Famous Americans who adopted from Ethiopia

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

They adopted their second child and first daughter, six-month-old Zahara, from Ethiopia in July 2005. 

Cole Hamels

Retired baseball player Cole Hamels and his wife Heidi Strobel adopted from Ethiopia in 2012.

Connie Britton

Connie Britton decided to adopt after traveling to Ethiopia in the early 2000s for a documentary about the country's orphan population. She had always wanted to be a mom and, as a single woman, decided to pursue adoption because she hadn't found the partnership she was looking for to have a child. She adopted her son Yoby in 2011.