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Jon Macpherson & Keiran Fleming

Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann could be US family's 'missing daughter'

Julia Wendell, the woman who claims she might be Madeleine McCann, has been contacted by an American family who think the 21-year-old could be their missing daughter.

This comes after psychic medium and private investigator Dr Fia Johansson claims to have evidence "that shows Julia was definitely trafficked to Poland".

The Polish woman is currently living in a Californian safehouse after she received death threats, writes Lancashire Live.

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Julia went viral on social media after sharing supposed "evidence" to show that she is the British girl who disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007.

Dr Johansson is with her in the US and is currently probing her claims.

She is adamant the 21-year-old was trafficked into Poland and isn't her parents' biological daughter. Samples of Julia's DNA have been sent for analysis and she's also completed a genetic test to establish her ancestry (something akin to 23andMe).

Speaking to RadarOnline, Dr Johansson has now revealed that an American family searching for their missing daughter have contacted Julia, thinking she could be her.

The investigator said: "We do not want to reveal the name of the girl or her family because things are going back and forth, and it’s a very emotional time for everyone. I feel we should wait until we get the DNA test because we want to know more about Julia’s background.

"Right now, there are a lot of families with missing children, similar to Julia’s age, that are going to be emailing us because they would love to know where their missing loved ones are."

Dr Johansson also claimed Julia had been contacted by the family of Livia Schepp, a six-year-old Swiss girl who disappeared from her home in Lausanne in January 2011. The plan is now to await the results of Julia's 23andMe-style DNA test to see what part of the world she can trace her heritage to, according to RadarOnline.

If it's the UK, the investigation will be focused on Madeleine. If Switzerland, they'll look into Livia. And if the US, they'll chase leads Stateside.

Julia's Polish family have denied her claims and according to Dr Johansson, her mum and dad have also blocked Julia's number and are refusing to take a DNA test.

The private detective and her team have been in Wroclaw (the city Julia supposedly grew up in) where she said they found no hospital records for Julia relating to the first five years of her life.

The Polish woman claims there are large periods of her life she doesn't remember and that she was never treated as part of the family by her parents or siblings. She also said she was abused by a German paedophile who resembled a one-time suspect in Madeleine's disappearance.

She supposedly found a family photo of that man in an older relative's house. Other "evidence" she has put forward includes a speck in her eye like Madeleine and her allegedly overhearing her mum admit to "taking" her.

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