Anna Gava

Birth mother of Natalia Grace.

Natalia Grace was born in Ukraine to Anna Volodymyrivna Gava of Mykolaiv.

The prosecutors for the neglect case against the Barnetts were able to locate Natalia’s birth mother in Ukraine. Natalia’s mother was identified as Anna Volodymyrivna Gava who was born April 20, 1979, in Latvia.

DNA testing confirmed Gava as Natalia’s biological mother.

If Natalia’s court-assigned birth date of 1989 were correct, Gava would have given birth to Natalia at 10 years of age. The prosecutors also obtained birth and hospital records from Ukraine which support Natalia’s original September 4, 2003, birth date. The prosecutors were barred from presenting the evidence that Natalia was a minor child born in 2003 when she was left to live alone in an apartment, and the neglect case was tried based on Natalia’s disability, not her age.