Abigail & Brittany Hensel (Age 19)

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Abigail "Abby" Loraine Hensel and Brittany "Britty" Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990, Carver County, Minnesota, United States), are highly symmetric dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins. They have two spines and separate half-sacrums, which converge distally within a slightly broad pelvis. Each controls and senses her corresponding arm and leg; a third, rudimentary central arm was amputated in infancy. They were raised in New Germany, Minnesota and attended Lutheran High School affiliated with the Missouri Synod in Mayer, Minnesota. At age 12, they underwent surgery at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare to correct scoliosis and to expand their chest cavity to prevent future difficulties with breathing. Each of the twins manages one side of their conjoined body and are quite effective in cooperatively using their limbs when both hands or both legs are required. By coordinating their efforts, they are able to walk, run and ride a bicycle normally - all tasks that they learned at a normal speed. Each writes with her hand. Together, they can type on a computer keyboard at a normal speed. They had 2 hearts which, however, are in a shared circulatory system (nutrition, respiration, medicine taken by either affects both). Most of their shared organs are located at or below the level of their shared navel.

It should be confirmed that Each twin controls her half of their body, operating one of the arms and one of the legs. While each is able to eat and write separately and simultaneously, activities such as running and swimming must be coordinated and alternate symmetrically. Other activities as diverse as brushing hair and driving a car require that each twin perform a sequence of quite separate actions that coordinate with the other.

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[MinaBear011211]

Oh god some of you are asking weird questions... o____0

[Ppyt77]

i love how people with actual, real problems like this can still wear a smile and make the best out of their situation <3 just makes me respect and admire them so much :)

[Ppyt77]

@JapanUSACoalition Yeah, whatever you may have faced, or be facing in your life, you have not gone through what these girls are going through. It's not possible for any of us to imagine their lives. To say that this is inspirational would be an understatement <3

[JapanUSACoalition]

@Ppyt77 yeah i must say i've been thinking about these girls for the last 24 hours. i vaguely remember seeing something on them years ago, but forgot about it until i stumbed across them again yesterday. it makes my problems seem insignificant after seeing these girls. however challenging my life is, i am grateful for my peace of mind and ability to have full control of my body. All the glory goes to G-d. After seeing what these girls face, I am once again humbled for what i have. Cheers.

[JapanUSACoalition]

@PyschoHD no dude they only have 1 vagina. they basically are two people in one body. everything from the belly button down is shared.

[ThePain223]

saw if one of died would other one still live?

[4everchasingdreams]

what if they get into a fight.....

and what about going to the bathroom?

[PyschoHD]

Does they have 2 vaginas?

[PyschoHD]

this is creepy !

[TotesMH]

I feel sorry for them, but they to get along well!

[AMusicKindOfGurl]

My guess is if one of the girls dies, the other will too. They probably share some of the same organs.