hollydolly
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I think most of us have known about these 2 women.. from when they were children... and of course it's lovely to see them living the life they want... but this does create many questions in one's mind that will never be answered by them because obviously it's much too private...
An American teacher who is a conjoined twin - and the only woman in the world with an extremely rare form of the condition - quietly married three years ago.
According to public records obtained by TODAY, Abby Hensel, now 34, from Minnesota, tied the knot with Josh Bowling, a nurse and army veteran in 2021.
Abby and her sister Brittany, one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy, rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show which chronicled their major life events, including their high school graduation and job hunting.
The pair share a single body, and from the waist down, all their organs, including the intestine, bladder and reproductive organs, are shared. There is only one of set of twins living in the world with the same condition - brothers Ayşe and Sema Tanrıkulu who were born in Turkey in 2000.
Abby's relationship with Josh, who is a father-of-one, has gone under the radar until now, with the twins leading a quieter life out of the spotlight in the past 10 years.
A video thought to have been captured by one of their guests and shared on social media showed the twins and the groom enjoying a dance during the big day.
It's likely the father-of-one and the twins live with one another, with Josh's Facebook page showing the family enjoys hikes in nature, ice cream and dressing up for Halloween.
The sisters are now both fifth grade teachers, according to TODAY. They live in Minnesota, where they were born and raised by their parents, a nurse and a carpenter.
They first captivated the world in 1996 when they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the cover of Life Magazine.
They then lived a quiet, normal life in Minnesota with their family, keeping away from the media spotlight until they agreed to appear on a documentary for TLC when they turned 16.
When the Hensel twins were born on March 7, 1990, in Minnesota, doctors warned their parents Patty and Mike that they were unlikely to survive the night. But that prediction was to prove wildly wrong.
'When children ask the girls if they have two heads, they say they don't but that each has their own head. That's what we have encouraged them to do, to develop their own individuality as much as possible.'
According to previous reports, only once have the twins talked about separation - in childhood - when Abigail became bored and restless after Brittany fell ill with pneumonia and was confined to bed.
She started to suggest being separated from her sister, but when Brittany began to cry Abigail reassured her that everything was fine and that they'd never be parted.
In the 2003 documentary Joined for Life, their mother Patty said her daughters were interested in having children one day.
'That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them,' Patty explained.
An American teacher who is a conjoined twin - and the only woman in the world with an extremely rare form of the condition - quietly married three years ago.
According to public records obtained by TODAY, Abby Hensel, now 34, from Minnesota, tied the knot with Josh Bowling, a nurse and army veteran in 2021.
Abby and her sister Brittany, one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy, rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show which chronicled their major life events, including their high school graduation and job hunting.
The pair share a single body, and from the waist down, all their organs, including the intestine, bladder and reproductive organs, are shared. There is only one of set of twins living in the world with the same condition - brothers Ayşe and Sema Tanrıkulu who were born in Turkey in 2000.
Abby's relationship with Josh, who is a father-of-one, has gone under the radar until now, with the twins leading a quieter life out of the spotlight in the past 10 years.
A video thought to have been captured by one of their guests and shared on social media showed the twins and the groom enjoying a dance during the big day.
It's likely the father-of-one and the twins live with one another, with Josh's Facebook page showing the family enjoys hikes in nature, ice cream and dressing up for Halloween.
The sisters are now both fifth grade teachers, according to TODAY. They live in Minnesota, where they were born and raised by their parents, a nurse and a carpenter.
They first captivated the world in 1996 when they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the cover of Life Magazine.
They then lived a quiet, normal life in Minnesota with their family, keeping away from the media spotlight until they agreed to appear on a documentary for TLC when they turned 16.
When the Hensel twins were born on March 7, 1990, in Minnesota, doctors warned their parents Patty and Mike that they were unlikely to survive the night. But that prediction was to prove wildly wrong.
'When children ask the girls if they have two heads, they say they don't but that each has their own head. That's what we have encouraged them to do, to develop their own individuality as much as possible.'
According to previous reports, only once have the twins talked about separation - in childhood - when Abigail became bored and restless after Brittany fell ill with pneumonia and was confined to bed.
She started to suggest being separated from her sister, but when Brittany began to cry Abigail reassured her that everything was fine and that they'd never be parted.
In the 2003 documentary Joined for Life, their mother Patty said her daughters were interested in having children one day.
'That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them,' Patty explained.
