How old is Natalia Grace Barnett? That’s what everyone wants to know. Her birth card says that she was born in 2003. The New York Post says that in 2012, her adoptive parents asked a court to formally change that information. Her new year of birth is now 1989, which is a big change. Why did Kristine and Michael Barnett bring the 6-year-old Ukrainian child to their home in Indiana?

They said they had proof that she wasn’t really a kid but was an adult pretending to be one. They also said that Natalia hurt them and tried to kill them while they were taking care of her. All of this led to Michael Barnett paying for Natalia to live alone in an apartment while the rest of his family moved to Canada. Where is she right now?

What Happened to Natalia Grace?

Natalia Grace has a rare form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, which makes this case more complex. Natalia went on Dr. Phil in November 2019 to clear the air and tell her side of the story.

In the interview, she sat next to Antwon and Cynthia Mans, the couple from Indiana who took her in after the Barnett family left her. At the time, they already had two kids and were expecting a third. Adding a stranger to their family was a strange choice.

Even though Kristine and Michael Barnett had said that Grace had abused them, the Man’s family was not worried. They didn’t see any proof that Natalia was violent, as was said. In fact, it wasn’t like that at all. “We already have other kids. We have a child,” said Cynthia. “She does nothing but love her siblings and nephew.”

A friend of the Mans told The Daily Mail in September 2019 that Natalia thinks of her new family as good Samaritans who “welcomed her into their hearts.”

Cynthia and Antwon wanted to be her legal guardians in 2016 because of how they feel about her, but “court records show they later withdrew their petition after the court upheld an earlier ruling that she was born in 1989 and not 2003.” Natalia gets $733 a month in disability payments, which the Mans would get if they were her parents.

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In 2019, A Woman Who Said She Was Natalia Grace’s Real Mother Came Forward

Anna Volodymyrivna Gava told Daily Mail TV (via Insider) that she is the real mother of Natalia Grace. In an emotional interview from October 2019, Gava said that she was “forced to give up Natalia 16 years ago when the girl was an infant.” She said that she couldn’t take care of Grace after she split up with Grace’s father.

“Daughter, please forgive me for what I did sixteen years ago. “Please come see me soon,” she said. “We’re ready to see you. There are two of each of your aunts and brothers. Documents from the home where Natalia was living showed that she moved in October 2003, the news outlet said.

At the time this article was written, there was no evidence that Gava is Natalia’s mother. This is definitely the kind of story that makes all types of con artists dream.

Conclusion

Natalia Grace was abandoned by her family in Ukraine and adopted by an Indiana couple. She had a form of dwarfism and was treated as a “con artist” and “sociopath”. Natalia Grace was adopted by a couple who changed her birth year and age, but Cynthia and Antwon Mans later took her in and tried to become her formal parents.

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