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'''Natalia Grace Barnett''' (September 4th, 2003) or (September 4th, 1989)is a Ukrainian-born American adoptee whose life story is the subject of two television series including the 2023 [[Investigation Discovery]] series, ''The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,'' and the upcoming [[Hulu]] TV series, ''Untitled Orphan Project.''<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Natalia Grace is alleged to have been born in Ukraine on September 4, 2003 to Anna Volodymyrivna Gava of [[Mykolaiv]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |date=2023-06-04 |title=Six-year-old orphan or 'con artist' adult? Revisiting the strange story of Natalia Grace |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/04/natalia-grace-docuseries-hbo-discovery-ukrainian-orphan-con-artist |access-date=2023-06-23 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkins |first=Ron |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Prosecutors prepared to call Natalia Barnett's birth mother to prove Ukrainian orphan's age in neglect case |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/27/prosecutors-prepared-call-natalia-barnetts-birth-mother-prove-ukrainian-orphans-age-neglect-case/3412866001/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Journal and Courier |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Minutaglio |first=Rose |date=2019-10-09 |title=Inside the Real-Life 'Orphan' Case: Parenting Author Kristine Barnett Claims Her Adopted Teen Is Actually a Disturbed Adult |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29205646/kristine-barnett-natalia-grace-adoption/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}}</ref> She was raised in an orphanage.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Sheila |date=2023-06-05 |title=Six-year-old saved by adoption or murderous adult imposter: Who is Natalia Grace? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/natalia-grace-michael-burnett-adopted-girl-b2351428.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> She was diagnosed with [[spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita]], a rare form of [[dwarfism]].<ref name=":0" /> She came to the United States as an adoptee and had been under the care of several families before she was adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett, who lived in Indiana, in the spring of 2010.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Natalia Barnett testifies against adoptive father in trial alleging neglect |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2022/10/25/natalia-and-kristine-barnett-allegedly-had-a-caustic-relationship/69581569007/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Journal and Courier |language=en-US}}</ref> She took the name Natalia Grace Barnett.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 2012, the Barnetts successfully petitioned the [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]] court to update her Ukrainian birth records to reflect a 1989 birth date.<ref name=":1" /> In July 2013, the Barnetts moved Natalia to an apartment in [[Westfield, Indiana]] and later [[Lafayette, Indiana]].<ref name=":1" /> The Barnetts were charged with child neglect and later found not guilty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janes |first=DeAnna |date=2019-11-04 |title=The Girl Whose Adoptive Parents Claim She's an Adult Sociopath Breaks Her Silence |url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a29516065/natalia-grace-barnett-orphan-parents/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Oprah Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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The media has compared her life story with the 2009 film [[Orphan (2009 film)|''Orphan'']].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2019-11-08 |title=Natalia Grace Barnett: 'I'm 16, not a 33-year-old scam artist' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50319910 |access-date=2023-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2023 |title=How old is Natalia Grace? Prosecutors reveal unheard |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2023/05/26/unheard-evidence-revealed-by-prosecutors-in-barnett-abuse-case/70256184007/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Journal and Courier}}</ref> In 2019, Natalia was on an episode of [[Dr. Phil (talk show)|''Dr. Phil'']].<ref name=":2" /> Her life is the subject of the 2023 [[Investigation Discovery]] series, ''The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.<ref name=":0" />'' Her story is the basis of the upcoming [[Hulu]] TV series, ''Untitled Orphan Project.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2022-08-03 |title=Ellen Pompeo To Star In & EP Orphan-Adoption Limited Series Greenlighted By Hulu |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/ellen-pompeo-star-ep-orphan-limited-series-hulu-1235055614/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Eliza |date=2023-05-04 |title=The Creepy True Story Behind Ellen Pompeo's 'Orphan' Series |url=https://parade.com/tv/ellen-pompeo-orphan-hulu-series |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Parade |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]''<br />
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[[Category:1989 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
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[[Category:Ukrainian emigrants to the United States]]<br />
[[Category:American adoptees]]<br />
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]]<br />
[[Category:People from Westfield, Indiana]]<br />
[[Category:People from Lafayette, Indiana]]<br />
[[Category:People with dwarfism]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century American women]]<br />
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