Julia Wandelt: Woman who claims she's Madeleine McCann won't return to family regardless of DNA results
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Julia Wandelt, the woman who says she could be the missing British child, Madeleine McCann, has declared she will not return to her family back in Poland even if DNA tests prove she's their biological child. The 21-year-old, also known as Julia Wendell/Fautsyna, made the assertion during an appearance on 'Dr Phil' this week, where she presented "evidence" to prove she's indeed the three-year-old girl, who went missing in Portugal in 2007.
Wandelt claims she has a defect on her iris similar to the one McCann had. She also cites a similar mark on her face as evidence and has described her earliest memories as "the beach and water, like sea or ocean." Dr Phil described the memory as "eerily similar to the place where Madeleine McCann was last seen alive," but at the same time wondered what would happen if Wandelt didn't turn out to be McCann.
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'I don't want to have contact'
Dr Phil played devil's advocate as he asked Wandelt why she hadn't submitted her DNA to Scotland Yard, who would easily be able to compare the samples to those of the McCann's. The 21-year-old responded saying she had tried and failed several times to get in touch with the police force. While she's currently awaiting DNA test results from an outside agency, Wandelt said she had nothing to do with the family that raised her regardless of what the tests say.
"I think that mothers should not do these things to their children," she said. Wandelt added, "If she is my mother, I don’t want to have contact with her that’s all, but I believe she isn’t my mother." According to Wandelt, she has been subjected to sexual assault as a child. Dr Fia Johansson, a private detective and psychic who is working with Wandelt, alleged the Polish national was forced to take "35 pills from the age of 7." Johansson, who also appeared in the episode, told Dr Phil that Wandelt's mother had "refused to do a DNA test and she refused to answer any calls, texts or other communication."
'It is obvious that Julia is our daughter'
The sensational claims made by Wandelt and Johansson are a far cry from those made by the former's family back in Poland. "For us, as a family, it is obvious that Julia is our daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, and step-niece," the embattled family said in a statement in February. They added, "We have memories, we have pictures. Julia also has these photos, because she took them from the family home with the birth certificate, as well as numerous hospital discharges. We always tried to understand all situations that happened with Julia."
"Numerous therapies, medicines, psychologists, and psychiatrists - Julia had it all guaranteed. She wasn't left alone. [There are] threats to our address from Julia, her lies and manipulations, and activity on the internet. We've seen it all and we've tried to prevent it, to explain, we've asked her to stop. Julia once wanted to be a singer [or] a model. She always wanted to be popular. What's happening now [is] she got one million followers," the statement concluded. Meanwhile, Wandelt is determined to do whatever tests are necessary to prove her claims.