I expect I have posted about this before, but a friend and her family were visiting a site of Greek or Roman ruins in Cyprus, where none of them had ever been before. As soon as they arrived, her youngest Gds, still only 4, said, ‘I used to live here!’
and went on very happily to point out the remains of his house, and his friend’s house (he even gave a slightly garbled but appropriate name for him) and the cave where they used to hide, and the pool (bath) where they used to swim.
Needless to say, the rest of the family were seriously spooked!
He was still pre school, so couldn’t have read anything about it.
When they finally left, he said, ‘Thank you for bringing me home.’
But since maybe 5 (now a teen) he’s had no recollection of it at all.
Interestingly, the boy has some Greek ancestry on one side, and Italian (Roman) on the other.
And a niece of 3 (half Brit, half Singaporean Chinese) was being pushed on a swing at home in Singapore by my adult dd1, when she started talking about her daddy being very ‘angry!’ and the house burning down.
Dd was decidedly perturbed, esp. since Brit BiL is super-chilled, and said she was sure her daddy would never be angry like that.
‘Oh, not that daddy,’ said niece, in very matter of fact tones. ‘I mean my other daddy, before.’
But again, no recollection after about 5.
Singaporean SiL said there had been other mentions, and nothing about it surprised her at all.