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American Woman Who Claims To Be Madeleine McCann Has DNA ‘Proof’
An American woman from Arkansas has made the shocking assertion that she is actually missing child Madeleine McCann.
The woman is insisting she possesses ‘DNA proof’ to support her claim – however, her statements have been widely dismissed by experts and the public alike.
Eugenea Collins, 22, recently launched an unusual social media campaign, alleging that she is the missing British child who vanished in 2007 while vacationing with her family in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Speaking to DailyMail.com, the blue-eyed, blonde-haired Collins explained that she started suspecting her true identity after watching Polish woman Julia Wandelt appear on Dr. Phil’s talk show.
Wandelt had previously made similar claims about being Madeleine McCann but these have ultimately not even proven.
Collins said she noticed resemblances between herself and images of the missing girl, which fueled her suspicions.
“If it wasn’t for me seeing her on the Dr. Phil show, I would’ve never known. In a way, her stupidity actually helped me find my family,” Collins remarked.
“I saw the age progressions, and it was like I was looking in a mirror. I just know I saw pictures of myself online, and it says I’m missing.”
Collins was born on October 23, 2002, which places her close in age to Madeleine, who was born on May 12, 2003.
She took an ancestry DNA test revealing she is 68 percent English and Northwestern European, which she believes supports her claim.
However, she acknowledged that no direct DNA link to the McCann family has been found.
Despite her assertions, Collins expressed frustration that Arkansas law enforcement has not taken her claims seriously.
She also mentioned attempting to contact Operation Grange, the Metropolitan Police Department’s unit dedicated to investigating the McCann case.
Collins’ claims have drawn skepticism from social media users and critics, who pointed out several inconsistencies.
One of the most significant differences between Collins and Madeleine is the lack of the distinctive eye defect that Madeleine had.
“Not to be rude here, but your eye doesn’t have that defect in it like she does,” one commenter noted.
“The reason I’m not convinced is because I don’t see the same spot on the eye in any photo,” another person added.
Addressing these criticisms, Collins argued that other differences, such as ear shape, could be explained by scars she has on her ears.
“People keep saying something about [my] ears not being a match, but I have scars on mine,” she stated.
“Never noticed them until they pointed out they were different. I had my boyfriend look at the back of them, and they have scars on them.”
Adding to her claims, Collins also alleged that the man she was raised to believe was her father, Eugene Collins, closely resembles Christian Brueckner, a convicted pedophile and the primary suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance.
“I saw pictures of the suspect, and he looks like my biological father or who I’ve been told is my biological father my whole life,” she claimed.
“I never had any relationship with this man whatsoever, and I was always told he was a little off in the head. When I first saw the photos of Christian Brueckner, I instantly recognized that man.”
Brueckner, identified as a suspect in 2020, has been convicted of multiple unrelated crimes, including child sexual abuse and drug offenses.
He is currently serving a prison sentence in Germany but is expected to be released later this year.
Collins also criticized Wandelt, who was recently arrested for harassing the McCann family. Wandelt previously appeared on Dr. Phil in 2023, maintaining that she was Madeleine McCann until DNA tests disproved her claims.
“I just know that my mom is looking for me, and I always had this feeling of longing and loneliness my whole life, and I finally figured out why I felt that way,” Collins said.
“Especially after hearing that Julia stalker making her cry, saying she was her daughter. I heard that and it broke my heart because I’m right here.”
Wandelt’s DNA results, analyzed by private investigator Dr. Fia Johansson, confirmed that she was fully Polish and had no connection to the McCann family.
Johansson stated: “At first, she didn’t want to believe the DNA results. She was saying, ‘What if someone changed the results?’ but I told her, ‘Stop this now.’”
While Collins remains steadfast in her belief that she is Madeleine McCann, experts and law enforcement have yet to take her claim seriously due to the lack of substantial evidence.
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