Woman who claims to be Gina Rinehart’s niece calls on billionaire to ‘resolve any doubts’ with DNA test

Naydene Robinson, who claims to be Gina Rinehart’s niece, and her late mother Sella, who claimed to be fathered by Lang Hancock. Composite: Guardian design

An Aboriginal woman who believes she is Gina Rinehart’s niece is calling on Australia’s richest person to take a DNA test to prove their family connection.

Naydene Robinson, the daughter of Sella Robinson, who claimed she was fathered by Lang Hancock at Mulga Downs station in the 1930s, says she wants to meet Rinehart and “resolve any doubts” about her links to the Hancock family. Sella’s mother worked as a musterer and in domestic labour at Mulga Downs.