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Angelina Jolie has made a name for herself as an ambassador for orphaned children and is the adopted mother of three children. Her brother, James Haven, says that their dysfunctional relationship with their father, actor Jon Voight, is the reason behind her need to reach out to these parentless children.

Haven, whom you may remember Angie sharing an eyebrow-raising kiss with at the Academy Awards (see picture), says: “There were times when our father was awesome but my biggest memory is that he would look more to our faults than to our strengths, and that’s what was so hard. Now that our mother has died we’re two orphans, Angie and I, so she has a deep understanding of the orphans she adopts.”

Angelina and her brother lost their mother, Marcheline Bertrand, in January when she died of ovarian cancer.

Bang Showbiz reports that Haven says that Jolie’s partner, Brad Pitt, has had an enormous impact on her life.”Brad has changed my sister a lot. They have an extraordinary bond, it’s not on the usual level. He’s great with her and I’ve never seen a brood like that who are all so supportive of one another. Brad is so strong for her. When she feels vulnerable, he has the most incredible strength. She says she couldn’t have adopted more children after Maddox without him. I’ve never seen any sign of tension between them, and if it keeps going the way it’s going, they’ll be together for life.”

Brad and Angelina are parents to adopted children Maddox, Zahara and Pax. They have one biological daughter, Shiloh Nouvel.