{"id":271416,"date":"2025-02-20T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/who-is-natalia-graces-adoptive-mother-meet-kristine-barnett-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:19","slug":"who-is-natalia-graces-adoptive-mother-meet-kristine-barnett-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/who-is-natalia-graces-adoptive-mother-meet-kristine-barnett-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Natalia Grace\u2019s Adoptive Mother? Meet Kristine Barnett \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/natalia-grace-today-ftr.jpg?resize=384%2C216\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Natalia Grace\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/natalia-grace-today-ftr.jpg?resize=384%2C216 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/natalia-grace-today-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350&amp;resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/natalia-grace-today-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Investigation Discovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/where-is-natalia-grace-today-5210222\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><b>Natalia Grace<\/b><\/a>\u2019s story has gripped the nation. The former Ukrainian orphan gave viewers an in-depth glimpse into her side of her adoption story in the ID docuseries <i>The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks<\/i>. The doc is a follow-up to the ID series that featured her adoptive family, who accused Natalia of being a grown woman posing as a child that tried to kill them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Natalia lives with the rare genetic disorder spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, which affects her physical stature. The story continues as Hulu is set to release a limited series called <\/span><em><span class=\"s2\">Good American Family<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> on March 19, 2025, with <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/ellen-pompeo\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Ellen Pompeo<\/strong><\/a> starring as <strong>Kristine Barnett<\/strong>, Natalia\u2019a adoptive mother.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Learn more about Kristine below.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DGQxGzhpdAN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Who Is Natalia Grace\u2019s Adoptive Mother?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Per the <i>U.S. Sun<\/i>, Kristine is an author and works as a professional speaker to advocate for children living with autism. She is also the founder of Jacob\u2019s Place.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">During Natalia\u2019s ID docuseries, she alleges that Kristine was an unfit guardian and had other motives for adopting her. Natalia also spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1391725\/natalia-grace-docuseries-why-the-ukrainian-orphan-is-calling-her-adoptive-mom-a-monster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><em>E!<\/em><\/a> and accused Kristine of using her. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cKristine said that adopting me was this mission of love, and never once did I see any love,\u201d Natalia was heard saying in one clip from the show, obtained by the outlet. \u201cI feel like it was a mission of boosting her ego type of thing. I feel like she just wanted people to be like, \u2018Oh my goodness, like she\u2019s this amazing person. \u2026 She just adopted a little girl from the Ukraine who has dwarfism and has all these different medical issues and everything like that. You know, she\u2019s a great mom for wanting to help somebody, right?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xtGw1BLGWxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Natalia described Kristine as someone with a different \u201cmask\u201d on. \u201cBut and then it\u2019s like, pull that mask off \u2014 this is who she really is, like your true colors,\u201d Natalia said. \u201cKristine was a monster. I didn\u2019t know what she was going to do next.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">In 2013, the Barnett family left Natalia in Lafayette, Indiana, alone while they moved away without her. Kristine and Natalia\u2019s formerly adoptive father, <b>Michael Barnett<\/b>, then faced criminal charges for the neglect of a dependent in 2019. Despite the former couple having had successfully updated Natalia\u2019s birth certificate to indicate that she was born in 1989 instead of 2003, the Barnetts were still charged with multiple counts of neglect of a child.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Michael\u2019s charges were dropped in 2022, and Kristine\u2019s were dismissed in 2023.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Where Is Kristine Barnett Now?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">Kristine is now reportedly living in Florida after divorcing Michael in 2018.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Where Is Natalia Grace Today?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As of now, Natalia has reportedly been living with her newly adoptive family in Indiana. After the Barnetts left her in Lafayette, Indiana, she eventually met <strong>Antwon<\/strong> and <strong>Cynthia Mans<\/strong>, who became her adoptive parents. However, reports claim the couple was controlling, which led Natalia to leave and now live with the <strong>DePaul<\/strong> family as of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2025\/02\/20\/who-is-natalia-graces-adoptive-mother-meet-kristine-barnett\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Investigation Discovery For years, Natalia Grace\u2019s story has gripped the nation. 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