Diversity is the spice of life - and none more so than for Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who bucks the trend when it comes the all-American family.
In a new interview, the stunning actress opens up about her brood of six children - who between them were born in five different countries across three continents and are raised by their American parents, power couple 'Brangelina'.
Speaking to the U.S. January edition of Marie Claire, Jolie describes each of them in loving detail, referencing their quirks, hobbies and behavioural traits.
It is a favourite talking point for the doting actress - who credits family life as keeping her on the straight and narrow.
Indeed in an television chat with Anderson Cooper - set to air on his show next Monday - Jolie refers to how worldly her children are already becoming on account of their many globe-trotting adventures.
She told the host: 'Fortunately, my kids love to travel because I do and they're very worldly and what I love is that they can be in New York in a hotel in Manhattan and think it's so cool.'
Then she adds:
'[But] then I can bring them to the middle of Kenya and drop them in a tent with no TV and no nothing and they're just as happy as, so I feel like that's what we are trying to do to balance them.
Speaking to Marie Claire, she described her three-year-old biological twin daughter Vivienne as being a 'girly girl', divulging: 'She is so elegant and delicate. Vivi will pick flowers from the garden and put them in her hair.
Angelina described how her five-year-old biological daughter Shiloh with partner Brad Pitt has been 'riding [four-wheelers]' adding about her tomboy character traits: 'She doesn't want to learn about the brakes. She just wants to go! It's the combination of the two of us.
Speaking of her bond with first child Maddox, 10, who she adopted in 2002 from Cambodia, she said: 'He really does take care of me. He will hold my hand and say, "Are you feeling tired? Is that why you are upset?" Yeah, he really does take care of me.'
Of her eldest daughter Zahara, aged six, who she adopted in 2005 from Ethiopia, the actress says: 'She's begun horseback riding. She has found her thing.'
Eight-year-old son Pax, meanwhile, who Brad and Angelina adopted in 2007 from Vietnam is 'extremely wild... but he has a very, very good heart.
'You know, like those punk rockers - when you really get to know them and they are just pussycats. But at the same time, he is going to get into some kind of trouble.'
She also gushed about her happiness saying:
'Brad has expanded my life in ways I never imagined. We built a family. He is not just the love of my life, he is my family. I hold that very dear.
'I suppose what I’ve learned from Brad is to be able to have the kind of family whose happiness and well-being comes before your own.'
