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Mollie Quirk & Charlotte Smith

Father of 'adopted child' reveals the giveaway signs she was actually '22-years-old'

A dad has opened up on the tell-tale signs that his 'adopted child' wasn't actually a kid, but a '22-year-old woman'. In 2010, Michael Barnett and his wife Kristine adopted a six-year-old from Ukraine, who they believed had a rare bone growth condition.

However, Michael has since claimed that his new daughter was in fact much older than six after noticing several signs that not all was what they seemed to be. The unusual story has now been turned into a new Discovery documentary, called The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.

The six-part show delves into the parents' shocking claims that they say prove Natalia was not six and how she "masqueraded as a child with intent to harm them". To this day, Natalia still denies the claims.

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