Angelina Jolie has opened up on parenting, explaining that the fact that three of her children are adopted and three are biologically hers hasn't made a difference to their bond as a family.
The actress and her fiance Brad Pitt are parents to Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, seven and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
While her eldest three are adopted, Brad and Angelina are biological parents to Shiloh and the twins, not that genetics have made a difference to their parenting of their children.
Angelina and Brad are parents to six children (WENN)
Angelina has revealed her philosophy on children, musing: "I think children are exactly who they are when they're born. And if there is a trauma, it can drastically change who they are".
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She adds, according to the Mail Online: "If you look at baby photos of our kids, the way they were, the way they looked, what their energy was - whether they were a sweet, elegant, private little person, or a funny, open person, or a bold person - they're still the same".
"There's so much they are born with. And we believe you just have to encourage the individual and support them, but don't get in their way too much."
The actress says she's closest to her eldest child Maddox (WENN)
The Hollywood star goes on to reveal that she has the closest bond with her eldest child, Maddox, who she adopted when he was just seven-months-old back in 2002. "You'd think you'd be more similar to the children you have a genetic link with, but I'm not", says the actress.
"Maybe one of them, but then I'm very similar to Maddox. So it doesn't have an impact that some are genetically connected."
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Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning at the Maleficent photocall in London (May 9 2014) - Wenn
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