A Polish woman named Julia Wendell, aged 21, recently claimed to be the long-lost Madeleine McCann, a British child who went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal’s Algarve back in 2007. This claim has caused a stir on social media platforms as well as among the McCann family and the police.
Julia claims to have “evidence” to support her claim, including a freckle on her leg in the same place as Madeleine’s, and a speck in her eye. She even went so far as to create an Instagram account under the handle @iammadeleinemccann, which quickly garnered over a million followers.
However, Julia’s family has now released a statement through a Polish charity called Missing Years Ago, stating that they have memories and photographs which prove beyond doubt that Julia is their daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, and step-niece. They have also claimed that Julia took these pictures and the family’s birth certificate from their home when she moved out.
