Abigail & Brittany Hensel - The Twins Who Share a Body

Although they are two completely separate people, these accomplished teens share a body and have just two arms and legs between them.

Born in 1990, the girls have been brought up in a small, tightly knit community in Minnesota, almost completely protected from prying eyes and inquisitive stares. To their friends and family, they are distinct people with very different personalities, needs, tastes and desires. But to the outside world they are a medical mystery -- particularly given the fact that they can do virtually all the same things as their friends, including playing the piano, riding a bike, swimming and playing softball "Their personalities make them inspirational," says their mother Patty. "They never give up; anything they want to do, they go out and do it."

The medical world is keen to find out how two separate brains and nervous systems can work in such a perfectly co-ordinated way, but the twins and their family have always resisted non-essential medical tests. "The family want to treat them as though they are just like everyone else," says Joy Westerdahl, the girls' doctor, who admits that it is a mystery how their unique physiology functions.

As they enter adulthood, the twins are likely to leave the haven of their home town and face the wider world. In preparation for that time, they have taken part in this intimate documentary to show the world what it is like to be joined for life.

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[kiri skibniewski]

Does Brittany get neck cramps? It looks like her head is a little tilted, anyway the seem like awesome people :)

[ricardo casado]

god bless those girls are amazing!!!...and their family too

[robert champagne]

To Divide yet stay connected as a "Team Play" is to be Divine ... looking forward to meeting these two someday :)

[Kraneveh Kran]

When they get married they'll be sharing 1 man. What if the other one doesn't want the man and wants someone? Wish you all the luck guys. You are amazing!

[ImZDushly Packy]

this is really cool and people really do need to stay out of other peoples lives and not take pictures and film what they dont ask to

[Courtney Yates]

Did they die

[caycay4722]

They gave head on camera.

[BeActiveBros]

Lol, that sucks

[napalmocean]

lol i found a picture of them supposedly giving a guy a blowjob...it could easily be a fake, but it made me giggle at the lengths people go to exploit others, it's amusing but sad.

[DoctaMonsta1010]

Wait? who controls the walking?

[Fernando Prado]

They r so cute!! It's beautiful to see that their don't care about what people say and they r just happy!! Most people should think about what they considere a problem, because we're all saying that our life is a shit and stuff like that, when we should be celebrating our lives!! This is a great life lesson!! Sorry about my english hope you got it!

[phillys976]

HOW DO THEY FILE THEIR TAXES??? HONESTLY JUST CURIOUS... IS IT ONE PERSON OR TWO ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM???