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Shiloh isn't the only child of Jolie and Pitt to appear to go by a different name.
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Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Clear Comfort was where Alice, as the adored only child in a house full of adults, learned to take photographs.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Cummings was an only child; music was a close friend.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025
Lisa claimed she has been forced to spend more than $64,000 in legal fees defending the estate of her only child, whose assets totaled around $50,000.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
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Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Clear Comfort was where Alice, as the adored only child in a house full of adults, learned to take photographs.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
Cummings was an only child; music was a close friend.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025
Lisa claimed she has been forced to spend more than $64,000 in legal fees defending the estate of her only child, whose assets totaled around $50,000.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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