Poverty stricken Mentewab
Dawit Lebiso told Daily Mail Online she is desperate to be part of her
12-year-old daughter’s life – and called for Jolie to get custody of her
daughter in the bitter split with Brad Pitt.
The natural mother of
Angelina Jolie’s adopted Ethiopian daughter Zahara has made a heartfelt plea to
the superstar actress telling her: ‘Please just let me talk to my daughter’.
She dreams of one day
meeting the girl she gave up as a tiny infant – but said she would settle for
the chance to simply hear her voice.
‘I just want her to know
that I am alive and here and long to be able to speak with her. I do not want
my daughter back but just to be in contact with her and be able to call her up
and talk with her,’ said Mentewab, who ekes out a living in Ethiopia.
But she adds: ‘I miss her all
the time. I think about her every day and long to hear her voice or see her
face.
I know when she has a
birthday but I am sad because I can’t celebrate it with her. I would so much
want to celebrate with her on her birthday and other special days
Daily Mail Online tracked
down Mentewab to a town in central Ethiopia far from the capital Addis Ababa
and tourist attractions of the African country.
‘I long to be able to have
regular contact with her.’
During an exclusive
interview Mentewab looked close to tears as she mentioned her daughter’s name
and talks of her hopes of one day being reunited with her.
Even now, 12 years after
giving up her only child for adoption the pain as she talks about Zahara is
clear in her face.
After thought you did not know before you gave her up
ReplyDeleteAdoption does not work that way she must have agreed to the conditions
ReplyDeleteis her condition did not want to give her baby up
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