# story about looking for reincarnated loved one? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002 "2016-04-02T23:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/1 "2016-04-02T23:53:15Z")
Can you think of a book/comic/movie/tv show about someone who goes to look for a baby or child that they believe is their dead loved one reincarnated? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/2 "2016-04-03T00:06:34Z")
I asked about a vaguely similar story a few years ago and people realized I was thinking of was [Made In Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Heaven_%281987_film%29). It kind of fits your inquiry. [Here was my thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605929) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/3 "2016-04-03T00:08:26Z")
Not babies, but… The Hawkman/Hawkwoman story in _The Flash_ and _Legends of Tomorrow,_ and probably the comics as well. The idea is that they’re a pair of ancient lovers who are destined to die and be reborn and find each other and repeat this cycle eternally. Didn’t go looking for him, but in the Magic’s Price trilogy of novels, Vanyel’s lover Tylendel commits suicide and then is reborn as Stefan, and they eventually reunite (and figure out the whole reincarnation thing because magic). oh… were you looking for a specific story, or just suggestions about the theme? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/4 "2016-04-03T00:23:17Z")
_Audrey Rose_. The movie version starred Anthony Hopkins, IIRC. (Oh, and I second the Herald Mage trilogy. EXCELLENT series) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/5 "2016-04-03T00:28:32Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > _Audrey Rose_. The movie version starred Anthony Hopkins, IIRC. (Oh, and I second the Herald Mage trilogy. EXCELLENT series) Just chiming in to third the series rec 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/6 "2016-04-03T00:51:40Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > oh… were you looking for a specific story, or just suggestions about the theme? Suggestions about the theme. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/7 "2016-04-03T04:27:01Z")
Would not looking for a loved one, but finding one while looking for the reasons for amnesia/nightmares do? That’s [Dead Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101669/). The blurb at IMDB reads, > [@](#): > > An amnesiac and a private eye find they might have a past life connection. There is suspense and mystery and dread. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/8 "2016-04-03T23:18:09Z")
James Halperin’s _The First Immortal_ is sort of about that kind of thing, sort of. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/9 "2016-04-03T23:53:33Z")
Spider Robinson had a short story titled “Soul Search” in which it had been discovered that reincarnation was a fact. A wealthy woman attempted to bring back her dead husband but got instead the spirit of someone else. It was also discovered that when a person dies and their spirit goes to another body, it does not retain the memories it once had. So her quest was for naught. But then another man who loves her…well, one can find and read the story for yourself. I think it’s pretty good. And my copy of the book it’s in is sgned by the author! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/10 "2016-04-04T00:14:22Z")
Katherine Kerr’s _Daggerspell_ series. But in that case, before he can find her again as a lover he has to not only repay the wrong he initially did her which led to her death, but also essentially give up the possibility of any sort of romantic relationship … and then get it after all in the end. It takes a lot of books. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/11 "2016-04-04T00:31:17Z")
Vectors by Michael Kube-McDowall plays in that sandbox too, but in a slightly different manner. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/12 "2016-04-04T01:45:08Z")
This motif and related devices [show up in a number of Bollywood movies](http://www.india-forums.com/bollywood/talk-round-town/32574-rebirths-and-reincarnations-in-movies.htm), unsurprisingly since reincarnation is a chief tenet of Hindu belief. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/13 "2016-04-04T02:22:47Z")
“The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” isn’t quite what you mention…but still… ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/14 "2016-04-04T04:09:48Z")
Not exactly what you are looking for, but an interesting read [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664205.The\_Search\_for\_Grace](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664205.The_Search_for_Grace) ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/15 "2016-04-04T05:03:15Z")
I recommend the movie I Origins. > **[I Origins (2014) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884206/)** > > I Origins: Directed by Mike Cahill. With Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling. A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/16 "2016-04-07T23:29:30Z")
So…are all of these suggestions just sort of similar, or do any of them involve a person seeking out or stumbling upon a child who was their parent, sibling, or spouse in their previous life? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/17 "2016-04-08T00:02:06Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Would not looking for a loved one, but finding one while looking for the reasons for amnesia/nightmares do? That’s [Dead Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101669/). The blurb at IMDB reads, There is suspense and mystery and dread. Great movie! I opened this thread to mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/18 "2016-04-08T01:14:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…are all of these suggestions just sort of similar, or do any of them involve a person seeking out or stumbling upon a child who was their parent, sibling, or spouse in their previous life? That’s exactly what _Audrey Rose_ was about. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/19 "2016-04-08T01:24:22Z")
Exactly what [The Mummy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film)) with Brendon Fraiser is about. Except nobody wants the reincarnated to actually get together. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002/20 "2016-04-08T01:39:41Z")
The movie Chances Are is about a man who realizes he’s the reincarnation of his girlfriend’s father. If you don’t mind a book about stories that are supposed to be true, [Return from Heaven](http://www.carolbowman.com/return-heaven-book/)is a collection of stories from people who believe their children are the reincarnation of deceased relatives. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002.md?page=2)