Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel, born in 1990 and famous for being one of the few conjoined twins to survive childhood, lived a life under the media eye, documenting their experiences in the TLC series Abby & Brittany, a kind of reality show.
This program, which is no longer on the air, showed his daily life: from driving to traveling through Europe and riding a motorcycle, culminating with his university graduation in education.
Now, at 34 years old, Abby said that she secretly married Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran.
secret wedding
After the series ended, the sisters took a new professional path as teachers, teaching fifth grade in Minnesota, their home state in the United States.
It was in this environment that Abby formed her own family, marrying Josh Bowling in 2021. The news of the wedding only became known now, three years later.
Abby and Brittany Hensel are 34 years old. The wedding took place in 2021 and came to light in the last few hours.
According to Today, the secret wedding was a discreet event and it was not until recently that the images of the conjoined twins dressed as brides celebrating their love and their new life began to see the light on social networks and the media.
Although the twins are cautious about sharing their new life on social media, on their Facebook page you can see how Josh, Abby, and Brittany, along with Josh's daughter, enjoy a life full of outdoor activities , such as long walks or tubing in the snow.
Abby and Brittany Hensel are one of the largest living adult conjoined twins in the world.
Abby and Brittany have individual organs in the upper part of their bodies while they share most of the organs located at or below the navel
, one exception being the spine. Two hearts with a shared circulatory system.
Siamese twins each have completely independent thinking. It is possible that each one controls one arm: but they are two bodies stuck together. One whole brain regulates half and the other the other.
Will they have children?
Abby and Brittany are dicephalic conjoined twins, a phenomenon that occurs in only one in every 200,000 births. They share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist, with Abby controlling the right side and Brittany the left.
Today reports that when parents Patty and Mike Hensel welcomed Abby and Brittany into the world in 1990,
doctors advised against separation surgery due to the slim chance of survival.
In light of the high risks involved, Patty and Mike chose not to undergo the operation and accepted their daughters as they are.
Now, after the news of their marriage has gone around the world, the question has resurfaced: Will they have children?
Neither of them have responded recently about their future plans, but the possibility that Abby and Brittany could have children has been mentioned in past interviews, where they emphasized the functionality of their shared organs and their desire to experience motherhood.
Abby Hensel, now 34, from Minnesota, secretly tied the knot with Josh Bowling, 33, a nurse and army veteran in 2021.
Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany
Hensel first gained national attention when they appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1996.
They later starred in the TLC… pic.twitter.com/7EoLMNh5we
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