Abigail and Brittany Hensel
Abigail "Abby" Lorraine and Brittany "Britty" Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990 in Carver County , Minnesota ) are two Siamese twins known through their media appearances .
Life
The two Siamese twins are fused at the hips and have two heads , two spinal columns , two hearts, two stomachs and esophagus, partially fused lungs and two arms . An underdeveloped third arm was amputated at four months of age . Parts of your nervous system are also connected. All organs from the waist down, i.e. H. the intestines, the bladder, and the reproductive organs are shared by both. This particular form of Siamese twins is known as dicephaly . Only 28% of all known cases live with this form of Siamese twins.
The twins' parents, Patty and Mike Hensel, refused to separate the girls because an operation due to fused organs would have been fatal and the twins would have had to rely on wheelchairs afterwards. Abigail and Brittany themselves also declare that they refuse to break up. The twins grew up in New Germany (Minnesota).
Since their birth, the twins have led a largely normal life with no restrictions due to their bodies that have grown together. The twins attended Lutheran High School in Mayer, Minnesota , until 2008 . You play a number of sports (including volleyball , basketball, and swimming ). In addition, they both have a driver's license . They drive the car together, with Abby controlling the right arm and Brittany controlling the left. Abby takes over the pedals and gears, Brittany turns on the indicators and lights. Each of the two has their own personality. You wear z. B. often different shoes to illustrate their different tastes.
The twins have appeared on television several times, including the 1997 Oprah Winfrey Show . Several magazines published articles about the two girls. In 2012 they took part in a reality show about their own sometimes unusual life as Siamese twins. They are also advocating the adoption of dicephaly and Siamese twins.
They studied teaching at Bethel University in Saint Paul , Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2012 . They are currently working as math teachers.
Filmography
- 1997: Oprah Winfrey
- 2003: Joined for Life
- 2006: Abby and Britanny turn 16
- 2007: Extraordinary People
- 2012: Abby & Brittany
Web links
- Abby Hensel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brittany Hensel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Siamese twins on reality TV. Spiegel Online , August 27, 2012, accessed June 23, 2014 .
- ^ Abby et Britanny deux personnes et un seul corps. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved June 23, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Abigail and Brittany Hensel: an extraordinary bond. Daily Mail Online, accessed January 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Shared Lives. In: medhunters.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004 ; accessed on June 12, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Abby You-Tube: Two Girls Joined for Life. In: youtube.com. Retrieved June 23, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Conjoined Twins Abby and Brittany Hensel. Huffingtonpost, accessed May 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Abby and Brittany: Joined for Life - Episode guide. BBC Three, accessed June 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Abby & Brittany Season 1 Episode 4
- ↑ Conjoined Twins Abby and Britt Prepare for the First Day of School as Newly Hired Fifth Grade Teachers
- ↑ Joined for Life: Abby and Brittany Turn 16 from Figure8Films.tv
- ↑ Channel 5 (UK TV) television program Extraordinary People, 9-10 pm Wednesday 21 November 2007
- ↑ Conjoined Twins Abby and Brittany get Their Own reality show. Yahoo TV, accessed June 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Living a life conjoined. BBC News, accessed June 23, 2014 .
