Open Research Consortium
2024
British Pollock Twins reincarnation cases: Dr. Ian Stevenson, Professor and Scientist, (University of Virginia, United States of America) 2 verified reincarnation cases in United Kingdom. [The girls who were friends in their past life and became twins in this life.] This is a British reincarnation case where two young sisters who died in a road accident seemingly were reborn as twins to the same parents. John Pollock, born in Bristol in 1920, was raised in the Church of England but later converted to Catholicism. His wife, Florence Pollock, grew up in the Salvation Army and also became Catholic upon marrying John. Despite his Christian upbringing, John believed in reincarnation, a concept he encountered in a novel at age nine. He prayed for evidence of reincarnation, seeking to prove his belief correct. The Pollocks eventually left the Church in the 1960s. At the time of their twins' birth, John was a firm believer in reincarnation, while Florence was not. Joanna Pollock, born in 1946, was the third child and first daughter of John and Florence Pollock. In 1951, after the family relocated to Hexham in Northumberland, their second daughter, Jacqueline, was born. With their parents busy running a grocery and milk delivery business, Joanna and Jacqueline were primarily raised by their maternal grandmother. Joanna and Jacqueline Pollock were inseparable, with Joanna often “mothering” her younger sister, a role Jacqueline readily accepted. Joanna enjoyed wearing costumes and creating her own plays, and she was known for her generosity, often sharing with other children. Both girls loved combing people's hair, particularly their father's. Joanna had a premonition that she would never grow up, frequently saying, "I will never be a lady." At the age of three, Jacqueline Pollock had an accident where she fell into a bucket, resulting in a small gash on her forehead near the root of her nose, above her right eye. This injury left a permanent scar that was slightly depressed a
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