Children can have verifiable past life memories that can be independently corroborated. They can present specific names, places, and events that they never had a chance to learn about. The specifics can be confirmed by going back years in the public records. Birthmarks and birth defects can show up at the place in the body of the reincarnated child where weapon wounds caused their often violent or traumatic death in their past life. Dr. Julia Assante claims that these are the only examples of re-incarnation because in these cases the children seem to be continuing the same identity with almost full memory of a previous life.