Bayan da aka haifi Zahara a matsayin Yemsrach a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 2005, a Awasa, Jolie da farko ya yi imani da cewa Zahara ya zama maraya AIDS, bisa ga shaida na hukuma daga kakarta Minh Minh, amma mahaifiyarta ta haifa daga baya ta fito a cikin kafofin watsa labarai. Ta bayyana cewa ta yi watsi da iyalinta lokacin da Zahara ta yi rashin lafiya, kuma ta ce ta yi tunanin Zahara ya kasance "mai farin ciki" da aka karɓa ta Jolie. Jolie ta kasance tare da abokin tarayya, Brad Pitt, lokacin da ta tafi Habasha don kula da ita. Daga baya ta nuna cewa sun yanke shawara tare don karɓar daga Habasha, da farko sun ziyarci kasar a farkon wannan shekarar.
21 ga Fabrairu, shekara ta 2008