From Social GazetteĪt the age of six they gained a lot of attention from social media and even Oprah. Abby and Brittany wanted to live their life as normal as possible, so when they turned 16, they learned how to drive. Their lives seem pretty “normal” for being conjoined twins.
The twins grew up in “a typical American family.” They have a brother, a sister, a dad who is a carpenter and mom who is a nurse. Abby is more girly and likes bright colors while Brittany is more of a tomboy. When Brittany stopped growing at the age of 12, Abby had to have surgery to prevent her from growing more. Abby is four inches taller than Brittany, which means she has to walk on her tiptoes. Abby controls her right side and Brittany can control her left side.Įven though they share the same body, they both have different personalities from each other since each twin has their own head. The crazy part is they can not feel the other twin’s side. They soon learned to get the hang of it and started to ride bikes, play sports like swimming and bowling and learned how to play the piano when they grew older. Growing up as conjoined twins was a big challenge for them, especially learning how to crawl or walk. The body is symmetrical…two bodies are joined together, and each twin controls one side.” After the twins were born, doctors didn’t expect them to live long since most conjoined twins don’t survive, but they proved them wrong. Dicephalus twins means “a rare form of conjoined twin where they seem to share one body, but have two heads.
According to Social Gazette, their parents, Patty and Mike were not “expecting twins, let alone conjoined twins.” When Patty and Mike were talking to the doctors about separating the twins, they said that it’s best that they stay together because the risks were too high to perform one successfully.īeing born as conjoined twins is already rare enough, but being born as dicephalus twins (the type of twins Abby and Brittany were born as) is EVEN MORE rare. The famous conjoined twins were born on March 7, 1990. Abby and Brittany shared their life about being conjoined twins on social media, which led them to starring their own reality show named Abby & Brittany. One body, two heads, one controlling one half of the body and another controls the other half. Marcela Marcial, Beat Investigator - Featured AthleteĪbby and Brittany Hensel were born as conjoined twins in 1990.
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