The Barnetts' adoption of Natalia Grace was just the beginning.
It’s adiscomfiting and murky true storythat, oddly enough, resembles the 2009 horror movieOrphan.
That’s just the beginning of Natalia’s story, though.
The Barnetts and Natalia Grace in ‘Good American Family’ alongside Natalia Grace, Kristine Barnett, and Michael Barnett.Credit:Disney/Ser Baffo; Investigation Discovery
So, what happened to Natalia Grace?
How about Kristine and Michael Barnett?
Here’s everything we know about where Natalia Grace and Barnetts are now.
Natalia Grace in ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’.Investigation Discovery/YouTube
Natalia Grace
Investigation Discovery/YouTube
Natalia was adopted by the Barnetts in 2010.
I didn’t understand why I was alone,“Natalia told PEOPLE in January.
“I just knew I had this instinct in me to push and survive.
Imogen Faith Reid plays Natalia Grace in ‘Good American Family’.Disney;Investigation Discovery
All I was told was, You’re 22 now.
I was taught to lie.”
What happened with Natalia Grace and the Mans family?
Cynthia Mans in ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’.Investigation Discovery
Season 2 allowed Natalia to publicly counter the allegations made by the Barnetts.
Do I look like I could even grip a knife?
Natalia told PEOPLE, referring to how her dwarfism impacts her physicality.
Michael Barnett in ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’.Investigation Discovery
I feel like I was brainwashed by the Barnetts.
Kristine coached me to lie about my age and say I tried to murder my parents.
Why would you do that to your child?
Mark Duplass plays Michael Barnett in ‘Good American Family’.Disney/Ser Baffo; Shutterstock
He added, “She said to us we have held her hostage… We’re done with her.
Why did Natalia Grace leave the Mans family?
The series also speaks with neighbors who claim they saw the Manses physically abusing Natalia.
Kristine Barnett.Donna Svennevik/Disney-Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
The escape plan was hatched with the help of Neil.
It was an emotional time.
I had to spread my wings.
Kristine and Michael Barnett pose with their sons in 2012.Shutterstock
Where is Natalia Grace now?
Natalia isliving in upstate New York with Nicole and Vincewho also have a form of dwarfism.
“At first it was bumpy because the Mans were still involved.
Ellen Pompeo plays Kristine Barnett on ‘Good American Family’.Disney; Shutterstock
They were calling Natalia constantly and trying to wheel her back in,” Nicole told PEOPLE.
“It was just this constant thing where we were walking a fine line of not doing too much.
Im a girl who loves kids and wants to get married and have children, she said.
But one of my biggest things is not making promises I cant keep.
Ive had too many promises that have been broken.
Im just ready to move on.
Michael Barnett
According to theJournal & Courier, Michael filed for divorce from Kristine in 2014.
He eventually moved back to Indiana and remarried, though he divorced again in 2022,per TODAY.
In 2019, he was charged with neglect of a dependent.
In 2022, theAssociated Pressreported that he wasacquitted of the charges.
During the conversation, he criticized his ex-wife, calling her a “monster.”
I had the same monster you did,” he says.
The following year, Michael filed for divorce from her.
Like Michael, she was charged with neglect of a dependent in 2019.
Three years later,the charges against her were dismissed.
[Natalia] was not abused by anyone in my family,” she wrote.
