Menu
Inshorts
For the best experience use inshorts app on your smartphone
inshortsinshorts
37-yr-old woman gets adopted after acting like 12-yr-old in Brazil, cheats family for a year
short by Bhawana Chaudhary / on Saturday, 6 June, 2026
A 37-year-old woman has been arrested in Brazil for tricking a family into adopting her by acting like a 12-year-old. While living with them for 14 months, she pretended to have autism, used baby bottles and pacifiers every night and faked panic attacks. She justified her adult physical appearance by saying she was injected with hormones during her troubled childhood.