The case of the disappearance of the little girl madeleine mccann is back in the limelight 15 years later, due to the testimony on social networks of a young woman who almost claims to be her. The girl, a Polish woman named Julia Faustina, she admits that she cannot affirm it with one hundred percent certainty, but that she is practically convinced that it is her. It’s based on his physical resemblance and also in the presence of exceptional features, such as spots, moles and even a rare condition in the eye, known as coloboma.
However, as he explained in an Instagram account created specifically to vindicate his situation, Neither the English nor the Polish police they seem to take it seriously. She asks to take a DNA test and, for this, she has even tried to contact the parents of the little girl who disappeared in Portugal. Finally, it seems that they have accepted, although this is only what the young woman says, 21 years old. Madelein McCann’s parents have not commented on the matter.
But putting all that aside, is it so weird that two people have the same skin tags? And, above all, is it possible to coincide with a coloboma in the same eye? To answer this, the first thing we must do is analyze what this eye condition consists of and what its incidence is.
Julia and Madeleine McCann’s eye stain
From the moment of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, it was thought that the coloboma of her eye could be a good Distinctive feature to identify her, when the time comes.
In general, a coloboma is a condition in which part of the normal tissue of the eye is missing. It may be in different structures, but Madeleine McCann’s was a iris coloboma. This normally appears from birth and looks like a groove in the central part of the pupil. It may cause no symptoms or, if it is not attached to the pupil, cause some vision problems. In addition, in approximately 15% of coloboma cases, abnormalities may occur in other parts of the body, such as the central nervous system, the ears, the skeleton or the urogenital system.
Julia has shown on her Instagram account I am Madeleine McCann images of her eye next to that of the English girl, showing what appears to be a virtually identical coloboma. Now, does that mean that, as she claims, she is Madeleine McCann? Not necessarily.
In fact, although coloboma is quite rare, it occurs in eBetween 2.4 and 8 of every 100,000 babies born alive. It’s a low incidence, but not extremely rare, so you could have this eye condition without being who you say you are.
Other distinctive features beyond the coloboma
In addition to the coloboma, Julia has found other matches to Madeleine McCann that have caught her attention. These include some moles and birthmarks. However, these could also be something casual. In addition, it would be necessary to examine them to verify that they are exactly the same. And, even so, the resemblance would not have validity if it is not complemented with a DNA test.
For this reason, the girl, who assures that her parents never wanted to show her her birth certificate, is now happy to have achieved the approval of the McCann. It will be necessary to wait for see how much truth there is in all this.
For now, the only thing we can say, with science in hand, is that iris coloboma is rare, but not exceptional, so two people with a presumed physical resemblance can have it. This story is burning social networks and surely there are still some chapters to tell.