Last year, Angelina Jolie told Anderson Cooper about Zahara, "She’s from Ethiopia. She’s an AIDS orphan." In Touch says:

Zahara’s adoption papers, which an In Touch representative was shown on November 12, clearly states that Zahara has a grandmother and extended family alive in Africa – and the grandmother introduced In Touch to her daughter, who claims to be Zahara’s mother. Now, Angelina’s worst nightmare may come true.

Now the alleged birth mother, who looks just like Zahara, Mentewab Dawit Lebiso (24) says:

"I want my daughter to come home to see where she is from. Her grandmother and I both tried very hard to raise her, and I want her to come home to regain her identity."

A few years back another woman claimed to be Zahara’s mom, but it was proven that she was a fraud. If Zahara really is an AIDS orphan, then her mother, and possibly her father, are both dead. If a DNA test is requested by the woman claiming to be the mother, and that request is denied by Angelina, then you know she’s the mom. There is a lot of controversy over whether adopted children should be allowed to know their birth family and relatives. Personally, I think it’s important for them to know where they came from, so they know themselves better.