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A Polish girl has gone viral this week as she believes that she is Madeleine McCann who has been missing for the last 16 years.

The girl believes she is the long lost daughter of Gerry and Kate McCann after overhearing her grandmother speak about the resemblance between the two girls.

21-year-old Julia Wendell took to the Internet this week after claiming to be the three-year-old who went missing during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007. She is now calling on the Metropolitan Police in England and the McCann family to support her by carrying out a DNA test to prove her claims.

Over the past week, Julia has created her own Instagram account going by the user ‘@iammadeleinemccan’ posting comparison photos between her Madeleine, Gerry and Kate McCann. She has also hosted live-streams on the platform in which she told her story on how this claim came to light and how she was ‘told’ by her grandmother that she looks similar to the missing girl.

Former Portuguese police chief, Vitor Paiva, has said he would be “disappointed” if the woman claiming to be

Madeleine turns out to be the missing youngster.

Mr Paiva, who led the Policia Judiciaria force in Setubal south of Lisbon, urged police to DNA test her to “clarify the situation” and get her medical help if it turns out her claims are fake.

The McCanns are yet to release a statement on the predicament but a source said that they would take a DNA test stating that the family is "taking no chances" that this girl may be Madeleine.