Judge orders Family to Lay Mummified Baby to Rest

These days kids not only have to choose their parents better, they need to choose their grandparents and maybe great grandparents better, too.

A judge has had to order a family to bury the baby…a mummified baby that has been passed down for generations.

“Baby John” is treated as a family member, getting cards during holidays and even a dried up fish as a pet.

The baby’s remains have been seized pending the results of a DNA test proving it belongs to the family.

The man in possession of the mummy said, “I’ve never treated him like a joke. No weirdness was going on.”

“It’s one of the few things from our family past that we have left,” the man wrote in a petition to the court. “And when I pass on, I was looking forward to passing it on to another family member, to keep some of the history for future family members.”

To Jerry (my brother) I leave $20 million.

To Bill (that’s me) I leave “Baby John.”

Eat your heart out, Jerry!