During their 34 years together, they have beaten all the chances. Now, Abby Hensel and her sister Brittany, who were born together, have hit another important point.
This week, it came out that Abby married Josh Bowling, 33, a nurse who served in the US Army, in secret three years ago.
There is a video of their first dance, some happy wedding photos, and a bold message to “all their haters” on the sisters’ TikTok page.
Abby has said in the past that she wants to have a child, but she made it clear that she didn’t want to talk about how it would work.
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For the rest of the world, this is an interesting and new event, but it has happened before.
The Minnosota twins are one of only a few known living dicephalus twins who lived through childhood. Dicephalus means that there are two heads on one body.
When they were born in 1990, Mike and Patty Hensel decided not to have surgery to separate the sisters because they were told it was unlikely that both would live.
They are twins who teach math at a primary school and try to live their best lives. From the outside, it looks like they are very happy.
But it’s clear that their link causes problems.
Their bodies are the same, and their two spines meet at the hip. Abby is in charge of the side on the right, and Brittany is in charge of the side on the left. But their limbs naturally work together, which is why they are good at sports and playing the piano.
Interestingly, though, the twins feel hungry in different ways and have different needs to urinate and sleep. They are also different heights. Brittany has to stand on her toes to make sure Abby and her sister stay balanced since Abby is 5ft 2in and her sister is 4ft 10in.
The sisters share everything else, even their reproductive systems. They each have their own heart and lungs.
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In other words, they can have a child in the normal way. However, it’s not clear who would be the official mother or if carrying a baby would be hard.
The twins have always made it clear that they want to find love and have children, so it looks like Abby will probably go after this.
“The whole world doesn’t need to know who we are seeing, what we are doing, and when we are going to do it,” Brittany said in interviews when they were teenagers. But believe me, we’re not at all the same.”
“Yes, we are going to be moms one day,” Abby said. “But we don’t want to talk about how it’s going to work yet.”
The twins have dealt with the public all their lives. They first went on Oprah in 1996, when they were only six years old. They told her that they tell each other all of their secrets and can feel what the other is feeling, but not read minds. After that, they were in a number of reality TV shows and films that followed them as they learned to drive, went to Europe, and rode a moped.
Still, Abby’s relationship with Bowling, who has a son, has been kept secret until now, even though they are living together in Minnesota.
The video from their wedding in 2021 shows their first dance as husband and wife. The sisters are wearing a dress without sleeves with lace around the edges, and the groom is smiling with happiness.
They also shared a video with the words, “This is a message to all the haters out there.” They did this because they knew some people might not agree with them or be confused about how things work. Fans are people who watch everything I do even if they don’t like what I do.
When the girls were just teens, in 2001, their dad, Mike, told them that they were already thinking about dating.
In an interview with Time, he talked about their chances of getting married: “They’re pretty girls.” They’re funny. Everything is going well for them except that they’re together.
They will be the first female dicephalic twins to have children if they do decide to have children.
Men who were born together but not at the same time have, however, become dads.
Chang and Eng Bunker were born in 1811 and grew up in the Chinese colony of Siam, which is now Thailand. This is where the name “Siamese twins” comes from. Together, their skin and liver held them together, and they spent their early lives being shown off in freak shows. Both of them got married and had kids. Chang had 10 and Eng had 11. They both passed away at age 63, just hours apart.
One in every 500,000 live births in the UK is a conjoined twin. However, Marieme and Ndeye Ndiaye, who are seven years old, live in Cardiff and are still united. They came from Senegal and went to Europe soon after they were born in 2017. They were thought to be the only growing conjoined twins in Europe.
Doctors told their father Ibrahima when they were born that they were likely to die, but they have beat all the odds. Still, they are always at risk of getting infections and heart failure, and the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London sees them often.
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Ibrahima recently told a BBC documentary about how happy he is that they are in a regular school and are loved by everyone.
It’s easy to live in the moment when you’re told from the start that there is none.
It can be confusing, but even though things are hard for you, you feel lucky. They’re making me so happy. Being their dad is a huge blessing.
Like the Hensel twins, each one controls a different side, but their separate bodies join together to form a single one. The liver, stomach, digestive system, and three kidneys are all the same between them.
Their circulatory systems are linked, so they need each other to live and can’t be divided. They are very different from each other, just like the Hensel twins. Marime is quiet, while Ndeye is more independent.
Ibrahima adds, “I’m not going to say it’s easy, but it is a huge honor.” You’re lucky to see this never-ending fight for life.
No doubt, he will watch the Hensel twins make the most of their schooling and life and wonder if the same will happen to his own girls.
