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Donata Leskauskaite

Woman Who “Lied” About Being Six Years Old When Adopted Finally Speaks Her Truth

By now, you have likely seen or heard about the popular 2009 horror movie Orphan, and if you haven’t, it goes something like this: a couple adopts a lovely little girl who turns out to be a full-grown sociopathic adult who wants to kill them.

What many people may not know is that a real-life couple underwent a similar experience just a year later, which will now be addressed from the adoptee’s point of view in a new scheduled interview.

In 2010, Kristine and Michael Barnett saw their entire life flipped upside down when their beloved six-year-old adopted daughter happened to have an entirely secret identity, baffling psychologists, doctors and lawyers all over the world.

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