The Vatican's announcement of its new leader has reignited an ongoing internet joke that YouTuber Trisha Paytas' children are reincarnations of historical world figures.
The bizarre theory first emerged in 2022, when Paytas gave birth to her first child just days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The coincidence sparked viral speculation that the monarch had been reborn as Paytas' daughter. The theory gained renewed attention in April, when Paytas announced she was expecting her third child just one month before the death of Pope Francis, prompting a new batch of jokes that she would give birth to his reincarnation.
