A DNA test with Gerry or Kate McCann looks increasingly unlikely for Polish woman Julia Faustyna.
The 21-year-old emerged on Instagram two weeks ago claiming she was their daughter Madeleine who went missing in Portugal in 2007. Julia also published photographic comparisons of her features and those of Madeleine McCann, amassing over a million followers in the process.
These comparisons included a mark on her right eye and a number of freckles and skin marks she says are similar to Maddie. In addition, reflecting on her younger years, the Pole has concluded that her life hasn't made any sense, leading her to conclude that she was a victim of abduction.
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She said on Instagram: “I don’t remember most of my childhood, but my earliest memory is very strong, and it’s about holidays in a hot place where there was a beach and white or very light [coloured] buildings with [apartments]."
Last week, a source close to the McCanns suggested they were willing to partake in a DNA test to test the online claims but that possibility has since gone cold.
Psychic Dr Fia Johansson, who has been representing Julia in the media, told 7NEWS in Australia that the young woman is definitely “not doing this for publicity”. She went on to tell them that all Julia wants is for her own mum and dad to do a DNA test with her. Her father has reportedly refused. Johansson told 7NEWS they will now go to court seeking a DNA test order.
Numerous sources have cast doubt on the young woman's story, including her own family and the police in Poland. Her family claimed she left their house with childhood photographs and documentation, including her birth certificate which she claimed she could not obtain during one of her Instagram videos.
Now, Polish police have also poured cold water on her outlandish claims. Pawel Noga from the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wroclaw does not support her story, telling Gazeta that the authorities have "ruled out" all possibility of Faustyna's story having any level of validity.
The Polish woman's social media uploads have generated a mixed response from the public, with some people sending her online abuse. Subsequently, an upset Faustyna deleted two of her accounts. She then posted the following statement on Instagram: “If you don’t like me, please unfollow. I don’t want fans or followers. I closed my Facebook account and TikTok so people can’t make fun of me, OK? LEAVE ME ALONE."
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