Have we lived before? Another life in an earlier period of time?

1524. The new-born howled into the night.
"The infant is a girl, a healthy girl, my lady."
They named her Isabelle after her dead mother.

1951. The baby cried loudly, as if not in the least pleased to arrive.
"It's a girl," cried the midwife.
"I think I'll call her Sally, after my dead sister." said her mother.

2015. "Who are you? If only you could tell me." The man was softly spoken and persuasive.
The young woman looked into his eyes with a knowing smile. "You know who I am. I'm...