The Polish woman who thinks she could be Madeleine McCann says she’s going to submit her DNA to Scotland Yard to find out if she is the lacking lady if her ancestry outcomes reveal a British connection.
Talking on Dr Phil on Monday, Julia Faustyna, often known as Wendell or Wandelt, stood by her claim she is the missing British girl as she revealed extra in regards to the causes fueling her idea.
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The 21-year-old beforehand shared, via her now-deleted Instagram account @iammadeleinemccann“proof” that she was the lacking lady, together with side-by-side childhood photos of her and Madeleine exhibiting the same eye defect.
Faustyna mentioned she has post-traumatic amnesia on account of being sexually abused as a baby by a paedophile she acknowledges as facial composite picture 4B from the Discover Madeleine web site.
She additionally mentioned she doesn’t keep in mind massive elements of her early childhood and has by no means seen her start certificates.
Her mother and father insist the claims are nothing greater than a merciless hoax and that their daughter just isn’t the British lady who disappeared at three years of age whereas on a household vacation in Portugal. Faustyna is adamant they’re improper.
“A few yr in the past I began to analysis on the web as a result of I began to assume that perhaps I am (a) lacking little one,” Faustyna mentioned on Dr Phil.
“I believed in my life one thing is improper right here as a result of my mom did not hug me, did not say, ‘I really like you’ so it was a little bit suspicious to me.
“I need to know who I’m, and I need to know if I’m Madeleine McCann.”
She additionally claimed her mom refused to point out her pictures of her at age three or 4 and her kids’s well being e book was clean for the primary six years of her life.
The 21-year-old instructed Dr Phil she was nonetheless ready on the outcomes for the three DNA samples and a genetic take a look at submitted to find out her household historical past.
When requested what she’s going to do if the DNA outcomes present that her mom is her organic relative, she mentioned, “I do not know”.
Nevertheless, Faustyna agreed she would supply her DNA to Scotland Yard to be in contrast with Madeleine McCann’s if her assessments present her roots come from Britain.
Faustyna claims she solely remembers choose moments from her childhood, which her spokesperson — non-public investigator Fia Johansson — says exhibits eerie similarities to Madeleine’s final recognized location.
“I do not consider she’s mendacity in regards to the reminiscences… I consider she remembers issues, she’s making an attempt to attach with these ideas, ‘Is it actually potential that I used to be there at the moment?’,” she instructed Dr Phil.
“I’ve to determine it out, who is that this lady?”
‘Julia is not Maddie’: Household
Johansson has denied Faustyna is making the declare for publicity and says the 21-year-old genuinely believes her personal idea.
Nevertheless, Faustyna’s household doesn’t agree and attribute her claims to a combination of poor mental health and a lifelong need to be within the public eye.
“It’s apparent to us as a household that Julia is our daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and stepdaughter,” they mentioned in an announcement earlier.
“Now we have reminiscences, now we have pictures.
“We all the time tried to assist her get again on her ft. Julia has been of age for a number of years. She has moved out of the home, (she) refuses therapy, would not take medicines often.
“She additionally didn’t make the most of the therapy alternative at an excellent heart in Poland, which agreed to just accept her.
“The web would not neglect, and it is apparent that Julia is not Maddie. We’re devastated by the present scenario.”
The household’s stance is supported by a tech firm’s latest facial recognition evaluation, which it says quashed Faustyna’s claims.
Software program firm Deep Impression just lately used its AVA-X expertise to run the facial recognition evaluation, which works by evaluating footage of individuals and figuring out whether or not it’s the similar individual.
“Within the case of Julia, her childhood pictures have been matched along with her present face and likewise a present photograph with a photograph of Maddie,” CEO Christian Fehrlin instructed 7NEWS.com.au earlier.
“The outcomes have been very clear … it’s 99 p.c inconceivable that Julia is the lacking Maddie.”
