The theory is part of an internet meme known as the “Trisha Paytas Baby Curse,” which links her pregnancies to the deaths, or illness, of public figures. While entirely speculative, the joke popped up when Pope Francis died while she was pregnant with her third child, who she named Aquaman.

Trisha Paytas has been the subject of a wild reincarnation theory after her babies' births have somehow coincided with the deaths of major famous figures. Here's how it started.

A strange and illogical meme that correlates the births of YouTube creator and podcaster Trisha Paytas’ children with the deaths of prominent figures — and posits that Paytas’ kids are the reincarnation of the recently departed — went viral after news that heavy-metal icon Ozzy