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Mollie Quirk & Jordan Shepherd

Dad of 'adopted child' Natalia Grace reveals telling signs she was '22-year-old woman'

A six-part documentary will examine the curious case of a 'six-year-old' orphan from Ukraine whose adopted parents Michael Barnett and wife Kristine believed had a rare bone growth disorder. The strange story of Natalia Grace is set to air in a new investigation on Discovery.

Due to air across three consecutive nights, the adoptive parents are set to tell how the girl, who they say was actually a 22-year-old woman "masqueraded as a child with intent to harm them" in shocking claims. Dad Michael claims that he can prove that Natalia is a 22-year-old woman, something that she denies.

According to the Mirror, the American couple were recently acquitted of neglect charges after abandoning her to live alone in an apartment while they moved to Canada. The parents claim that the girl was 22 at the time they left her - despite her calming she was just a child in court.

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