It's actually energy which is neither created nor destroyed (matter is "frozen" energy). Does it carry something of its past incarnations along with it? I don't know. Maybe quantum physics will learn something about this one day, but I imagine most scientists would consider this notion to be profoundly unscientific.

It's cool to think that what makes "me" was once inside a star, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have much impact on my daily existence.