Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia

"Angie and Brad have wanted an African boy for the last couple of years," an insider tells OK!. "They were initially going to have that adoption follow the addition of Pax last year, but that all changed when Angie got pregnant with twins last fall."

When Brad's sister, Julie Neal Pitt was looking to adopt, the actress directed her to the same African orphanage where she'd found Zahara in 2005. And, according to sources, the two had planned to adopt together at the same time.

"Angelina was pretty far along in the process of adopting a beautiful baby that captured the couple's heart when she and Brad got the surprise of their life and found out they were expecting," the insider reveals.

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