Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel first gained national attention when she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996.
Now the sisters have reached a big milestone in life: Abby is married.
Later, the Hensels starred in TLC's feel-good reality series “Abby and Brittany,” which showed them driving cars, traveling Europe and even riding a motorcycle. 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 past decade. Abby, 34, is now married. According to public records, Abby, a teacher, and Josh Bolling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, married in 2021. The sisters also shared wedding photos on social media. The couple lives in Minnesota, where the Hensel family was born and raised.
The sisters teach fifth grade in Minnesota.
According to photos and videos on Bowling's Facebook page, the family enjoys taking long walks in nature, eating ice cream and snow tubing. TODAY.com reached out to Abe for comment but did not receive an immediate response.
Abby and Brittany are dicephalus conjoined twins, who share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist. Abby controls their right arm and leg, while Brittany controls their left.
When Abby and Brittany were born in 1990, their parents, Patty and Mike Hensel, decided against separation surgery, considering it too risky. At the time, doctors said the chances of both of them surviving the operation were slim.
“How can you choose between the two?” Mike said during a 2001 interview with Time magazine.
Only one in 200,000 live births results in conjoined twins. About 70% of conjoined twins are female, and most of them are stillborn. According to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
In the 2003 documentary “Join life“, Patty Hensel said her daughters are interested in having children of their own one day.
“Maybe this is something that could work because these organs work for them,” Patty said.
“Yes, we're going to be moms,” Brittany said. “We haven't thought about how mothers work yet. But we're only sixteen – we don't need to think about that now.”
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