Well, as I said in an earlier post there were rumors that Angelina Jolie was going to adopt a young Vietnamese boy. The news is official now, as Jolie’s rep has confirmed that she has adopted a three year old Vietnam born boy.
The childs name is Pax Thien Jolie and he was born in November 2003. His name means Peaceful Sky.
“Thank you for taking such wonderful care of my son,” the Oscar-winning actress wrote in the visitors’ book of the Tam Binh orphanage, according to Reuters. “I am sure he will miss your beautiful, caring staff as much as you will miss him.”
Jolie officially took custody of the child on Thursday in Vietnam, and they will remain in the Country for a week or so until the child’s American passport can be processed.
The boy had been abandoned at the hospital as a baby and had spent the rest of his short live living at the Tam Binh orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City. His birth parents have never been located, even though the facility tried to find them.
Jolie wasn’t accompanied by Brad Pitt when she went to the orphanage to with 5 year old Maddox to pick up her new son.
“Brad very much wanted to be there but is under contract working on a film in Los Angeles and as a result couldn’t go,” said Trevor Neilson, Jolie’s adviser on international affairs.
They were offered flowers and greeted at the orphanage by two dozen or more children dressed in traditional ao dai formal garb.
Angelina’s new son is said to be in good health and that he gets along well with other children although he’s a little bit shy.
Jolie applied for this adoption on her own, since Vietnamese law can make it difficult for unmarried couples to adopt. However the new child will be welcomed by Pitt. There’s no word yet, but perhaps he’ll formally adopt the child under US law once the boy is in the country.
Pax Thien’s adoption process apparently began shortly after Shiloh was born last May.
Don’t be surprised if another adoption takes place within the next year. Last December, on the Good Morning America show Jolie stated that it might be a good idea to “balance the races so there’s another African person in the house for Z [and] another Asian person in the house for Mad.”. Well Mad has his Asian companion now … If they adopt again I suppose that it could be a child from Africa for little Z.
It seems that Angelina Jolie has taken a dim view as to how Madonna went about adopting her new son. Jolie has reportedly called Madonnas adoption of the Malawian boy illegal and has said she’d never have adopted a child under the same circumstances.