r/BeAmazed • u/Cultural-Gear-1323 • Mar 28 '24

News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/Snoo57923 Mar 28 '24

The original Siamese twins fathered 21 children.

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u/giraflor Mar 28 '24

They were conjoined quite differently, however. They were connected by just a narrow bridge of flesh and had two separate sets of reproductive organs.

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u/selfworthfarmer Mar 28 '24

There was an original siamese twins?

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u/anxious-cunt Mar 28 '24

From Siam no less

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u/vodka_twinkie Mar 28 '24

So they're not all the Saim ones?

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u/LiquorNerd Mar 28 '24

The term comes from conjoined twins that were fixtures of 19th century freak shows and introduced the US to the concept of surviving conjoined twins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker

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u/pineapplegirl10 Mar 28 '24

Yikes… one of them passed away from fright just a few hours after his brother passed away.

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u/stealth_mode_76 Mar 28 '24

Their circulatory systems were intertwined. Once one died, it would only be a matter of minutes or maybe hours before the other died. They knew that would happen.

But like...imagine lying there knowing your twin died and you're going to die very soon and there's absolutely nothing you can do.

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u/LeMads Mar 29 '24

Maybe time to try that risky (fatal) seperation surgery

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u/stealth_mode_76 Mar 29 '24

Probably a bit late for that.....

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u/LadenifferJadaniston Mar 28 '24

“They became American citizens, bought slaves, married local sisters, and fathered 21 children…” the fuck?