Zahara had previously introduced herself as "Zahara Marley Jolie" when she joined Alpha Kappa Alpha in November 2023 and used her mother's last name again at an April Pearls of Purpose Foundation brunch. At that event she described her relationship with Angelina Jolie as a "found" love, mentioned being adopted at six months and praised the values of kindness, service and personal growth her mother instilled.
Angelina Jolie has publicly celebrated Zahara; in a 2020 Time 100 Talk she called her an extraordinary African woman. The family also includes Vivienne and Knox (17), Shiloh (19), Pax (22) and Maddox (24); the report lists Jolie as 50 and Brad Pitt as 62.