I wonder if this might be possible?
Say that a woman never has a child in this life, but the idea intrigues her. What if she were to "put herself on ice" after death, or, of course, her relatives do it for her. Then, at such a time when cloning is perfected, and one of her relatives down the line wants more family members, or perhaps she has given the rights to science so that the child could be born under other circumstances, a new version of her will appear in the world....
This original woman might leave as much of "herself" behind as possible, in the way of writings, pictures, videos, objects she treasured....
If reincarnation is possible, then perhaps this original woman who had herself cloned could come back into a physical body on earth. She might actually live with or near her own clone, in this next life.
So, it's all good, right?
love, blink