“I thought I had found the right family for me,” she said, until Kristine Barnett started questioning her age
Photo: Dr. Phil/Youtube The crazy, complicated story about Natalia, the Ukrainian orphan who may or may not have been an adult masquerading as a child, caused widespread confusion and chaos last month. Now, the most crucial missing piece of the extremely complicated puzzle — Natalia herself — has finally been found. By Dr. Phil.
The Barnetts adopted Natalia from an orphanage in Florida and brought her to Indiana with them in 2010. But two years later, they petitioned a judge to officially have her age changed to 22, after they claimed to have conducted bone-density tests that reflected her accurate age. Soon after, they went to Canada with their son, leaving Natalia alone in an apartment, which authorities are now saying amounts to felony abandonment. Their trial is scheduled to begin in January 2020.
Natalia told Dr. Phil that her condition is officially called diastrophic dysplasia, and that she also has scoliosis. She claimed that her birth date is September 4, 2003, which would make her 16 years old. In Natalia’s telling, she said that she was at first happy with the Barnetts: .
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