Julia Wandelt: Polish girl, 21, who ‘looks like’ missing Madeleine McCann says childhood memories hazy

Julia Wandelt has claimed that Madeleine McCann's parents have agreed to conduct a DNA test to check if she is actually their daughter
UPDATED MAR 6, 2023
Julia Wandelt claimed that she's the missing Madeleine McCann (@iammadeleinemcann/Instagram, Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Julia Wandelt claimed that she's the missing Madeleine McCann (@iammadeleinemcann/Instagram, Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND: A woman in Portugal has claimed that she is Madeleine McCann who went missing in 2007 when she was 3 years old. Julia Wandelt of Poland made these claims on social media and revealed details about the painful childhood she had after getting kidnapped. 

Wandelt has claimed that she was abused by a German pedophile as a child and he is the key suspect in her disappearance. Wandelt has also claimed that Madeleine's parents have also agreed to conduct a DNA test to check if she is actually their daughter.

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Who is Julia Wandelt?

Wandelt recently launched an Instagram account and compared similarities between herself and Madeleine, who went missing in Portugal where her family went for a vacation. Making the claims, Wandelt said, “I have a defect in my eye, in the same eye, the kind of defect Madeleine had. Except that in my case, it’s faded more and more every year. I remember practically nothing from my childhood."

(iammadeleinemccan/Instagram)
A comparison between Madeleine McCann and Julia Wandelt (@iammadeleinemccan/Instagram)

Wandelt claimed that her family rarely discusses her childhood. She said, “During the therapy, I started to analyze a lot, reflect and ask a lot of uncomfortable questions to my family until at one point my mother couldn’t stand the barrage of questions and cut me off from therapy beginning in 2021. I do have a few memories. The earliest of these are vacations. But I completely don’t recall my mother being there, for example, or my stepfather, much less my dad."

“The family are taking no chances, they are willing to look at all leads. It is important they look at all of the factors, the girl does look similar. There’s no disputing that. If what she says is true, there is every chance it could be her. It all adds up," a source close to Madeleine's family told The Daily Star.

What happened to Madeleine McCann?

Madeleine, a 3-year-old from Leicestershire, England went missing on May 3, 2007, while she was on a family holiday. Madeleine and her siblings were put to bed after which their parents Kate and Getty went away for a meal across the street. In 2022, Christian Brückner a known sex predator was named the prime suspect in the case. He is currently missing and is yet to be charged.

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