On social media, a young woman says she is the missing British girl Madeleine McCann and wants a DNA test to prove it.
In the past few days, a strange video of a woman who says she “could be Madeleine McCann” has been posted on Instagram. The video has since gone viral on different sites.
Madeleine vanished from the vacation apartment she was sleeping in with her family in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. She was only four years old at the time.
The search for the girl has been filled with mystery, but she has never been found. In the past few years, many online users have gotten attention because they look like her.
Watch the video below:
Now, a woman who goes by the name Julia Faustyna and says she is 21 years old has made the same claim in the scary case of a missing person.
Julia posted proof on her Instagram account, which is called @iammadeleinemcann, and said that her grandmother’s comment made her think she might be the girl who went missing years ago.
She even showed her followers the freckles on her legs, which look like Madeleine’s, and said that she has the same eye condition as Madeleine.
Madeleine was known for having a mark on her right eye called coloboma, which is caused by a hole in part of the eye’s structure. It usually happens at the bottom of the eye and makes the pupil look like a keyhole.
It happens when the eye doesn’t form completely during pregnancy. Children with this condition usually have good vision, but it can make it hard for them to handle bright light.
Julia is so sure that she wants to take a DNA test. She wrote this in her Instagram bio:
Help me, I need to talk with Kate and Gerry McCann,
adding,
I think I can be Madeleine. I need [a] DNA test. Police investigators from UK and Poland try to ignore me. I will tell my story in posts here. Help me.
Julia replied to the criticism she’s been getting about the posts in a post she put up last night. She posted a photo of herself and one of Madeleine along with the words:
Thank you for [the] support that you give me, and for haters, I have to say that I am not kidding and I truly believe that I can be her.
Even though the woman’s “evidence” hasn’t been proven yet, it has gained her over 85.3K followers on the social media site and made her story go viral on TikTok.
But she isn’t the first girl to say that Madeleine is missing. Back in 2021, girls claiming to be Madeleine started a sick trend on the video-sharing app, but outraged viewers quickly shut it down.
Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine’s parents, said in a statement back in January that they would “never give up” looking for their daughter.
The couple wrote:
As has been the case over the many years without Madeleine, the kind messages of support and Christmas wishes which we have received have brought that extra touch of warmth and hope to our lives.
Christmas and other celebratory events will never be the same with our family incomplete, but we continue to make the best of our situation whilst never forgetting or giving up. We head into the new year with continued determination and positivity,
they added.
