An American woman from Arkansas has claimed she could be Madeleine McCann, the girl who vanished during a family vacation in Praia da Luz in 2007. The woman, Eugenea Collins, says she began questioning her identity after seeing another woman make a similar claim on television. Collins points to an ancestry test showing she is mostly English and Northwestern European, which she believes supports her theory.
However, experts and authorities remain highly skeptical. Collins has not provided any direct DNA match with the McCann family, and critics note she lacks a distinctive eye feature that Madeleine had. The investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance continues under Operation Grange, but officials have not treated Collins’ claims as credible evidence so far.