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Conjoined twin is now married after parents decided against separation at birth

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Published 11:52 28 Mar 2024 GMT

Conjoined twin is now married after parents decided against separation at birth

She actually tied the knot back in 2021.

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel, stars of TLC reality show Abby and Brittany, have reached a major milestone as Abby has got married.

The twins had a season of reality television under their belt where they travelled to Europe, having first appeared on TV in 1996 on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

In the meantime, Abby and Brittany, now 34, gained degrees in education and went on to become teachers in Minnesota.

According to Today, public records show that Abby actually got married back in 2021 to nurse and US Army veteran Josh Bowling, with pictures of the wedding shared on social media.

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An image of the twins in what appears to be a white wedding dress while Bowling is in a light suit look to have been taken on a wedding day.

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Further pictures show them enjoying married life together, while Josh's social media account has him describing himself as a: "Christian, Father, Husband, Veteran, and occasional gamer."

Abby and Brittany are dicephalus conjoined twins, meaning they share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist.

Abby controls the right arm and leg of the body while Brittany controls the left, and in their reality show, the twins had said people had always been 'curious' about them.

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They said: "But our parents never let us use that as an excuse. We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do."

The twins' parents Patty and Mike were given the option to try and separate the girls at birth, but decided against it after they were told there was little chance that both would survive the procedure, with Mike saying in 2001: "How could you pick between the two?"

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With the twins working as teachers and Abby being married, things seem to be working out well for them.

As for the future, in a documentary made when the twins were 16, their mother spoke about the possibility of them having children of their own.

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Patty said: "That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them."

At the time Brittany said that was something they were interested in, saying: "Yeah, we're going to be moms. We haven't thought about how being moms is going to work yet.

"But we're just 16 - we don't need to think about that right now."

Here's to the future and whatever comes next.

The LADbible Group has contacted Abby Hensel and Josh Bowling for comment.

Featured Image Credit: BBC Three / Channel 5

Topics: US News, TV and Film

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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