Actress Angelina Jolie reveals that she's closer to her adopted son Maddox than her own genetic children.

`I think children are exactly who they are when they're born. And if there is a trauma, it can drastically change who they are,` dailymail.co.uk. quoted Jolie, 38, who is engaged to Brad Pitt, as saying.

`If you look at baby photos of our kids, the way they were, the way they looked, what their energy was - whether they were a sweet, elegant, private little person, or a funny, open person, or a bold person - they're still the same.

`There's so much they are born with. And we believe you just have to encourage the individual and support them, but don't get in their way too much,` she added.

Three of Jolie's children are adopted and she said she was surprised she had more in common with Maddox.

`You'd think you'd be more similar to the children you have a genetic link with, but I'm not. Maybe one of them, but then I'm very similar to Maddox. So it doesn't have an impact that some are genetically connected,` she said.

She added: "We're hoping the kids don't become actors. We want them to do what they're interested in, but we're showing them so many other ideas they won't want to act.`