Angelina Jolie's Family Learning to Speak French

Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie really loves her mother Marcheline Bertrand. The longtime lover of actor Brad Pitt confessed that the twins birth place was influenced by her mom's French-Canadian heritage and love of France.

"They're the first babies I've had without her. She was an amazing mom and she shouldn't have passed away so young," the 33-year-old actress told OK! magazine."She was partly French-Canadian, and she always loved France, so when I was deciding where to have the children, it was just a very comforting idea to do it in France, because I knew she would have loved it."

Angelina is also teaching her children to speak France as a tribute to her late mother. "That's a reason why we're all learning French, too, because she always wanted my children to speak the language," she explained. "It's a beautiful language and a beautiful culture, and being in that part of the world always reminds me of her."

The "Beowulf" star lost her mother to cancer last year. Marcheline died in the L.A's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the age of 56 due to ovarian cancer.

• Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp Have Steamy Sex Scene in 'The Tourist'
• Angelina Jolie Adopts Syrian Baby Without Brad Pitt
• New Trailer for Angelina Jolie's 'Salt' Offers Lots of Action Scenes
• Angelina Jolie Could Take Charlize Theron's Role in 'The Tourist'
• Angelina Jolie Tops Forbes' List of Hollywood's Top-Earning Actresses

MORE HEADLINES