Interpol to help Greece with girl's DNA check

Greek authorities have asked Interpol to help them identify a blond girl found in a Roma settlement by sharing her DNA profile with member countries.

The parents of Lisa Irwin, who went missing in Kansas in October 2011 have contacted Greek authorities in the hope that the girl known as Maria could be their daughter.

The police agency said it will make its international DNA database available to any one of its 190 member countries which has been given the profile of someone claiming to be a blood relative of the child, believed to be about five or six years old.

Lisa would be three years old in November - two years younger than police believe Maria to be.

Member countries are also being urged to check Maria's DNA profile against their own DNA files as Greek authorities investigate whether the girl may have been abducted.

Countries who do not have a national DNA database are being encouraged to add all their DNA records to Interpol's records.

At the request of Greek authorities, Blue Notices have also been issued for Christos Salis and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, the Roma couple who were looking after Maria and who have now been charged with her abduction.

Blue Notices are issued to collect additional information about a person's identity, location or activities.

Meanwhile, a blonde girl thought to be seven years old and living with a Roma family in Ireland has been taken into care after a tip off from a member of the public.

The girl, who also has blue eyes, was discovered after officers were called to a house in the Dublin suburb of Tallaght on Monday afternoon.

Concerns were raised after the member of the public saw the blonde girl being looked after by the Roma family. The couple looking after the girl were unable to prove her identity.

A baby who went missing in Kansas is being linked to the young girl allegedly abducted by a Roma family in Greece.