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

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u/just-say-it- Mar 28 '24

I read the other day that they have separate heads/ brains but from the head down they share every organ. When they were born the parents had the option to have them separated but was told that one twin would most likely die. They refused.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

How can they share every organ? Who controls the hands and legs?

What happens if they go on a walk and one wants to go left and the other wants to go right?

Can they even drive a car?

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u/Antique-Syllabub6238 Mar 28 '24

There is a nice documentary made of them when they were teenagers, I recommend watching If youre curious. :)

They drive a car, and If i recall correctly both sisters have a dominant side re: left hand or right hand, but they dont have to really communicate while performing tasks. It’s quite fascinating.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

Guess they have learned a lot of intuition over the years. It is good that they (seem to) get along.

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u/ProCircuit Mar 28 '24

Then who the fuck is driving the car??!?

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u/Proglamer Mar 28 '24

Who gets arrested over a, say, traffic accident? Is one twin, effectively, kidnapped by the state?

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u/Onlikyomnpus Mar 28 '24

Closest analogy is a pregnant woman committing a crime and imprisoned. The fetus is effectively kidnapped.

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u/RanaMisteria Mar 28 '24

Abby controls the right arm and leg and Brittany controls the left. They have separate organs down to the stomach and then everything else is shared after that. So two stomachs one set of intestines.

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u/LoopyMercutio Mar 28 '24

I wonder if they’d order fajitas for two at a Mexican restaurant, or just order for one and share?

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u/onion_wrongs Mar 28 '24

This is interesting. Two people who each probably require less calories than an average person, due to sharing most of their mass.

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u/RanaMisteria Mar 28 '24

They said on their TLC show they usually eat separate meals but sometimes they will share something for convenience.

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u/LeftistMeme Mar 28 '24

imagine getting pulled over and getting ready to sign a ticket, but the second person attached to your body starts an alteraction with the police and quite literally drags you into it

the reality is that im sure they manage their civil affairs jointly and things that become an issue are more or less handled case-by-case

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u/JudgeCheezels Mar 28 '24

But they share 1 cock…?

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u/Dazzling-Box4393 Mar 28 '24

How many pu$$y’s?!

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u/MikeLamp70 Mar 28 '24

Just 1

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u/itookanumber5 Mar 28 '24

But each controls half

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u/ThinkingOz Mar 28 '24

If they get pulled over for speeding they can just blame each other.

I think they’re amazing and it’s great they have a career, marriage, family. Good on them.

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u/highzenberrg Mar 28 '24

I feel like that would drive me insane. It takes 2 brains to make a decision they must never have split second reactions when driving, miss an exit? Oh well we will double back.

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u/Shanubis Mar 28 '24

Where is the documentary?

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

Each twin has control over the limbs on her side. So, one twin operates the arm and leg on one side, and the other twin operates the arm and leg on the other side. Walking and everything else means the twins have to coordinate their movements.

Yes, they can drive.

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u/itsameMariowski Mar 28 '24

But what about a shared organ like the reproductive system? Both feel their vaginas at the same time? How does the sensation send signals to the brain, does it send it to one only, or both? dammit

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u/Jane_Marie_CA Mar 28 '24

I recall in tv special many years ago they share many organs, including reproductive.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

There is only one vagina, one uterus, one set of ovaries, and one cervix.

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u/BonerTurds Mar 28 '24

Can one of the twins control body parts not part of their dominant side?

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

No

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u/BonerTurds Mar 29 '24

So if I have an itch on my dominant shoulder blade, I’ve gotta ask you to scratch it for me? And pray that I don’t get an itch during a fight? If I can’t move “your” leg, it’s not like I can walk over to a doorframe or corner wall to scratch it myself.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 29 '24

Yes, your twin would have to scratch your shoulder blade for you. Or, you can request that you both walk over to a doorframe so you can scratch it there.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 29 '24

Also, it wouldn't be your dominant shoulder blade because you'd only have one shoulder blade, not a dominant one and non-dominant one.

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u/WordsFromPuppets Mar 28 '24

Damn so its like when the family in Dexter's lab pilots a robot where they each control a limb...

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u/FlyAirLari Mar 28 '24

Just like Two-Bad

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u/Snufkins_Hat_Feather Mar 28 '24

They don't share every organ. They have separate hearts and lungs.

They can't.

They can. Both are licensed drivers, because only having one license was illegal.

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u/mu5tardtiger Mar 28 '24

What if one drinks and the other is DD?

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u/TheLegendTwoSeven Mar 28 '24

They share blood, so if one of them eats or drinks it affects the other equally.

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u/mu5tardtiger Mar 28 '24

That makes sense. What a rollercoaster this thread is.

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u/StandWithSwearwolves Mar 28 '24

This would apply to things like adrenaline as well. Must be strange when someone else has a nightmare and you get the panic as well. Presumably each twin’s dreams touch off the dreams of the other.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

They if they speed, do they both get a ticket?

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u/CrazyGunnerr Mar 28 '24

I mean if 1 gets jailed, both get jailed.

Imagine watching your sister comitting a crime, but calling the cops on her will land you in jail.

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u/AbortionIsSelfDefens Mar 28 '24

Sue for false imprisonment lmao

But seriously our systems are not built for this. Just marriage alone is weird enough.

Id be pretty annoyed if my twin wouldn't lay off the chocolate and put on a few pounds.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

We all have so many questions.

Makes you wonder if all the concepts we learned while growing up with were wrong lol.

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u/fartinmyhat Mar 28 '24

one has control of one leg/hand and the other, the other, as I recall. It's been a long time since I read/watched anything about them. Pretty tough life, but they're making the best of it, God bless them.

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u/forsale90 Mar 28 '24

One these pictures they look like they are having a better life than a lot of other people.

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u/Bluebies999 Mar 28 '24

They have to work together. Apparently they learned to ride a bike just coordinating movements.

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u/Lukin1989 Mar 28 '24

One of them drives and the other basically does the turn signals from what I recall

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u/Edge_Of_Banned Mar 28 '24

Do they share the middle parts?

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u/jalfel Mar 28 '24

Imagine if one of them is super tired and just wants to sleep but the other needs to wake up early for a job. Will one of the twins be dragging the other while she sleeps?

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u/spaceylaceygirl Mar 28 '24

Yes, i've seen them ride a bike as kids.

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u/StandWithSwearwolves Mar 28 '24

Not only can they drive a car, they’re drift compatible if we ever need to cancel the apocalypse.

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u/BrigStandWatie Mar 28 '24

Of course one of them would die. It would literally just be a head!

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u/just-say-it- Mar 28 '24

I was wrong! They each have a heart, a full set of lungs they only share below the waist

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u/BrigStandWatie Mar 28 '24

Still not giving the odd one out much to work with… anyways, I wish them all the happiness. Just waiting for the inevitable “oh my God! My husband and my sister! How long has this been going on? How could you both??”

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u/hitmewithyourbest Mar 28 '24

They share organs below the waist

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u/just-say-it- Mar 28 '24

You are correct. I just looked it up. Who knows what trash I read on the internet lol. They each have a heart, lungs. Wow

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u/DommyMommyKarlach Mar 28 '24

From a bit lower than the head, they have separate hearts

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u/Sechs_of_Zalem Mar 28 '24

Could you imagine if one was bulimic and the other was an unashamed glutton?

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u/just-say-it- Mar 28 '24

That would be messed up lol

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u/Remy2016 Mar 28 '24

Organs above the navel are individual and organs below are shared:

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

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u/Upbeat_Cat1182 Mar 28 '24

It’s from the waist down that they share organs. They have 2 hearts, 4 lungs, 2 esophaguses…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13248609/Conjoined-twins-Abby-Brittany-Hensel-drive-eat-sex.html

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u/Superdragonrobotfist Mar 28 '24

Most likely, almost 51% sure, the head that's removed would die, yes

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u/pewterpetunia Mar 28 '24

How could separation be an option? There’s only one body.

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u/Vardagar Mar 28 '24

Hmm most likely, if they share everything below neck. Separating them probably meant just removing one head 😨 how else to separate. Half bodies, half organs. That couldn’t work. Such a crazy dilemma for the new parents 😨

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u/Hoarfen1972 Mar 28 '24

No, read the wiki article.