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Jun 6, 2023 · Ukrainian Natalia Grace was adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett back in 2010, believing she was a six-year-old child with a rare bone growth disorder. Over time, it emerged that she actually has a form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal, and was not a child at all, with a judge determining she was an adult woman aged 22.
- Jess Hardiman
Jun 7, 2023 · Ukrainian ‘child’, Natalia Grace, was adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett back in 2010, believing she was a six-year-old with a rare bone growth disorder.
- Gregory Robinson
Dec 28, 2023 · The unusual story all kicked off back in 2010, when husband and wife Kristine and Michael Barnett, from Indiana in the US, adopted Ukrainian -born Natalia Grace, believing her to be a little...
Dec 27, 2023 · The Ukrainian child who was believed to be a ‘22-year-old woman’ broke down in tears when she finally found out her real age, having been at the centre of one of the world’s most bizarre mysteries for over a decade.
- Jess Hardiman
Mar 11, 2024 · Michael and his wife, Kristine Barnett, who did not participate in the series, claimed that their new daughter, Natalia Grace Barnett, was actually an adult posing as a child—and that she was "evil" and had tried to physically harm them.
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- Entertainment Writer & Contributor
Jun 28, 2023 · A woman who was accused of pretending to be a child to be adopted by a family is seen for the first time in years - with her new adopted family.
4 days ago · There's no shortage of celebrity kids who have become models, from Lily-Rose Depp and Kaia Gerber to Gabriel Day-Lewis and Patrick Schwarzenegger. So how do they do it?