Hulu's 'Good American Family' Revisits Natalia Grace's Adoption Controversy

The new series dramatizes the complex story of a Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism whose adoptive parents claimed she was an adult and abandoned her.

Natalia Grace was adopted by the Barnett family in 2010, who later alleged she was an adult posing as a child and legally changed her age to 22 in 2012.
A 2023 DNA test estimated Natalia's age to be approximately 22, suggesting she was around 8 years old when abandoned by the Barnetts in 2013.
The Barnetts faced neglect charges in 2019; Michael Barnett was acquitted in 2022, and charges against Kristine Barnett were dismissed in 2023.
Natalia now lives with the DePaul family, pursuing her GED and aspiring to become a teacher after leaving a prior adoptive family over abuse allegations.
Hulu's 'Good American Family' dramatizes the case, presenting multiple perspectives while taking creative liberties, and has reignited public interest in the story.