It’s only been days since a young woman took the internet by storm, claiming to be Madeleine McCann and calling for help to contact parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, for a DNA test.
Now known as Julia Faustyna, the 21-year-old went viral last week after going ‘Live’ on social media, claiming that she is Madeleine.
She has spent the last week posting her evidence including seemingly identical birthmarks to the missing British girl as well as her eye Coloboma that appears to match the missing tot’s.
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At this point, Kate and Gerry McCann have not made a public statement on the claims, however, it is understood they are taking 'no chances.'
They want to find out if the mysterious social media user is in fact their daughter who has been missing for almost 16 years.
While the public anxiously awaits an update on the matter, here is all the evidence that Julia has published in recent days.
She can’t get hold of her birth certificate
From the get-go, Julia said that she first started thinking she may actually be Madeleine McCann ‘a few months ago.’
In the first Instagram live, she said: “It was something that I heard from my grandma.”
She said she tried to get a copy of her birth certificate, but she could only be given information about herself over the phone.
She also said she doesn’t remember much about her childhood, and despite believing she is 21, she said she isn’t confident of what her real identity or age.
Her first memory is being on a holiday
Julia claims she cannot remember anything about her childhood, but she does have vague memories of being in a hot place ‘with apartments.’
“I don’t remember most of my childhood but my earliest memory is very strong and it’s about holidays in hot place where there was a beach and white or very light coloured buildings with apartments,” she said.
“I don’t see my family in this memory".
This sparked major concern online because Madeleine went missing from her family Portugal apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007.
The apartment she was last seen in when she was just three was white.
Similarities between Julia and Madeleine McCann
This is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle - Julia has posted a number of similarities in photographs between her and Madeleine.
She posted similar spots on her body to Madeleine while on a ‘Live’, alongside a spot on her leg, and - most alarmingly - she has the same rare eye condition as Madeleine, coloboma.
According to health officials, Coloboma is an eye condition people are born with, and occurs when part of the tissue that makes up the eye is missing.
“I have a mark on the same eye,” Julia pointed out. “I have a similar shape of face, ears, lips, and gap between my teeth".
Similarities to Kate and Gerry McCann
The young woman went further and began comparing her facial features to both Gerry and Kate McCann on social media.
Julia shared images of her face morphing into Kate and Gerry’s on Instagram, and although it is not a professionally done, many people say they can’t deny the resemblance.
She has also posted pictures on Instagram showing all her similar features to the McCanns, like her eyes, ears, and smile.
Links to a paedophile who resembles Portuguese police drawing
Julia has made claims that when she was younger, she was ‘victim of a German paedophile’ who resembles pictures shared on the Find Madeleine page by police.
She told her followers that she 'confronted' her abuser 'two weeks ago' and spoke to him about someone 'suspected' in Madeleine’s missing person's case.
She allegedly accused him of hurting her and being involved in abducting children, and said his reaction was 'very suspicious' and he was 'nervous stressed.'
Her parents ‘don’t want to talk about it’
Finally, in an interview with The Tab, Julia said she has tried to talk to her family about the situation, but says they don't want to address it at all.
“My mother didn’t want to talk about it,” she said.
“She said the past is in the past and she is not going to talk about the past. She said now is the future and we should focus on the future.
“My dad said, ‘even if I am not your father will it change anything?’”.
She has posted on her Instagram account multiple times saying she has asked her parents for a DNA test and they have so far refused to comply.
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