Natalia Grace Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Birth Name	Gava Natalia Vadymivna
Full Name	Natalia Grace (Barnett) Mans
Nickname	Tally
Physical Stats
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	4 September 2003 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	21 Years
Birthplace	Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	• American • Ukrainian
School	Lafayette Adult Resource Academy, Indiana
Educational Qualification	As of 2025, she is studying for her GED
Religion	Christianity
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Tattoo(s)	Both Arms - Flowers and other designs
Controversies	• Accused of lying about her age In the docuseries, 'The Curious Case of Natalia Grace' (2023), her adoptive parents, Kristine and Michael Barnett claimed that Natalia was lying about her age and was diagnosed as a sociopath by doctors. They further claimed that Natalia had attempted to kill their family.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Neil
Family
Parents	Biological Parents Father- Vadim Mother- Anna Volodymyrivna Gava Foster Parents 1st Foster Parents: (2008-2010) Father- Gary Ciccone Mother- Dyan Ciccone 2nd Foster Parents: (Adopted in 2010) Father- Michael Barnett Mother- Kristine Barnett (Author) 3rd Foster Parents: (Adopted in 2023) Father- Antwon Mans (Pastor) Mother- Cynthia Mans
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Miroslav • Deniska Sister(s)- 2 • Kira • Yulia
Favourites
Singer(s)	Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus

Some Lesser Known Facts About Natalia Grace

• She suffers from spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare genetic disorder that causes dwarfism.

• She was placed for adoption soon after being born, after the doctors informed her mother about her dwarfism.
  

  Natalia Grace during her childhood

• In an interview, her biological mother, Anna Volodymyrivna Gava, said that she was advised to give Natalia up for adoption by the doctors due to her dwarfism. She said,
  

  I didn’t initially want to leave her, but the doctors said there is nothing you could do for her. ‘You are young,’ they said, ‘You are 24 years old. Don’t ruin your life, you will have other children.”

  

  Anna Volodymyrivna Gava wiping off her tears while talking about her daughter during the interview

• She further revealed that the doctors had prescribed an operation for Natalia, which would have cost her $100,000, which she couldn’t afford at the time.

• Natalia Grace came to the U.S. from Ukraine when she was 6 years old.

• Her age was approximated to be 8 years in 2010 by a doctor at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, Indiana.

• In 2011, Michael and Kristine Barnett abandoned her to live alone in an apartment.
  

  Michael and Kristine Barnett

• In 2012, her age was estimated to be 11 years by the doctors at the Indianapolis hospital, Indiana, through a skeletal survey.

• In 2012, her adoptive parents, Michael and Kristine Barnett, got a court order issued from the Marion Superior 8 court, Indiana, to legally change Natalia’s birth year from 2003 to September 1989, believing that she was an older woman scamming them.
  

  Natalia Grace’s ID card after her date of birth was changed

• She was placed in a mental health hospital in 2012 and was discharged from the hospital in 2013.

• In 2013, the Barnett family moved her to an apartment in Westfield, Indiana, and later left her in an apartment in Lafayette, Indiana, and moved to Canada.

• She started living with Antwon and Cynthia Mans in 2013, who noticed that Natalia was living alone and having difficulty with everyday tasks.
  

  Antwon and Cynthia Mans with Natalia Grace

• In 2016, the Mans family attempted to officially adopt Natalia, but the court dismissed the adoption in January 2018 and asked the Mans family to reverse Natalia’s age change order before attempting to adopt her again.

• During an interview, the Mans family claimed that the Barnett family was inspired by the plot of the film, ‘Orphan’ (2009), to change her age.

• In 2019, she appeared in an episode of the American talk show, ‘Dr. Phil.’
  

  Natalia Grace in an episode of Dr. Phil

• She met her boyfriend, Neil, who is a resident of the United Kingdom, through social media when she was living with the Mans family.

• The Mans family was against their relationship and restricted Natalia’s internet access.

• In 2023, she left the Mans family with the help of her boyfriend, Neil, to live with Nicole and Vince DePaul, a couple who suffer from dwarfism and had previously tried to adopt her when she was a child in 2009.
  

  Nicole and Vince DePaul

• In an interview, she claimed that she left the Mans family as they wanted to control her independence and her romantic life.

• Natalia met Neil in person while living with the DePaul family.

• Her birth was legally restored to 2003 after the health testing company, TruDiagnostic, conducted a DNA test and estimated that Grace was about twenty-two years old in August 2023.

• She has been a subject of various American television series, including ‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’ (2023-24) and ‘Good American Family’ (2025).
  

  Natalia Grace in a still from The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

• She has been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), an emotionally withdrawn behaviour towards caregivers.