Angelina Jolie's French baby

Feb 27, 2008, 11:35 GMT

01/27/2008 - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals - Shrine Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA USA © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

Angelina Jolie wants to raise her unborn baby in France as a tribute to her late American mother.

Bertrand was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was of French-Canadian descent on her father's side.

According to daughter Angelina Jolie, Bertrand was often wrongly identified as a French actress: "My mom is as far from French Parisian as you can get. She grew up in a bowling alley that my grandparents owned."

The 32-year-old actress - who is expecting her second biological child with partner Brad Pitt - wants to move her family abroad before she gives birth this summer.

A source said: "Angelina is proud of her Canadian-French ancestry and wants her latest addition to be born and raised there."

Angelina, who also has three adopted children with Brad, has been seriously thinking about the dramatic lifestyle change ever since her mother Marcheline Bertrand died of ovarian cancer in January 2007.

She and Brad have now reportedly bought a chateau in the south of France which they plan to make their new family home.

The pair's adopted sons, six-year-old Maddox and four-year-old Pax, have already started learning French ahead of the move.

Maddox and Pax will be reportedly welcoming a third baby sister this summer, despite reports Angelina is pregnant with twins.

The source added to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Angelina has been told she is expecting a girl. She's thrilled."

The couple already have an adopted three-year-old daughter Zahara and a 21-month-old biological baby girl Shiloh.

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