what gender the kid must belong to, but this kind of thinking did not foster to both Angelina and Brad as they believe that not labeling their kids and putting them in a box could really help them to become diverse, as their family is known for.
Defending Choices
Her Mother Speaks
Amidst of the speculations about Shiloh’s gender-fluid issues, her mother, Angelina Jolie, finally speaks up in an interview during the Vanity Fair and clears the distinctive choices made of her daughter, which she and her husband support.
Her Mother Speaks
Telling Interview
Angelina made it clear during that Vanity Fair interview in 2010 that her first biological daughter Shiloh looks up to his brothers, Maddox and Pax, that she thinks that she is one of them. It happened that Shiloh finds comfort in wearing boy’s clothes, having a boy-like haircut, and wanting to become a boy.
Telling Interview
All The Speculation
The media heard Angelina Jolie’s clarification on her daughter’s gender issue and this should shut any more speculations on how the media should perceive her daughter and looks like they didn’t stop. It actually creates more speculations whether Shiloh is only experiencing a gender dilemma for looking up to her brothers, Maddox and Pax, or she is just in a temporary phase of wanting to become the opposite of her gender because she is way too young to express herself.
All The Speculation
Outpouring Support
Due to the increasing speculations about Shiloh’s identity, the limelight continues to cast over the famous Jolie-Pitt daughter. This issue grants her overwhelming support from the people who support and advocate the LGBT and the co-celebrities of her parents as well. There are a lot of notable persons in Hollywood who wholeheartedly support Shiloh in this.
Outpouring Support
Someone Speaks Out
Shiloh receives immense support from the public about her manly style preferences which her mother, Angelina Jolie, clarified in one of her interviews. Shiloh got amazing support from Chaz Bono, Cher’s son who is now a transgender male, who does volunteer works in a support group for parents or family with children who has a gender identity issue. He told Oprah during an interview that he would love to talk to the Jolie-Pitt royalty about their daughter Shiloh.
Someone Speaks Out
Speaking Out Of Context
Amber Rose faces resentment from the fans when she posts an Instagram photo of Shiloh Jolie Pitt with the hashtag of “#TransKids” and “#LoveurKidsNoMatterWhat#Support”. Rose commended Shiloh for being “gorgeous” and being born in a perfect family that accepts and supports her gender-bending image despite being part of the Jolie-Pitt family. Many are being cautious with Shiloh’s gender identity issues because she is still a kid and people got mad at Amber Rose for that Instagram post. Some fans understand the post is only about supporting the gender identity of Shiloh and to promote love with kids who are being themselves at an early age.
Speaking Out Of Context
Concern Over Child’s Needs
Numerous insights about Shiloh’s gender identity makes some people think that maybe the existing difference within their family is the cause of her manly image. Angelina did admit in one of her interviews that she really felt more drawn to guiding her three adopted kids, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, whom she became their mom when they’re six months old and three years old respectively. She claims that these kids are born with her having their own personalities already and Shiloh being born with privilege. Knowing Angelina and Brad’s support of Shiloh’s expression of her gender identity, loving these diverse children that are in need of affection and support in different forms is not easy as it seems for them despite being a financially stable family. They are surely showing us that their style of parenting will treat the children with equity.
Concern Over Child’s Needs
Born With “Privilege”
Angelina said, “For Madd, Zahara and Pax I felt so much more than they were survivors. From the moment she was born, Shiloh seemed so privileged. But I know I don’t have to ignore her needs simply because I feel the others are more resilient.
Born With Privilege
Plight For Attention
Angelina and Brad’s first biological daughter Shiloh captured the attention of the public and became the talk of the town because of her different gender expression. Her difference with her sisters became undeniably obvious as she wore suits and ties on every red carpet exposure with the Jolie-Pitt family. The media began speculating that something might have caused Shiloh this gender dilemma. Most of the fans, as well as known personalities in Hollywood, are supporting Shiloh on her choice of gender expression but some managed to generate thoughts that the famous Jolie-Pitt daughter is only having her gender dilemma because her parents weren’t giving her enough attention as Angelina admits being drawn more on her adopted children’s needs as she lets her daughter, Shiloh, creates her own personality. However, this Shiloh gender issue frenzy came to an end when the Jolie-Pitt couple announced some surprising news.
Plight For Attention
Strain for the Family
Hollywood’s steadfast couple, Brangelina, had their whole romantic relationship covered and became known to the media. In 2016, Angelina and Brad announced their divorce in public which overshadows the speculations over her daughter’s gender issue. This bitter Brangelina update on their relationship certainly brought immense pressure to the well-known internationally diverse family, especially to their children.
Strain For The Family
Father/Son Altercation
In 2016, Angelina Jolie initially filed a divorce from his well-known husband, Brad Pitt. This divorce issue triggers more speculation when a fight between Brad and their first adopted son, Maddox, happened. There are a lot of reports mentioned that this incident occurred on a flight on a private plane owned by the family. Maddox allegedly meddled in his parent’s dispute and sided with her mother, Angelina, and ended up quarreling with his father.
Father/Son Altercation
Public Searches For Reason
As the media tries to gather information on what really happened on the plane-fight hot issue, some news sources are saying that it was Brad’s alcohol drinking that made the Jolie-Pitt quarrel intensified. It turns out that Brad got into a fight with his wife but he never did touch their son, Maddox, who interferes and protects his mother. News with the headlines that Brad Pitt became clear of child abuse investigation surfaced following the issue on their divorce that was initially filed by his wife.
Public Searches For Reason
A Suspected Affair
After the divorce issue, many speculated that the divorce might be caused by some third party issues. Brad Pitt is now linked with his co-star on their Allied movie. Marion Cotillard was suspected of having an affair with Brad. The public thought that the same thing was happening between the two just like how Brad and Angelia, or the Brangelina started during the film of their own movie, Mr and Mrs Smith in 2004.
A Suspected Affair
Investigation Of Brad
Following the incident on their private plane fight that causes the Jolie-Pitt family to suffer from the pressure of the parent’s dispute that involves their son, Maddox. This controversy leads to an investigation that there might be a child abuse matter happening within the children of Brad and Angelina. The LA Department of Child and Family Services undeniably confirmed the ongoing investigation with Brad Pitt. Meanwhile, as the actor remains silent about the issue, a source that says it comes from someone who is close to Brad, stated that the allegation with Brad Pitt was a misinterpretation and it is all fabricated. Brad Pitt is doing his best efforts to cooperate with the said investigation and wants nothing but the best for his children. It turns out that the alleged child abuse case to Brad Pitt was dropped as there is no concrete evidence of child abuse.
Investigation Of Brad
Hard Times
This Jolie-Pitt divorce affects their children. After the spread of photos of Brad Pitt moving out even though the divorce is not yet settled, it is obvious that the family is suffering from the strain pressure the divorce brought. Shiloh, in particular, is showing signs of how this divorce issue is affecting her as she cannot understand it yet. A source mentioned that Brad and Angelina’s first biological daughter became tedious after her parent’s split.
Hard Times
Separation
We all know that Angelina initially filed a divorce from his husband, Brad, citing an irreconcilable difference, and asks for sole custody of their six loving children. A lot of sources claimed that Shiloh, Angelina and Brad’s first biological daughter, is the one who shows having difficulty in accepting and understanding the situation where they need to live in a house without their Dad.
Separation
Kids First
Angelina is known for her commitment to humanitarian works and her devotion to her family, especially to the kids. Following the divorce issue, Angelina is asking for the sole custody of all her kids. Of course, the kids have nothing much to say about their custody given that all of them were minors and it is their mom’s decision for them to stay with her. This decision of Angelina made Shiloh hard to understand for she grew up to be a daddy’s girl and living her usual life without her Dad would seem to be very difficult.
Kids First
Undying Bond
The Jolie-Pitt divorce made the children experience pressure as they faced a major shift in their life. Shiloh is the one who suffers the most from her parent’s separation as she is more of a daddy’s girl. She even began to grow to look more like his father. Despite the separation, Angelina and Brad made sure that the bond they shared within their children will remain the same, and Brad pledge to continue to support the kids on their dreams and passion as a parent should, even though he and her wife split.
Undying Bond
Supporting Her Kids
As Jolie got custody of her six kids, she made sure that every effort was made to lessen the damage the kids are experiencing and for them to heal from their separation with Brad Pitt. She said in an interview in 2017, that she is doing every adjustment her children need and she guarantees that everything she does during their major on-going transition is for the kids’ well-being.
Supporting Her Kids
Allowing Her Child Freedom
The Jolie-Pitt couple was known for being such good humanitarian and charitable acts. They are also known for being into an internationally diverse family that supports and love each other’s differences. Brad Pitt made an appearance in 2008 on one of Oprah’s Show where he stated how he supported his first biological daughter, Shiloh, on her masculine gender expression. Brad also shared that her daughter prefers to be called “John” and sometimes corrected him when he called her by her original name and said “John. I’m John.”
Allowing Her Child Freedom
Family Resemblance
The Jolie-Pitt twins grew and the fans are taking a side which of the twins resembles their parents. Apparently, Knox Leon grew to look more like his older sister, Shiloh. The public began to joke about Knox’s real twin is Shiloh and not Vivienne. They say that Shiloh and Knox are the little versions of Brad Pitt.
Family Resemblance
Photography Hobby
Since Shiloh was born, the limelight never fails to follow her. She became famous aside from being the first biological daughter of the iconic Brangelina, she also became famous for her manly gender expression that her parents surely support. Shiloh has taken interest in photography as their mother, Angelina, clarifies that none of their kids wanted to become actors and actresses like them and their kids are into different hobbies and interests.
Photography Hobby
More Talent
Being in an internationally diverse and talented family, Shiloh has added music to her interests aside from photography as she seemed to be joyous to receive a ukulele from Angelina as a gift in LA last 2017. Angelina really encourages her children to explore where they wanted to take their interests to and she will certainly support them.
More Talent
Moving Forward
Angelina settled her divorce from Brad Pitt in 2019. She has reverted her Jolie’s last name and dropped the Pitt. The children have the same famous Jolie-Pitt last names. It’s been a tough journey for Angelina and kids but now, they are managing to move forward. The twins, Knox Vivienne are now 11 years old and her oldest, Maddox are now eighteen and attending his college in South Korea.
Moving Forward
The House
In 2017, Angelina and Brad decided to settle their custody dispute and agreed to co-parent with their six children. Jolie purchased a $24 million mansion in Los Angeles that was previously owned by the famous filmmaker, Cecil B. DeMille. She chose to settle with their children in LA so the kids can be near to their father, Brad. The ex-couple made sure that the co-parenting they both agreed on will work for the sake of their children.
The House
Painful Injury
In January 2019, Angelina and Brad’s first daughter together, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was seen in California with her brother Knox doing some shopping. The media notices that Shiloh is wearing a blue arm sling which indicates an injury. It happens that last December 2018, Angelina and the children went to Lake Tahoe to celebrate the holidays but Shiloh was caught up in some snowboarding accident which caused her a broken collarbone. Thankfully, she managed to recover very well.
Painful Injury
Giving Back
Angelina Jolie is known for her foundations of charities and organizations to further expand her humanitarian acts all over the world. She was once the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in 2001 and was appointed to become a Special Envoy in 2012. Angelina is also going on different travels and states to continually help those who are in need. Did you know that when she adopted her first son, Maddox, in 2003, she also founded Maddox Jolie Foundation in 2004? Maddox Jolie Foundation aims to protect the national forests, environment, end poverty, and to create educational opportunities in Cambodia.
Giving Back
Not Camera Shy
Angelina Jolie has six children; she adopted Maddox, Pax, and Zahara. Shiloh and the twins are her and Brad’s biological offspring. These Jolie-Pitt kids never failed to support Angelina on her events by always attending with their famous mother in every charity gala, red carpet movie premieres, and other events with their devoted mother. This was also the same event where the public started to take notice of Shiloh’s different gender expression when it comes to her styles.
Not Camera Shy
Special Meaning
Jolie named her children after some meaningful terms and phrases. Back in 2002 when filming her famous movie Lara Croft, she met a six-month-old orphaned named Rath Vibol in a Cambodian orphanage and decided to adopt the child and become her first child. Jolie later changed his name to Maddox Chivan which is derived from a Welsh word “mad” meaning “fortunate.” Three years after Jolie welcomed Maddox in her life, she decided to adopt her second child whom she met in an Ethiopian orphanage back in 2005. She named the baby Zahara Marley which means “shining flower”. The Jolie-Pitt’s most famous child was their first-ever biological daughter Shiloh Nouvel. The parents named their first offspring “Shiloh” which means “Messiah”. The Jolie-Pitt family continues to grow as Jolie continues to adopt another child from Vietnam which she named Pax Thien, meaning “peaceful sky”. The couple had twins which they named Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline who’s second names are from their grandmother and a great grandfather.
Special Meaning
Younger
Technically, Shiloh is the oldest in the children of Angelina and Brad, but since they have adopted two kids prior to Shiloh’s birth and one three-year-old after. Shiloh became the younger child of the famous Jolie-Pitt couple until the twins, Knox and Vivienne, arrived.
Younger
Homeschool
Being the most watched and covered couple in Hollywood, the Jolie-Pitt find it difficult to put their six children in the traditional education system. Originally, the Jolie-Pitt kids are enrolled in a French school that has international campuses which brought them convenience as they can admit their kids no matter where they are in the world. As their family and their adopted kids grow, it is hard for the children to be under the watch of paparazzi and media on their school so the couple decided to homeschool their children and hire international teachers to make their unconventional education cope up with the lifestyle they have.
Homeschool
C-Section
The Jolie-Pitt couple never failed to share their blessings to those who are in need especially in Africa which is the center of their charity and humanitarian act. Angelina loves doing her humanitarian works so much that she decided to stay in Africa to privately deliver her first-ever child with Brad Pitt and for her to continue her charitable acts until the end. Angelina shares her C-section story in Namibia as she delivers the iconic baby Shiloh Nouvel way back in 2006. Despite being one of the highest-paid actors and actresses in Hollywood, she can guarantee herself to deliver her first child with Brad in an institution with great facilities that can assure her and her baby’s safety. According to her, she was already on the breech and needed a C- section but the hospital she was in that time doesn’t have the equipment to conduct an ultrasound but she still believed that the hospital she was in is a good one.
C Section
Famous Friends
In July 2019, Angelina and Brad’s oldest daughter, Zahara, together with Shiloh is spotted to be hanging out with the Stranger Things’ main star, Millie Bobby Brown, in Los Angeles. The three seemed to be happy to wander around shops in LA. Zahara Jolie-Pitt displayed a very close friendship with Millie Bobby Brown as they walked around while holding hands. Angelina was not seen around the kids in the paparazzi photos but they are being supervised by their bodyguards.
Famous Friends
A Movie Credit
In 2016, the Jolie-Pitt children; Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, and Know made their cameo in the Kung Fu Panda 3 by making all the panda sounds. Their parents told the media that their children have no intention of following their footsteps in Hollywood. Angelina said in one of her interviews that the kids have taken interest in various things such as foreign language and other hobbies, but being in a movie cameo makes the public think they might’ve liked the industry as well as their parents.
A Movie Credit
13th Birthday Present
Angelina Jolie is so devoted to taking care of her children and never fails to think of something fun to do for the kids to enjoy. Planning Shiloh’s thirteenth birthday made Angelina the coolest mom ever as she arranged Shiloh’s birthday celebration in the most famous LA escape room, The Basement.
13th Birthday Present
Home
The Jolie-Pitt couple owns multiple houses that they all call home. Before their clamorous divorce, the well-sought Hollywood couple owned eight houses. Normally, if you owned multiple houses, you’d have it in different locations or states so you could have your own home anywhere you are, but the couple bought a Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles composed of five different estates inside a compound. They also owned a $60 million villa in France, the Chateau Miraval, an 11.5-acre ranch in Santa Barbara, and a 7,435-square-foot property in New Orleans which they sold last 2015.
Home
Multi-Lingual
Angelina is known for her parenting style that mainly encourages and supports her child’s interests. Jolie-Pitt children are being homeschooled to avoid the pressure of media and paparazzi. Angelina hired an international group of teachers to guarantee her child’s education. She said in one of her interviews that her children have taken interest in learning different languages such as her oldest daughter, Zahara, who is learning to speak French. Shiloh on the other hand practices to speak Khmai, a language used in Cambodia. Pax, being a Vietnamese-born, focuses to study his native language, and her oldest, Maddox, have taken interest in learning German and Russian.
Multi-Lingual
No Drinking
Despite having fabricated news about Angelina exposing and letting their children engage in drinking alcohol and watching x-rated movies, and being devastated from her divorce, all of these were the opposite of what Angelina is trying to do after having the sole custody of their six children. She even disallowed her kids to have a sleepover with people who she thinks will influence her children negatively.
No Drinking
Nicknames
In 2016, Angelina Jolie shares the various hobbies of her six children and what are their other interests such as learning new languages. She also mentioned that she gave her children cute nicknames which they affectionately use every day! Like, Mad, Z, Shi, Knox, Vivi, and Pax.
Nicknames
Single Daily Call
Initially, Angelina asks for the sole custody of their six children and she wants to take the children away from Brad to keep the family healthy. On the other side, Brad also asks for the custody of their children. Despite having custody disputes, the couple once agreed to do a “co-parenting” for the sake of the children. As a part of this agreement, the ex-couple is only allowed to call the children once per day, when the children are with their Mom or Dad.
Single Daily Call
Freedom
Angelina and Brad’s parenting style have been questioned by many especially when the public took notice of Shiloh’s gender identity/expression issue. The most sought Hollywood couple tends to become flexible when it comes to parenting. They are known for giving their utmost support to their kids who have taken various interests in their hobbies or when expressing themselves. Angelina once mentioned that she would never put a label on any of her kids nor put them in a box, and she really values the diversity they had rather than being perfect.
Freedom
No Tests
Brangelina is being the most unconventional parent as they were. They allow their kids not to study whatever they don’t like and encourage them to pursue and achieve things that they have taken interest in. Meaning, the Brangelina kids did not take up any tests or homework despite being homeschooled.
No Tests
Raised By A Nanny
Angelina hired six nannies, one for each of her six children so they have someone for them to look after too. She wanted to make sure that the needs of her children will be given to them despite being occupied with the films she shot during her working hours. Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie’s brother, James Haven, was tasked to become the head of the six nannies which made him popular nanny of all. His main role was to make sure that each of the children is being properly taken care of. However, a news report in 2017 said that James was silently dismissed from his nanny role because her sister, Angelina, noticed that she was putting a massive responsibility on her brother which her brother shouldn’t be taking. Some of the sources also mentioned that the other reason for the silent dismissal was because Angelina agreed to co-parent with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, which allows him to go back to the life of Angelina and the kids.
Raised By A Nanny
Starred Alongside Her Dad In A Movie
In 2008, Brad Pitt starred in one of F. Scott Fitzgerald works entitled The Curious Case of Benjamin Button film. This film gained numerous awards which made him nominated as one of the Academy Award for Best Actor. Shiloh also did her part in this famous movie with Brad. She had a cameo where she portrayed the infant character of Caroline Fuller.
Starred Alongside Her Dad In A Movie
Maddox Has A Budding Career
Before Shiloh and the twins, Angelina and Brad have Maddox Chivan whom Angelina adopted from a Cambodian orphanage. Being the oldest child of the most desired Hollywood actor and actress, the public deemed the child to follow his parent’s footsteps and be in the entertainment industry. Maddox, who is eleven during this time, made his movie debut in his father’s movie World War Z in 2013. He made a cameo as a zombie who his father killed with fatal multiple headshots. Meanwhile, Maddox seemed to continue his involvement with the industry and had an off-camera role as a production assistant on one of his mother’s movies, By the Sea and as an Executive Producer in First They Killed My Father in 2017.
Maddox Has A Budding Career