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Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel first gained national attention when they appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1996.

Now the sisters have reached a major life milestone: Abby is married.

The Hensels later starred in the feel-good TLC reality series “Abby and Brittany,” which showed them driving, traveling to Europe and even riding a moped. When the show ended after one season, Abby and Brittany had just graduated from college with degrees in education.

A lot has happened in the last decade. Abby, 34, is now married. According to public records, Abby, a teacher, and Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, tied the knot in 2021. The sisters also shared photos of the wedding on social media. The couple live in Minnesota, where the Hensels were born and raised.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

One in 200,000 births results in conjoined twins? That seems way higher than I thought.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

A lot of them die in infancy, so you don't see them around.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I'd imagine most are a lot more minor than this. Baby is born with a small growth that turns out to be a malformed limb of an incomplete/reabsorbed twin, doctors remove it quickly after birth, and the baby goes on to live a normal life.

I've heard of there being chimera people as well who go through most of their life assuming they're perfectly normal until they learn that their DNA in one part of their body doesn't match their DNA in another part of their body.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And here I am, still single.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm in my early 40s, retired, and never even been engaged. I kinda like it tho. It's pretty chill 🙂

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

Retired in early 40s? Get out.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

“Hi everyone and thanks again for coming to the wedding. Firstly, I would like to introduce for the first time my better half Abby”. The reception room falls awkwardly silent for a moment until punctuated by the laughter of a very tipsy uncle Ron from right at the back.

Sorry all …

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's amazing and I'm thrilled to hear that Abby found love.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Wonder how Brittany feels about it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Probably like she is stuck in a relationship she didn't choose

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Clowns to the left of her, jokers to the right

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, they will always have someone who can weigh in as a final decision when they both disagree on something. Sadly, I think it will be a bit one-sided.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

They've had really interesting lives, especially in the way they have fiercely asserted their independence. I highly recommend reading more about them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

They are bad-ass.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So, like, realistically, he's marrying both of them, right? I get that they can't do that legally, but... You can't exactly not, right?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 7 months ago (3 children)

They have found all sorts of coping strategies throughout their lives to assert their individuality, so Brittany would probably say no, she was not married to him and Abby would agree, because he married Abby and they are two different people.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (6 children)

The sisters are both teaching fifth grade in Minnesota

My question is do they get paid double the salary of a single teacher or not?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

According to some articles I skimmed, no, since they're doing one job. They're pushing for more though.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Brittney is the third wheel. This can’t end well.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's gonna be a very messy breakup.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This should be the only post on best-of-lemmy

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[–] [email protected] 178 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I have questions that I should probably keep to myself…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Do they both feel it at the same time??

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago

The answer is: Yes, Josh can procreate with Brittany in plain Abby's sight, and Abby would never suspect infidelity.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says one set of reproductive organs, and apparently they're fully functional.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago

So 2 orgasms for the price of 1?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, we're curious, but polite.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't give a shit.

I wanna know how they all fuck.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (5 children)

They’re one downstairs, so they fuck as a couple. But the other twin also gets an orgasm.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Which one can see when you will die and which sees how you will die?

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