A dramatic new twist has emerged in the ongoing saga of Madeleine McCann when 23‐year‐old Julia Wandelt, who has long claimed to be the missing child, has now released DNA information to back up her wild assertions. Wandelt, originally from Poland, first ignited a media frenzy when she announced on the Instagram handle “@IAmMadeleineMcCann” that she is, in fact, the missing daughter of British couple Kate and Gerry McCann.
Wandelt’s claims have been met with widespread skepticism over the years, but her latest move is an attempt to provide tangible evidence to support her story. The controversy intensified after her appearance on the Dr. Phil Show, where she discussed her “findings.” In a subsequent interview with the BBC, Wandelt offered an apology and expressed regret for the entire stunt, suggesting that the whirlwind of attention had become overwhelming, according to the Daily Mail.
Undeterred by the backlash, Wandelt has turned to a new social media account, “@AmIJuliaWandelt,” where she detailed the ‘results’ of a recent DNA test. According to her, the test was conducted after Kate and Gerry “refused” to participate, leaving her to seek validation elsewhere. Wandelt claims that the DNA results were submitted to a “world expert” who compared them to evidence from the crime scene following Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal in 2007.
The new revelations extend to a detailed analysis where Wandelt asserts that the DNA evidence, along with examinations of the eyes, teeth, and voice of the toddler who vanished from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 nearly 18 years ago, “strongly supports that Gerry McCann could be Julia Wandelt’s biological father.” She further emphasized that while her genetic makeup is primarily Polish, the results indicate she is “part British and part Irish,” which she argues aligns with the McCann family profile.
Wandelt’s media representative, Surjit Singh Clair, told MailOnline that Julia is now urging both her own Polish parents and the McCanns to take a DNA test to finally settle the matter. Despite her persistent calls for further testing, the McCanns have so far declined to participate, leaving Wandelt’s assertions unverified by the family directly involved in the decades-old case.
As the debate continues to swirl online and in the press, the bizarre story of a woman claiming to be the missing Madeleine McCann is far from over. With fresh DNA evidence now in the public domain and renewed demands for independent testing, the case remains one of the most extraordinary—and contentious—in recent memory.
