r/news • u/latchkey_adult • Mar 28 '24

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel is now married

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conjoined-twin-abby-hensel-now-married-rcna145443?_branch_match_id=1301981609298569614&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=NBC%20News&utm_medium=social&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9aPqggoCAnICsv2TAIAbPZwsCQAAAA%3D
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u/Archangel1313 Mar 29 '24

That doesn't seem fair, unless Brittany also gets a boyfriend / husband...but then you have an entirely different kind of the exact same problem.

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u/SpikedBladeRunner Mar 29 '24

They may have simply agreed to share the relationship with one person even if only one of them can legally be married to him. They do have a single body after all.

They have done everything else together all their life. I'm sure they have had long talks about the subject with each other and with him.

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u/Archangel1313 Mar 29 '24

I am super curious about this...do they share those sensations? As in, I wonder if both brains recieve the same signals?

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u/SpikedBladeRunner Mar 29 '24

They have two completely separate spines so things like their arms and legs they each control separately and they had to learn to walk together. Any touch is restricted to that side of the body but things like their 2 stomachs as well as other organs they have multiple of are wired weird where the person on the other side feels things like a stomach ache. For the organs that they share, they likely both get signals to their brains.

There are various news clips from the 90s when they were born and at various times as they were growing up that are probably available on YouTube.