Angelina Jolie’s adopted daughter, Zahara, was apparently conceived when her birth mother was raped. Mentwabe Dawit said she was attacked in 2004 after walking home from work at a construction site at night in the southern Ethiopian town of Awasa.

“He pulled a dagger, put one hand on my mouth, so that I could not scream. He then raped me and disappeared,” she tearfully recalled to Reuters.

Mentwabe originally named the baby Yemsrach (which means good news in the Amharic language). She was unable to feed and take care of the baby so she decided to put her up for adoption.

Unable to feed the child, the baby “became malnourished and was even unable to cry,” Dawit told Reuters. “I was desperate and decided to run away, rather than see my child dying.”

Despite reports that the birth mothers is requesting Zahara back from the Jolie-Pitt family, Mentwabe is denying this saying:

I have never disputed the adoption of my baby by Angelina Jolie,” she said.

“I think my daughter is a very fortunate human being to be adopted by a world famous lady. I wish them both all the success they deserve.”

That is sad and I hope that the mother is better!