Natalia Grace, the Ukrainian-born woman who has been accused of pretending to be a six-year-old girl has been spotted with her new family just weeks after a documentary on her aired on Discovery.
Natalia celebrated the upcoming Fourth of July holiday by selling fireworks outside a Greencastle, Indiana Walmart alongside her new adoptive family, the Mans.
In posts made on Instagram, Natalia shared photos of her at their tent selling the explosive items after an expose on the woman with dwarfism.
In the Discovery docuseries, her former adoptive family, the Barnetts, accused her of lying about her age and emotionally and physical abusing them.
The family said the woman with a rare spine disorder told them that she was six years old and they later found out she was actually born in 2003.
Natalia Grace (pictured) celebrated the upcoming Fourth of July holiday by selling fireworks outside a Greencastle, Indiana Walmart alongside her new adoptive family, the Mans
Natalia Grace alongside her new adoptive father Antwon Mans in a photo from Instagram
Photos taken of Natalia by the U.S. Sun show her alongside new adoptive dad and pastor, Antwon Mans, at the store over the holiday weekend.
In the photos, Natalia was spotted wearing a long skirt and a shirt with a religious message, the Sun reported.
A video posted to the family’s Instagram confirmed they were out selling fireworks at a tent along with the photos of Natalia in front of large stacks of the explosives.
The family has been quiet on social media since the release of the docuseries, ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.’
Natalia has repeatedly denied the allegations by her former family in the documentary and maintains that she is a child.
Later this year, Natalia will have the opportunity to have her side of the story heard in the upcoming ID documentary ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks.’
In a trailer for the documentary, she called the Barnetts’ allegations ‘frustrating.’
‘It’s very frustrating to hear everything that’s being said from Kristine and Michael because I already don’t know who I am, and I want to know who I am, what happened to me,’ Natalia said.
She also accused them of lying about her time in their home in the first part of the show.
‘But I’m hearing all this stuff that never actually happened from Kristine and Michael.’
Natalia has maintained that she is a child and will speak out in an upcoming documentary
The Barnetts had adopted Natalia from Ukraine in April 2010 believing her to be a six-year-old girl.
Within months, the family said they began questioning her child-status and her real age after she exhibited ‘violent behavior’ inside the home.
The couple later had her age birth-year legally changed to 1989.
In June, Natalia’s biological mother was tracked down and stated that her daughter was born in 2003, making her 19-years-old.
The Barnetts moved to Canada with their biological children and left Natalia by herself in 2013 and it was discovered she was living alone.
In 2019, the couple the Barnetts were charged with neglect of a dependent.
They have insisted since they were charged that they did not leave a child alone since Natalia’s birth year had been legally adjusted.
Michael Barnett was found not guilty in 2022, and Kristine Barnett had all of her charges dismissed in March.
The Barnetts were charged in 2019 with neglecting their child after allegedly ditching Natalia and moving to Canada after they petitioned a court to increase her age from eight to 22
In June, Natalia’s biological mother Anna Gava (pictured) was tracked down and stated that her daughter was born in 2003, making her 19-years-old
Natalia Grace in a photo shared by Kristine Barnett
In a more recent photo, the family showed a picture of Cynthia and Natalia along with the hashtags ‘justice for natalia’ and ‘natalia grace’
Since her adoption, Natalia’s new family has welcomed her with open arms, even setting up a GoFundMe page for her.
‘By now, many of you have seen or at least heard of the series ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace,” Cynthia Mans wrote in the fundraiser’s description.
‘You have seen home videos of a frightened young Natalia taken by the Barnetts and heard about how she was left to fend for herself at 8 years old,’ she wrote.
‘We are the Mans and Natalia Grace is our daughter. We believe God put her in our life and she is an amazing daughter and a loving sister,’ the page continued.
In a more recent photo, the family showed a picture of Cynthia and Natalia along with the hashtags ‘justice for natalia’ and ‘natalia grace.’
The family has garnered a tremendous amount of support from social media followers who are cheering them on.
‘Natalia keep smiling gorgeous you brighten up the world with you sprite and joy !! God bless you family,’ one person wrote on a recent post.
‘Love seeing Natalia! She is such a sweet young lady who has been through hell! Glad to see she has a family that loves her,’ another wrote.
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