But the Barnetts changed her age from 8 to 22 in 2012, saying they believed their adopted child was actually an adult. Natalia’s story went viral in September after her former adoptive parents were charged with neglect following a 5-year investigation into the case.
Natalia’s story went viral in September when her adoptive parents, Michael and Kristine Barnett, were charged with with neglect. Natalia, who has a rare form of dwarfism that makes it difficult to gauge her age, was thought to be somewhere between 6 and 8 when Michael and Kristine Barnett adopted her in 2010.
A Ukrainian orphan has denied posing as a child and then threatening to kill the US family who had adopted her. Natalia Grace Barnett has denied claims by her former adoptive parents that she is a fully grown woman, close to 30.
Michael and Kristine said that the person they adopted was actually an adult — they legally had her age changed to 22 years old. Natalia’s spondyloepiphyseal condition, the couple said, made it difficult for anyone to ascertain her real age, and they even said in a recent Good Morning America interview that they believe she’s really 33.
What is Natalia Grace Barnett’s real age now?
She said that she gave birth to Natalia 16 years ago, and gave her up for adoption after doctors urged her to do so, saying she wouldn’t be able to care for the young girl due to her condition.
Indiana couple Michael and Kristine Barnett adopted an 8-year-old girl from Ukraine — her name was Natalia.
They insist that they aren’t at fault because they believed that Natalia was an adult at the time of their abandonment. In her upcoming interview with Dr. Phil, Natalia addresses the accusations levied against her by the Barnetts, and decries all of them as untrue. Source: twitter.
She was diagnosed with dwarfism, which posed some unique caretaking challenges that both she and her new family needed to deal with. But those obstacles were nothing compared to the drama that would unfold between Natalia and her adoptive parents.
But Natalia’s “age deceit” is the most mundane of the allegations the Barnett’s have made — they basically said that she was a child from hell. Michael swears that the adult masquerading as a child tried to harm him and his family, and that she was a dangerous psychopath who fantasized about murdering all of them.
Natalia’s story is a twisted one with so much going on and it’s hard to know what the truth is, but it’s hard to believe that she’s some kind of e vil mastermind who planned on murder ing her adoptive family. Hopefully her interview with Dr. Phil will shed some more light on a confusing and strange story. Advertisement.
After the news broke out, the Barnetts were probably the most hated couple in the news, but they made allegations that sound straight out of a horror movie with a “twisted” adoption theme: Natalia wasn’t a child at all.
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