The family of a Polish woman who claims to be kidnapped toddler Madeleine McCann has reportedly refused to take a DNA test that could solve the mystery of whether she’s really the missing girl.
The mother of Julia Faustyna, 21, won’t hand over a genetic sample but insists she has documents proving Faustyna is her birth daughter, a private detective told the UK Sun.
“I have been personally talking to Julia’s mother and told her we will make her safe and secure in any way she needs but she is still refusing to take the test,” Fia Johansson, who is representing Faustyna, told the outlet.
“She claims she has Julia’s birth certificate but our worry is that you can easily forge this. My feeling is that we need to force the mother or a member of Julia’s family to take the DNA test,” added Johansson, who is also a psychic medium and psychologist.
If any of Faustyna’s direct family members agree to take a DNA test, it could immediately shed light on whether her claims are true, Johansson said.
“We could solve this. But they are refusing to,” she told the outlet, which did not report the names of Faustyna’s family members.
Faustyna, who also goes by Julia Wendell or Julia Wandelt, has documented apparent physical similarities between herself and Madeleine online — including facial moles and a distinct brown smudge on each girl’s right iris.
In her social media posts, the Polish woman also said she was abused by a German pedophile, without elaborating.
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