For years Michael and Kristine Barnett claimed that their Ukrainian adopted daughter with dwarfism was an adult sociopath pretending to be a child so that she could get adopted. A plot straight out of the horror film, The Orphan. In the years since, the truth has come out bit by bit.
The Barnetts have skirted charges of neglect and abandonment after using the courts to legally change her age, rendering the prosecutor's office unable to bring up evidence regarding her age during their trial.
Now that the legal proceedings have completed, and the gag orders are no longer in effect, Natalia has been telling her story in a three part series that you can stream on HBO Max, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.
A DNA test was administered and filmed in the documentary. What truth did it reveal? I talk about that here:
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