DNA Test Confirms Orphan Natalia Grace’s Real Age
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- čas přidán 4. 01. 2024
- DNA test results confirm the true age of Natalia Grace, who's been at the center of a bizarre controversy. In 2010, she was adopted by a family who was told she was a 7-year-old Ukrainian orphan. However, her adoptive parents claimed they discovered she was really an adult with dwarfism and that she was just posing as a child. During a docuseries, Grace took a DNA test that proved she was a child when she was adopted.
I went to school with a girl who got her period at age 8, so the parents claiming she was an adult just cuz she had her period is ludicrous.
Why do you believe she did because the Barnett’s said so? Why do you believe anything the Barnett’s said?
Right! Young girls can start their period as young as 8. SO that shouldn't have been an indicator that she was a fully grown adult. SMH.
I also went to elementary school with someone who had their period by 8 years old. I started mine at 10. It’s getting earlier and earlier
My little sister was 8 when she started hers and I freaked out because I never knew you could be that young
@@rosealexander9007 okay AND they should have believed her!!! 🙄🤡 YOU didn't know anything either so shut up!! 🙄
Dr Phil need to apologize to her cause he ignited the suspicions about real age
I blame Oprah for a lot of things, but for the continued existence of Dr Phil most especially. Well, next to Dr Oz.
Dr Phil needs to shut up about a lot of things.
😂
They both need to apologize to that poor child and make sure she compensated for her pain and suffering.and those horrendous so called parents need to be re_charged and then some.Dr phil needs to get his sorry ass off TV.snd Oprah needs to apologize to everyone for even putting him out there.all the the he's hurt .when he has no idea what he's talking about.
He has a lot of apologies to make he should go on an apology tour
These adoptive parents should be barred from adoption.
That's an understatement. They should be arrested, charged with abandonment, made to re-pay the taxpayer dollars for every moment of legal weaponized incompetence, charged with child abuse and neglect, charged with defamation, charged with traumatic physical damages as well as emotional distress, and whatever else they can pile onto this complete goose-chase that ran off the hype of "Orphan" movie.
They need to rot in prison
MOST adoptive parents SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR KUDS
@@michelleparker6202 and you know MOST adoptive parents?
They should go to prison
My daughter started her cycle at 9, one month before she turned 10. She was so scared. I started at 12 and was scared so I couldnt even imagine at 9!
That girl looked every bit of 9yrs old back then
I was 10 tho i still hate it now 😂but im autistic with adhd and its sensory hell and im 35 in august
Yeah, I got mine when I was 10 gone on 11 Christmas of 2010. I’ll never forget I cried and cried, and I didn’t have my mom only my dad.
i got mine the week after my 10th birthday
I started at age 9 as well. I went from a flat chested child playing outside with no shirt on like the boys in my family to sporting a sizable bustline and full rounded hips all within a few years. Talk about stress!😢
I was also 9. It’s not uncommon.
they should be re-charged. The case should be re-opened. Because they did exactly that, neglect a dependent.
Double jeopardy
@@GoldenAgeofCOD Judge misconduct is grounds for a retrial. How is labeling a 9 year old disabled orphan as a full grown adult and leaving her alone to fend for herself not considered misconduct or even a mistrial. A different offense can brought to trial with the same exact evidence, legally. That is only for identical prosecution, this would be a new trial and new charges.
@@draculinalilith396 The only recourse she has now is to sue the parents and the state
@@draculinalilith396 and no. The only time a person can be tried twice is via state charges and federal charges.
@@GoldenAgeofCOD Mistrials can occur in civil matters in US law. By definition, in US law, what was conducted was a mistrial. And the level of defamation that occurred as a result is surreal. Movies, news, harassment lifelong, trauma. and It was 100% ab-se of a little girl and the entire trial was flawed from the entire basis and claim to the judgement and reasoning. None of it was sound in the slightest, how would you have proposed a little girl who was adopted from another country defend herself properly under such claims?
Imagine being legally ruled 22 at age 9. You could be forced to fend for yourself as an adult. Can you even imagine?
yeah she seems a bit more well spoken now then she did 10 years ago. like if she was really an adult i would imagine she would be just as well spoken then.
Oh My Gosh!! And She Was Only 9 when she was made to live All Alone!! Im an adult and I Cannot live Alone!! I Can't Stand the Loneliness!! That Must have been truly Frightening. The Poor Child!! Those People That Adopted her Need To Make it up to her!! Pay her what She deserves!! They're the Scammers!! 🤔😠😠😠💔🖤😞😢😭
Did you see the very end of the last episode? The adoptive parents want her gone now. @@LeticiaSarabia-yb8dm
The fact that she was a 9 year old girl with severe disabilities is even more infuriating.. those people need to be punished for what they did to her.
@@LeticiaSarabia-yb8dm It's even more sad that when she was living alone (at age 8 and 9) all her neighbors were mean to her because they thought she was annoying.
She definitely looks like an adult now vs when she was younger. My guess was she was actually a child when adopted. Nice to see hard evidence around this.
Actually, she may have progeria, along with drawfism. In that case, she'd appear younger as she ages.
@user-qp4gp4ri8c She had baby teeth with the Barnett’s, they literally have photos of her missing her two front teeth
@@user-qp4gp4ri8c Progeria causes rapid premature ageing. If she had progeria, she would look much older, not younger. The average life expectancy for a child with progeria is about 15 years, so I doubt she has it.
Their actions were shady af. Even if she was 22, y would they leave and go to another country when they could have just called cps or other authorities to have her removed from the home?
Because CPS can't legally do anythung if she is an adult! Neither could the police because it would have been ruled a domestic matter! But I do question why they didn't have a DNA test done earlier!
For those who know the story, that means that she was abandoned in an apartment when she was a preteen around 11-12 to live alone as an “adult”. A regular kid that age would have trouble living alone in an apartment, but especially one with special needs and physical and mental disabilities. The apartment was also in a high crime area, and she was a 3 ft child wandering the streets looking for food.
I watched the doco, no wonder the neighbours said poor personal hygiene. My 9yr olds supervised had poor hygiene that's why they got back into the shower then came out clean, cos mum or dad checked on them!
a medical lab's DNA test conducted in 2023 allegedly confirmed Natalia's real age to which would have made her about 9 when Michael and Kristina Barnett adopted her. She then lived 3 years with them making her around 12 at that time she lived in an apartment.
@@maryslegion-dx1hv12 is just as bad
so, a black area?
@@skoop651no mexican
How that judge decided she was over 20 when she was just a child, is beyond me!! And how her “parents” were found not guilty is equally as disgusting
Exactly
Judge should be disbarred and the adoptive parents prosecuted.
@@overlandadventures1 it was a jury
wasnt it because she was having periods and had pubic and armpit hair? as far as i remember that was the main (possibly only) evidence they had, which could be due to hormonal issues
@@TheElusiveRealityright, but I wouldn’t even call them issues.. more like puberty
the adoptive parents need to be put in prison for what they did to that little girl
I'm ashamed to say I remember this story and I believed all the headlines calling her a scammer.
Same here. Well the DNA don't lie. I wonder why this wasn't done back when she was with her first adoptive family. The judge could have asked for it to clear things up but didn't.
Same
They did a bone dense test instead cuz they knew she was a child. Bone dense text results can be off, my friend took it when she was in her 20s and came out saying she was 45. So, I wonder why a medical professional wasn’t called to the court(or if so why didn’t suggest a DNA test instead). I blame the judge being stupid
Ditto
Because dna tests dont actually indicate how old you are.@@rorosanchez1538
Turning the world against a 9yo child with disabilities after taking her out of her country and mother language is unimaginable. Layers of lack of empathy - which they turned and blamed her of lacking, a "sociopath". Monsters!
What they did was wrong I do agree but I also think she was a little crazy as well even in the documentary she was trying to make excuses and the family she was with before I feel we’re not fully truthful and at the end of it she got adopted and then the next clip they wanted nothing to do with her… so idk I feel like maybe she is a bit crazy and not all innocent. Although again Ido think she is a victim and what happened should not have happened to her and it is terrible that it did. I am happy she is getting the justice that she deserves as well.
@@madysonclaeys6934She's traumatized after her horrible childhood. Of course she's not going to act normal. She's still doing okay after what happened actually. Don't forget she comes from a different country, was abused, neglected and demonized by people who were supposed to love and care for her.
she was 9 years with disabilites...not a adult, what is wrong with you@@madysonclaeys6934
@@ivy456exactly! Talk about feeling out numbered and at the mercy of everyone else. I felt powerless for a long time but she must have felt it in the extreme.
@@tarameekins2276 perhaps she'd feel more comfortable back home where her own mother would have turned her out on the street to make 💰💰💰 don't always assume you know wtf you're talking about in every situation. This scenario ended up being the lesser of two evils.
Seeing her photos side by side at 0:59, you can tell she's grown into her adult features. I for one never believed her original adoptive parents, but when you actually take the time to look into this case and see how deranged the Barnett's were and continue to be, it becomes clear.
100% they watched the movie Orphan and used that as the basis for their claims. Even the "standing above our beds and threatening to kill us" was straight out of Orphan on top of the "adult woman pretending to be a child".
get over it
@@IrenicCryogenicI think you have it backwards.
@@IrenicCryogenicthe movie was inspired by this family…
@@firehousesubs4439Absolutely wrong. The movie has nothing to do with her. The movie was based on Barbor skerlova.
I couldn't Imagen how scared this poor girl was. 9 years old not to mention she's also an orphan from another country I couldn't imagine how terrifying that would have been for her with drop kick adopted parents who brought her to the US. Just shocking and inexcusable bad parenting. So happy she found a really nice family to live her😢
Imagen how scared the adopted parents must have been even she threatened to kill them 😢
This case always angered me, even back when it first came out. i was a year older than her. I got my period early, around 9 or 10, and I was freaking out. I cant imagine my mom telling me that I would be an adult and leave me alone just because I had a monthly period. I think this revolved more around her disability which is even more sick and twisted. They wanted an out and found it, they should be barred from EVER adopting another child and Dr. Phil needs to apologize for even getting the ball rolling over this. He's just as responisble for this mess.
I’d like to see her sue Doctor Phil as well as the judge and the parents.
Yes, lawsuits, in fact, several lawsuits should be started on her behalf.
The judge who re-age her should be permanently disbarred. He is the reason that girl ended up by herself. The parents couldn't change her age. What he did should not be legal.
Why because a medical expert said one thing and now a medical expert says something else? WHich expert is right? Who really knows? Sounds like benefits fraud and scam from both sets of adoptive parents.
The judge made a decision based on an expert conclusion not particularly on what his gutt feeling were. Looks can be deceiving too I always looked younger than my age, people always think I'm younger than my age by 5 to 10 years. When I started driving I got pulled over for that very reason. When I had my kid people thought I was a teen dad.
@youtube-handle-are-a-joke Yes, I get that. I've been there myself looking younger than my stated age, having to pull out my ID at every stop and turn. But this case is different. We're talking a child and a man who by law, legally sits on the court bench with a robe and a gavel who can make inform decisions on people's lives, whether good or bad. He should have had a DNA test done on her to determine her correct age or how close in proximity to her correct age, instead of going by just the words of some legal experts alone or do it in addition to the expert opinion, based off the adoptive parents' suspicions. But no, he just sat in his court/chamber and decided himself to up jump her age to 22 without any DNA proof to back up his decision therefore, leaving a 9-year-old child to live by herself as an adult and her adoptive parents' thinking she's old enough to do so. That was not right or the correct legal protocol.
The judge did it because the so called parents petitioned for it. It wouldn't have been done had they not.
I’m confused as to how they weren’t able to determine her age before with science? Maybe I’m ignorant to the technology at the time but like is there NO WAY in 2009-2010 that they could have used a test or experiment or anything??? Like I’m so confused how they missed this🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
You can look at her then and tell she was a child. They need to go to prison.
i guess so
The lies y’all tell. She looked like an adult in the face. She looks exactly the same today as she looked back then.
@@1_star_reviewsYou think so? Bc she looks entirely different to me (face and body).
Lets hope you dont have a dog let alone a kid @DaisyAppleJuice
No, she looked completely different and like a child when she was sent to live in that apartment alone.
So they ruled her legally 22 when I’m sure this type of DNA test existed 10 years ago. Somebody needs to go to jail for this!
I started my period the summer I turned 10, so I was late 9 years old/early 10 years old - and that was 45 years ago!! I don't know how old she is - except for this testing - but for any "parents/adults" to say she had her period at 9, so she was lying about her age (even if she really was older) is just a stupid statement in and of itself.
At 9, my daughter started her periods so it’s not unheard of for girls to get their period at 9.
That's just what I was thinking I'm like what...she could have hit puberty early. I feel bad for her
Both my girls were about 10 when they got theirs so that makes sense.
That's very true. Mine started at 7½. My classmates started much later, obviously. I'm just glad that my mom had gotten the kit from kotex a few months before that, even though she thought she was doing it way ahead of time. 😅
Too young for that,it's like your childhood is over.
Even at 6 years old some girls get there cycles . It's rare now but not unheard of
she should sue the judge and the parents for defamation
Agreed!
what i said too...i saw a news thing that said she is going to sue...
Millions!
And change her age back!
YES! SUE THEM!
The first adoptive parents look like they were good "Chreeestians" trying to signal how good and virtuous they were adopting a foreign war orphan. Then found out it was more work than the social credit they were getting. What terrible people. May they go down in infamy.
I’m sorry so many failed you Natalia 💛 I pray your new family is everything you needed in the old family. It’s crazy how she really clearly looks and sounds 22 now and how she really looked and sounded like a child in the other videos
This is pretty heartbreaking now that we know how old she really was...the parents were absolutely evil for doing this...
Not just that, but they were making up lies about her, like she was being honest and it seems that she never said any of those things, those parents were just like freaking out over nothing. I think they just wanted a reason to abandon her. I honestly hope we get an insight to what these parents intentions really were.
China
Well, you don't through a kid you adopted just because he's all grown up.
But to jeapartize someone else safety in the comfort of their homes, that's another level.
So I never understood, why knowing this person age was so important, unless, indeed those parents lied about that as well.
@@eliteswagg6650 Who in the world ever said that?
@@oceaneo4603 No. They just lied about everything in general, and that's what makes me really sick to my stomach.
Poor girl, having everyone believe you’re a monster. I couldn’t imagine her hardships.
But she still could have been threatening to kill her adoptive parents when she was first adopted. I've heard true stories of kids who do threaten and sometimes carry out their threats. Maybe she did threaten them, maybe she didn't.
She does look creepy as a child, let’s be real
Idk, there’s something off
@@angelaallen2190 But they said the reason why they think she was older, was because she started woman hood early at the age of 9, like it's completely normal? And I get why they thought she was older than that, but you still don't just abandon your child there, and she looks to be honest so she probably never even said those things in the first place, and the parents were just bullcrapping this whole damn time. If we get some more insight to her, then we'll see who's right about her saying those things because she seems to be telling the truth. :(
@@nazomius7033 If we get some more insight about her, then maybe we might get some stuff about her saying those things, and if she says she *didn't* say those things, then y'all believed a lie.
@@SpecialNeedsChamp999 I think they believed she was 7 when they adopted her, but she was actually 9. I don't think they expected her to start womanhood at that age. It's a small difference but it may matter, especially if she also made threats (which would be 2 reasons to believe she is older than she was).
i just found an update to this story
about 2 weeks after the last episodes airing, the show's producers got a shocking phone call from her new adoptive parents. They claimed natalia had been confrontational with them and stabbing them with accusations, that they're holding her hostage, among other claims. They told the producers that they're done with her, and i'm assuming they kicked her out, because she no longer lives with them, instead is living with friends. She allegedly also has a go fund me of $20000 to try and start fresh. It seems she's facing some pretty nasty aligations from both adoptive families now
Yeah idk I still don’t trust her after watching this video. People will probably hate me for saying that but something just seems off about her.
@@libbylou6004I don't either!!! She is mentally not right and never was. All the poor girl comments get me. I don't see a poor kid at all but an extremely mature and manipulative secretive person who ALWAYS seemed much older, and the concerning behavior she exhibits.
It's entirely possible, I mean she's been through hell. Trauma is not an excuse for behavior but it can give you an idea of what's going on in her head. It could be more of a chicken and egg scenario there
@@TheMoonflwr671 "she is mentally not right and never was." Her being mentally not right is not a fault of her own, and would actually explain much of her story when you factor in her disability. She is proven to have been a kid/minor the entire time with the Barnetts.
If you doubt the results of the DNA test, then that would be another conversation.
It is not unusual for a person to develop questionable behaviors as a result of various traumas experienced in their childhood. Natalia is not well, she needs help. But it is evident that her instability is not her fault. She was raped, tortured, abandoned. It is incredible that after all these events, people still see her as a "monster"
How does a DNA test prove someone's age?
My question too! I have never heard of this being used as a determinant of age.
Telomeres
I think they did a bone scan or something too
IT doesn't!
@@LuLu-gc3qnit’s called DNA methylation it’s not exact but it can roughly determine someone’s age I think it’s an average accuracy of within two years
Does anyone remember how terrible Dr. Phil treated her? He literally was no different than the Barnett's.
I've been following her case for years. That poor girl has been demonized by the Barnett's, Dr. Phil, and every other idiot claiming that was a monster hiding as a child.
Hope she can heal
She’s prob always been a monster, just not a child anymore
@@URightButthank you, but this isn’t the place to share your autobiography.
@@qetsiyah1766 you’re welcome as long as my autobiography never reads “someone who likes their own comment seconds after posting it on CZcams”, can yours say the same?? 🤣
@@URightBut more material. once again, time and place babe.
Dr Phil has a history of treating his guests very bad.
He’s only in it for the clicks and views and not for the well being of his guests
Her age was medically proven years ago. It just took a documentary (and the dad admitting to the physical and psychological abuse) for the court of public opinion to finally listen to the facts of the case.
And even then it’s too late, a lot of harm was done. And not all public opinion has changed since still some believe the adoptive parents false claims
DNA tests cannot prove a person's age. This is dishonest clickbait "journalism" from Inside Edition.
Medically proven? Stop lying. Please. I’m sick of y’all.
They didn't want to hear the doctor saying she was a little girl!
Ok, you don't want to believe her mother and her birth papers, but what about the American doctors? They didn't want to know.
@@themessage6114 wdym
I remember hearing about this back then and just was flabbergasted at the cruelty of the adoptive parents.
It looks like she has thrived. Now, she can decide what is important to her.
Im an American citizen and i got my menstruation at 9 and its genetic, so have my daughters... How could they be so harsh on her going through this...
Indiana really doesnt do justice for their children. How can the Barnetts be exonerated so easily? That is just absolutely cruel.
No they don’t my husbands niece was literally given to NON BIO family
The dude that married into the family got her in the divorce… like seriously Indiana is a hole
I guess the judge and lawyers didnt think about doing a DNA test
@@nastybuttler7880 I agree. This DNA test was CLEARLY done AFTER the whole fact.
Would of thought they at least needed some type of evidence to exonerate but ig they just took the parents word ...this is so messed up they left a little girl to live on her own smh
Because Indiana is the shittiest state in the us
She looked like a child when she was 7. Shame on those monsters to lie about her even if she was not the ideal child.
An old dwarf looks a lot like a young dwarf.
@user-qp4gp4ri8c That’s not even true. People with dwarfism 100% show aging. Plus, she literally still had her baby teeth when she was with the Barnett’s, they literally have pictures of her missing some of them
I’ve watched a lot on her. No matter what her age is, she is very disturbed.
or disturbing
100% disturbed
Well she was abandoned as a child and forced to live alone when she only would have been like 12 years old which would probably disturb/traumatize most people
@@martinasmusicbox
first adoptive dad stated that she was a violent sociopath that tried to "off" them.....
@@johndough7942 Since he lied about her age and then doubled down I'd likely not believe him.
This is the saddest thing ever. I always wondered if they got this right, because how would they know, and where was the evidence?
This is why judges should NOT be immune. The judge in this case should be held liable and personally sued for having the child’s age changed and allowing the parents off scott free.
I wonder if she can file an appeal and at least get her age back to what it should be.
The judge would have to "judge" based on his best judgment, for lack of a better word. If the adoption agency had a good reputation and record, their word and the couple's would naturally be considered over the child's.
The judge went by the medical expert who specializes in dwarfism who aged her based on her bone analysis. It should have been the most accurate info available. Still want to go on a witch hunt and ruin some random judges life? Over an update that says DNA proves her age, when it isn't possible for DNA to prove someone's age? At best, perhaps they confirmed that woman that came forward years later claiming to be her mother and having a birth certificate really was. But that still doesn't prove age. She could easily have had more than 1 child, and she was sketchy as heck. Just seemed to come forward to be in the spotlight.
I would love to see a focus on the judge who falsely changed her age. Everybody says the Barnett's defrauded the court, but it didn't take much. The only material the judge reviewed was a letter from the family doctor / long time friend and an lcsw .
If he had asked for the dental records, they would have been laughed out of court. Not to mention records from the endocrinologist in the paperwork of the second adoption agency the one they try to hide.
How could a judge make such a life altering decision based on such flimsy information?
agree. that age change sealed her fate.
The judge is corrupt...
Follow the money.
It's ALWAYS about the money.
She wasn't even there when it happened, the judge never even spoke to her. The Barnett's had her locked up in that psych hospital and after this ruling, they put her in the adult unit.
A week later they said come and get her, there's nothing wrong with her.
Who did the Barnetts adopt her from? Did they have legal paperwork on her?I don’t know how anyone could assume she was an adult cause she had her period! They said she made everyone’s life hell ..how? Did they say?
@@charleneinman3625
She didn't have her period, kristine lied.
There were two adoption agencies involved, the Barnett's try to keep info on one of them hidden because it contained records from an endocrinologist that proved she was a child.
They knew from the beginning.
They never believed she was an adult. It was all a lie.
When I was 9 years old I had a menstrual cycle . I started at the age of 8. I woke up bleeding and I thought I was dying . I told my mom and she didn’t believe me until she saw the blood. I stayed home from school and my mom took me to the store to buy paid. It’s not unbelievable that she had her period at that age.
Same. Physical traits started at 8 yrs and menstruation started at 9 yrs old. There has been research into the possibility of forever chemicals in the area where I was born and grew up, and how those may have increased endocrine problems.
Poor girl. You can clearly see that she has grown into an adult now. if she was an adult back then she wouldn't have changed since.
Girls who never had a mother figure explaining to them what menstrual cycle is react by hiding it, denying it’s existence, or even getting depression and psychological suffering from it. Imagine starting bleeding out of your private parts as a child not knowing why? It’s not something you’d share with anyone especially with strangers whom you can’t depend on or trust. Imagine the horror the 9 year old child felt watching the TV and seeing the guy who adopted her saying “she’s hiding her menstrual cycles” smh 🤦♂️
And the fact that the mom saw pubic hair and immediately called the dad in to come look... imagine the trauma and deep sense of danger and insecurity a child would feel.
Not to mention, an adult woman would be knowledgeable enough to shove wads of toilet paper in her pants and flush them ( we've ALL done it in an emergency), keeping her pants clean. Or at least figure out to wash them out the sink and dry them in her room somewhere 🙄 a CHILD would panic and just try to hide the soiled pants.
That's exactly what I was thinking
It is extremely confusing for a child who doesn’t know what a period is!! I started mine at 9/10, my mom started really late so she just assumed she had a little more time before “the talk.” Well, I got my first period while we were out shopping and went to the restroom as normal then when I looked in the toilet to flush i had a full panic attack thinking i was dying 🥺😭 I grew up getting a lot of uti’s from sensitivities, some so severe to the point of getting a Cystoscopy done and for whatever reason they didn’t put me under for it (literally horrifying still get sick to my stomach if I think abt it and one of my only very clear early childhood memories) so i assumed it was something even worse because of the amount of blood! I already knew how much pain my body could get into down there while sick and had familiarity with small amounts of bleeding regarding my privates but i still wasn’t prepared for my first period whatsoever. I was shaking very concerned i was bleeding out and dying :( I tried waiting for about 15 mins for an adult or my mom to find me and no one ever came in. I had to decide whether to leave the bathroom or not to go get my mom and get help or wait and possibly die. I luckily had a lot of trust in my mom as a child, so I was able to go to her and she was what I needed in that moment to feel safe so I can’t imagine if I didn’t. Idk what i would’ve done 🥺I can laugh it off here and there now but i just get really sad remembering that little girl on the floor of a dirty public bathroom shaking and almost throwing up from crying because I thought I was dying right then and there. It can definitely leave a mark on some women!
@@userswtpea so sorry that happened to you like that. I'm glad you understand your mom thought you had some more time.
It was always clear to me that she was a child at the time of her adoption, you could even see her development throughout the years in their family photos
Yeah, me too I never believed that she was grown
Agreed
Frfr
Got my period at the age of 9. It was a little early but in the normal range. Did they not discuss it with a pediatrician?
Doesn’t take away the fact she threatened to kill them in their sleep.
I don't believe that..if they accused her of being an adult, what else did the accuse her of falsley..they changed their minds after the new wore off.
Never thought to consider that maybe, just maybe, if the parents were lying about her being 22 years old, they were perhaps lying about other things? Didn't think to make that jump?
Those two people should be sitting in jail for abandoning a child like that.
why aren’t they
@@theunwantedchannelsquad6754 . Bc the horrible judge let them off!
she had adult teeth and was going to college while in her apartment that the Barney’s paid for.
@@cynthiasiddall1285DNA doesn’t lie
@@cynthiasiddall1285because they asked a judge to legally re-age her
The parents really sold this one. They went deep into it and its just insane. Her life will never be the same, but I hope this breads opportunities for her that help her reach her goals and dreams in life. She deserves that much. also for all of us to never treat her poorly again.
If anything, that is the silver lining in this for her, is that NONE of us would know who she is pr of her plight unless this tragedy was bestowed upon her.
Her new family said she’s crazy and kicked her out probably becays no more money and fame
They make it sound the test established her exact age . It's not quite that simple.
They also found her mother, DNA tested the mother to ensure it was indeed her mother and the mother provided official documentation of her birth. Also her mother would not have been old enough to even get pregnant and give birth to a child that would be the age the Barnetts said Natalya was at the time.
Her mother was young herself when she had Natalya. Additionally, dental records from the time they claimed Natalya was an adult show that she still had baby teeth. Her adult teeth had not even erupted yet. As for her exact age, the official birth certificate her mother supplied shows she would be 22 today.
Her mother herself said she would be 22 today and now the DNA test confirms that she is most likely around 22 years old. one thing is for sure, she was a child when the barnetts left her alone to fend for herself, claiming she was an adult.
@@Hello_Haven Very well said. the barnetts were a piece of work! one seems like a sociopath and the other a simping liar. Both should be ashamed
@@olusphone Agree! Abandoning an 8-year-old disabled child alone to fend for themselves is the height of neglect and abuse.
I thought the court had this kind of scientific proof of her age when they ruled to legally change it.
Once again, I've grossly overestimated the competence of people in the American judicial system.
All I can say is just…WOW! I remember this story and I really believed she was an adult. My apologies to Natalia🙏
Same 😔
How ??
Me too. Especially seeing her 'confess' to the various charges in the first documentary. When I watched her response documentary, it was clear that they lied and had her lie, as well.
I remember. They also said when giving her a bath she had hair like an adult. But those photos of the adoption she does look like a kid.
I don't believe it. I still think she's like 38 😂
This poor girl was let down by so many people in her life who should have nurtured and protected her. I hope she finds peace and happiness with her new family and life.
I don’t blame her birthmother, the hospital told her not to come back for her. She didn’t have the ability to take care of her. This is why people need to think long and hard before they choose to have a baby. You never know what you were going to get, sure you might get a healthy one, but you might not. Then what?
ok leftist
@@charlymrivera7236 Having basic human empathy makes me a leftist? Ok then…
Really what a stupid answer@@charlymrivera7236
she literally tried to kill them i have no empathy for her
Thats so sad. Kids who go through trauma can have different feelings
😢 poor natalia. I hope she has gotten all the support and help following this tragic experience
I started my period when I was 9. I was mortified. The only people who knew were my mom, aunts and my favourite teacher who kept it to herself. Had it not been my mom who noticed, I probably would have probably hidden it from her out of panic.
I started at 9, too.
Same! Only my grandma knew. I didn’t even tell my best friend until years later. It’s kinda weird that we’re so embarrassed and uncomfortable with something that nearly half the planet experiences. It’s ridiculous that they used that as their “gotcha” moment. Poor girl.
It definitely shows we still have al long way to go in education.
I’m sorry you had to experience the fear and shame..
Such a waist of worries because of the ignorance of others..😢
Especially at that age!
And being female myself, I am astounded that I wasn’t aware this could happen at such young age.
Menstruation is still such a taboo to talk about.
Still driven by the old standards of some people being uncomfortable with the topic
God I felt this in my soul. I started at 8, in the most embarrassing way possible - a light colored dress during my biweekly visitation with my father. If my great aunt hadn't calmed me down and convinced me I was going to be okay, I would have thought I had something severely wrong with me. I just was very tall and developed really early. I was 5'10" tall by 10 years old (and parents of other kids in my grade regularly thought I was held back several years or slow because of it) and didn't grow an inch past that point. We don't all develop exactly the same. To be physically disabled like Natalia, abandoned as a child, and forced to fend for herself is legitimately disgusting. This poor woman.
@@de-stimulate6504 Also sympathy for your story! Most 8 years old don’t get the ‘talk about menstruation’ I imagine. So for you to had to experience that without any knowledge.. Very scary at that age..
Seeing her going into tears finding out her real age just made me feel upset about the barnetts thinks she is a Adult; she was actually a real child the whole time when they adopted her.
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No kidding
The public is just as guilty as the parents for abusing this poor girl. If you look at the comments of old news videos, they all supported the idea that she was a deranged adult. In her older photos, she clearly looks like a child and the idea of her being some adult dwarf trying to kill her adoptive family sounds like it came straight from the script of a budget horror movie. I've never been so flabbergasted at how dumb the public can be.
@@somewhereinspace2166 your not alone in your feelings about feeling that the public is stupid
@@somewhereinspace2166 It did come from a movie. It was"Orphan (2009)".
They should be put in JAIL
So we just gonna act like people didn't think she was a social path and they even made a horror movie about her
I’m so glad she has such caring adoptive parents now. Poor girl. She’s been through it.
At the end of the most recent documentary , she had been KICKED OUT. There’s more to the story - not AT ALL to say that she deserved how she was treated by the original adoptive parents. She has a lot of EMOTIONAL baggage - and WHY wouldn’t she!
She was in a sexual relationship with hew new adopted father. She was kicked out when they broke up.
@@Dead_Goat yea that guy looked a little too young to be an “adoptive father” of a 22yr old woman
Just another set of folk using her for their own ends
They aren't supporting her anymore bc of serious accusations.. AGAIN !
Those 'parents' left a 9-year old girl to fend for herself and completely ruined her life by she was a fully grown adult trying to kill them. Disgusting behavior.
She was 9 when she was adopted. They thought they were getting a 7 year old. They didn’t say how old she was when they left her in an apartment.
@@ericeandcoThey adopted her in 2010 and abandoned her in 2013. She was still very much a child.
@@ericeandco She was born in 2003, TruDiagnostic's test said she was 20 years old in 2023. She was living alone at 8-9 years old. Check Wikipedia.
This precious young lady has suffered so much. I hope everything goes well for her now 🙏🏽 ❤
Can Natalia sue the Barnetts for slander and libel? I know I would. They really messed her up. I can't imagine the depth of fear she must have felt as a child nor can I imagine the deep pain she must feel as a young adult coming into the realization of what happened to her childhood. I pray that Natalia will have a fulfilling life and may she always be safe, protected, and loved.
It was clear from the original documentary that her adoptive parents were horrible people who wanted to abandon their CHOSEN responsibility and then unashamedly publicly cry to be declared the victims! I'm very happy Natalia is getting the acknowledgement she deserves.
The parents didnt just ' make it up '. They actually believed it. But this does not excuse the bad behavior on the child's side..
No, I disagree they actually believed it. The adoptive mother is a problematic, attention-seeking person who quickly became disenchanted with the actual struggles of raising a child who has, understandably, pre-existing issues from living at an orphanage in Ukraine with a disability. She wanted the accolades of adopting a special needs child but couldn't handle the actual responsibility of it and then cried the role of victim so she wouldn't be ridiculed for trying to return what she saw as a 'defective' child.
@@ecaryn. when did the mother say all of this?
This is hindsight bias and it's an online epidemic
@@janwhite1361pretty much through her actions and behaviors 🤷
This is like one of the most craziest stories that happened in our lifetime and I'm so happy that it's resolved
Not resolved until justice is complete. Barrnett's need punishment for their despicable actions! Natalia neds reparation for pain, suffering and neglect.
A DNA doesn't actually reveal one's age, sweetheart. Good golly, watch something more than a/this video on the subject.
@@loveforeignaccents It can't be completly accurate but is usually pretty accurate. She is probably at most 25, which still made her a child when she was adopted.
@@loveforeignaccents yes it does, they can determine ones age by the DNA methylation patterns. u silly goose
"most craziest"
Omg i remember there being something like this and they called her a fraud. The parents need to be charged because what they did was evil and criminal.
Wow this is insane, I can’t even imagine being alone and young I hope she can live the rest of her life in peace and loved
There has to be justice, someone needs to come after the judge who proceeded to change her age, the Barnetts, and their lawyers. Natalia was exposed to horrible things, became exposed to sexual deviants as a child. The neighbors who spoke badly of her in the apartment complex were as guilty as the Barnetts. She learned bad things because a child learns what he/she is exposed to in her environment. Natalia if you have a chance sue all of them, slander, child abuse, emotional distress, etc.
it was jury who said not guilty
@@ahamed4152Then that jury is stupid.
Jesus Jesus!
@@SewardWriterthe lawyers hid Natalia's real age. Because the court had legally changed her age by 14 years. So the jury wasn't aware she was actually abandoned as a 9 year old. Supposedly.
@@lazer2521 They should have recognised the evidence was insufficient. It's pretty obvious when a case deliberately imbalanced.
Anyone who remembers this case probably judged her back then, I think a lot of us owe her an apology.
No anybody with their head on straight could see right through this couple
@@ctaylor8003 exactly. You could see their lies.
wha wha what? why should anyone apologize to this young woman other than her parents? Let's not take the attention away from where it should be and that is on the parents.
so true...I was totally wrong
So true. I was wrong too. I apologise to her
I heard about this after watching orphan first kill, because of the way the parents describe her is straight from the movie. Its so sad they did that to her
The adoptive parents should be in jail.
This is exactly what I expected. Well, I was open to her being a few years older than the orphanage claimed, because age changing to make kids more appealing to adoptive parents is a known practice in international adoption. But I always thought the Barnetts were lying through their teeth to rid themselves of a child with more needs than they wanted to deal with.
I don’t understand why they even adopted her in the first place I’d they didn’t want to be responsible for her special needs.
@@chickensalad3535they didn’t know she was special needs. Some people can’t handle it. I wish to god they knew in advance so a loving family could’ve adopted her instead.
@@JustSceneIt1they knew have you watched the documentary all you have to do was looked at her well . They knew
@@chickensalad3535Kristine thought she could go viral for being a mother Theresa type figure 🙄🙄
I think the Barnetts were well aware of her physical special needs but not neccessarily the costs they would incur. I think they decided she wasn't worth the financial sacrifice when they failed to bond with her emotionally. I do think that Natalia was creepy and disturbed though (understandable due to her Ukranian orphanage origins) and that was the probably the primary motivation for wanting her out of their lives for good. They couldn't deal with the mental health aspects, they just wanted her to be a perfect child.
I never doubted this poor little girl. The atrocities perpetrated upon her by her adoptive “parents” were absolutely unforgivable. I am so glad she finally has proof; her relief is palpable. I wish her a full and happy life going forward.
I always believed her, too. Bless her heart. Her good name is finally cleared, and the adoptive parents need to go to jail and pay her a LOT of money.
right! im studying child development and all the videos of natalia show her meeting normal milestones like fine motor skills for someone her age. the way she grabs things and moves is so child like and very difficult to mirror if she was actually an adult pretending to be a kid. i just hope she finds peace now that the record is set straight.
DNA can't tell your age.
@@kristingallo2158it might be able to because they might be able to determine your age by the amount of telomeres you have
I've heard way too many cases of Slavic little kids being adopted by American parents who turned out to be monsters. The fact that Natalia came from Ukraine made me wonder whether the parents' claims were ridiculous. I can't blame the Russian government for banning Americans from adopting their kids.
I’m glad she got her answers
Dna cannot determine exact age, it can estimate at best
My grand daughter started her menstrual cycle at 8 years and 11 months! I believe Natalia and I hope her only the best going forward. Having said that I hope compensation for this young woman is forthcoming for the physical and psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of all those who let her down including the authorities. All the Best Natalia🙏🏽
Natalia has stated that she does not even get her period. She never even started.
A completely healthy classmate of mine started at 6,5
I am still wondering what kind of mother doesn't immediately make a pediatrician appointment when something like that happens. Instead, this genius assumes the worst and then publicizes it, or allows her husband to just run with it. Anything to make a buck and self-promote. Looks like their son got all the brains.
The former father has the creepiest look in his eyes.
DNA tests recently shedding light on a lot of cases. I’m so happy to find this out after years!
If you think one of your speakers in your headphones is out it’s not. The audio only plays on one side.
The psychological torture she must’ve gone through when this happened is almost incomprehensible, I mean just think of being accused and abandoned like that when you were 9
Why did it take so long for results to officially come out? Couldn’t this have been done years ago?
Exactly! Denture records could’ve help clear this mess up years ago along with DNA.
the adoptive parents were hiding it the whole time and hiding her, in the new documentary they meet with her childhood dentist who confirmed to the parents she was a kid aged 7-9 years old cause she had 12 baby teeth left meaning she was not an adult at the time, Kristine also made her wear tampons to convince and brainwash her to think she got her period at ages 7-9 so they can change her age and ditch her somewhere cause Kristine was drained finically for her surgeries and realized she's not a money machine like her blood son jacob...that lady is pure evil
Exactly, how did the parents just get exonerated for abandoning a literal child?? The parents sound just like the case of Sabrina Caldwell
@@destinyluna3993 I mean anyone can start their womanhood at the early age of 9, but yeah if we get some insight on to that, and if it comes out true then, the parents could potentially get sent back to prison for that stuff, I hope they learn their lesson and I hope they know what they've done to a poor little girl, that didn't even do nothing wrong.
i started my period at 9
Poor Natalia. I hope she sues those demons and they go to prison.
I hope her former adoptive parents get sued!!!
They way those parents behaved and talked on camera gave me RED FLAGS they seemed deranged in the first place instead of concerned parents trying to figure out the truth for their daughter they went ahead and adopted. Everyone needs to put under the jail for allowing a 9 year old be labelled an adult and left in an apartment to fend for themselves. Espeically a 9 year old with clear disabilities...awful humans and should be shamed til their last day
I always believed Natalia because as an immigrant kid myself, I know that you have to be fairly young to pick up a language without any significant accent. I've known many immigrant children and the ones who started English any older than eight or nine ended up with a noticeable accent. So in my mind Natalia, who sounds entirely American with no noticeable accent, must have arrived in the US as a child. And this confirms it. Since she arrived in America from Ukraine and bounced around several foster homes before the Barnetts took her in, she would have been maybe seven or eight when she began learning English. The poor girl, being passed around and abandoned and having ludicrous accusations made of her. It must have been such a traumatic experience. Hopefully now that she is exonerated she can move on with life as a young adult.
Exactly. I'm Filipino. Moved to US when I was 9. Even my teachers wouldn't believe me when I tell them I've only been in the US for 2 months because I had a very neutral accent and that I spoke better english than many of the kids that have been there for years. The accent was easier to learn than grammar
This is exactly the point that criminal profiler Pat Brown made on her big long video about this subject on her Channel
I agreed
That is such a great point.
nah you sound pretty filipino @@damn671
I just want to know why aren’t they in prison after all the abuse
The judicial system completely failed her.
From her video at childhood and photos it's so clear that she is just a little kid ... Also she was probably hiding her monthly cycle because she didn't know what it was, got scared and hid it because was afraid something was wrong with her and her new parents would send her back ...
IIRC they also said she had a fully developed (thick, all black, completely covering her _mons publis_ ). Is that common as well? I didn't start until age 12.0 I wonder if it's due to co-ed schools becoming the standard, hormones in milk/eggs/beef, etc. as the reason menstruation at such an early age is becoming the norm?
@@pickles3128my daughter is 10 and it’s already started. What’s normal for you is not normal for all.
@@tinybrowninit’s partly due to the stuff they put in our food.
A childhood friend of mine also had her period egen she was like eight and super scared. Nobody had told her about periods at that point. She that se was dying. 😢💔
@@pickles3128 I had a full bush at age 10, surprise surprise people's bodies work differently.
Run to Canada..as a Canadian we don't accept them as our own. Must be a way she can sue them somehow. Had to go on Dr.Phil and put through the ringer at such a young age. Left alone in a apartment with no food. This is a injustice that needs to be made right. So sick of child abuse and unaccountability.
How did she live all by herself for an entire year if she was a child? And during that time, was sexually assaulting children. You need to re-watch the show and go back to the part where the grandma who lived right next to her speaks. She is the only unbiased person in the entire show.
Obviously she was sexually abused & acted out. She needed so much help. Unfortunately ended up with 2 evil psychos. What a tragic situation. 😢
Did the court not order a dna test before they exonerated the adoptive parents? If they didn't order a test that was very negligent just plain bad practice.
I have heard this case TY for the update. Oh, wow she was a child back then. Poor thing. I feel for her. I could have a grand that age
What shocks me is I didn’t see people call out the Barrnets immediately for assuming they adopted an adult with their claim she had pubic hair and a period. If I encountered that in a child I just adopted we would be running to specialists and even more so with a medically fragile child.
yah as michael put it "we thought she was a brand new daughter..but she had full bush and a cycle" who speaks of a child that way..she is still their new daughter... makes u think in a not so good way and wonder what their intentions were
I've never heard that a DNA test can tell someone’s true age.
Exactly wtf idk about this
Me either. I wonder how accurate it really is.
DNA testing can determine your "biological age", which may not be the same as your chronological age. Some people age faster or slower, so the DNA test might not be entirely accurate. It does give a better idea than just taking the word of people who want to abandon the person.
Its called methylation of DNA
@@AgentXaostrue, and further in her defense, it was my understanding that it's more common to have a biological age older than your chronological age than vice versa, but i could be wrong. Either way, it would mean that at the time they abandoned her, she was certainly a minor who had serious disabilities.
They need to go to jail doing that to a child
I literally started my period on Easter Sunday when I was 8 years old. It's not uncommon for girls to have their first cycle at that age. This story is horrific and I hope everyone involved gets what they deserve.
Who in their right mind would thought her 2010 self was 22 yo? The "ex parents" watched too much Orphan.
They got exonerated fully, so enough people with decision making power thought the same...
I agree, to me obviously the ex parents didn’t want responsibility of her, but surprisingly a lot. I recall several years ago. There were more people leaving comments supporting the ex parents and saying foul things about the kid
The movie Orphan was loosely based on this case...so your comment doesn't make much sense.
@@kallen868Absolutely wrong. The movie was NOT based on her or this case at all. The movie cane out before she was adopted and was based on Barbora skerlova. They got the idea from the movie.
@@kallen868well I feel stupid now I didn't know that. Lol, for some reason I thought orphan came out before this movie. Or rather story. Yeah I feel dumb now. Lol.
You can clearly see in all the pictures she’s a child in them. It’s so messed up how she’s been treated by them and how society has treated her. As a guilty person when all along she’s been an innocent child treated as an adult. My god bless this young adult. 🙏🏽❤️💐
If I was her, I'd be suing the hell out of them.
that's incredibly depressing to hear, most if not all her childhood was just ruined.
She needs to sue a lot of people for defamation
The first "parents" deserve jail time. They left a little child in a home alone to fend for herself. That is pure evil.
Actually they were the second parents. They adopted her from another couple who would not explain why they were unloading her after such a short time.
i started my cycle at 9, its ridiculous that these parents think shes an adult
Seems to me a DNA test should have been ordered at the onset of the adoption.