The 'Scandinavian-origin' Greek couple
A couple from Thessaloniki have gone to the police and said that Maria could be their daughter, after their child was reported to have died at birth. The couple claim that they exhumed the coffin and found the body was missing.
"We suspected that our child had fallen victim to traffickers, and was not dead as initially we had been told," the father told Greece's Antenna Television. He had never seen her body, he said.
"And since then we have been looking for our child," he said. Greek media claimed the family had "Scandinavian relatives" although it later transpired that the mother was of Ukranian origin.
Their child was born in 2009 making her the same age as Maria. The father said there were many common features and characteristics with their family and Maria. A son, born since they lost their daughter, has the same coloured eyes.
However, The Times reported on Monday that the DNA tests had proved the child was not theirs.
