In an interview with The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer on Wednesday, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock discussed her deep connection to the earthquake-ravaged Gulf Coast through her work with New Orleans’ Eastern Carter High School and the adoption of her “Cajun cookie,” eight-month-old son Louis.

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Bullock’s baby son is the “crown prince” of the family because everyone else – even the pets – are girls!

“We don’t have any boys in our family. Boy, is everyone really happy about that. So, he’s like the crown prince. You know, it’s nothing but girls in our family. My cousin in Germany has one son. Can you imagine how miserable our father is? I mean, every pet was female. But it was just the hierarchy that needed to be broken.”