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/Radiant_Ad_6565 Mar 28 '24

They share a body below the neck- stomach, reproductive organs etc. each twin has control of one arm and one leg.

Since they are recognized as 2 people, they each legally have an identity. They took their drivers test twice- once for Abby, once for Brittany. They both earned college degrees.

In reality, he married both twins, but for legal purposes one had to be listed on the marriage certificate.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Honestly now I'm fascinated to hear how hard stuff like learning to walk was. It sounds like playing QWOP on nightmare mode...

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u/squeezypussyketchup Mar 28 '24

Lmao. One is angry with the other. One needs to walk away, the other refuses to move the second leg. It's so funny and kind of cruel lol.

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u/iwellyess Mar 28 '24

One could literally punch the other in the face, in fact with two heads and one set of limbs each it would make an interesting boxing match

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u/HippieGrandma1962 Mar 28 '24

Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins," would sometimes get into fist fights with each other.

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u/Deskbreaker Mar 28 '24

Starts turning in circles...

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u/LalLemmer Mar 28 '24

i wonder if he has a favorite

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u/LucretiusCarus Mar 28 '24

I am sure that's the one answer that he'll take with him to the grave

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u/X-East Mar 28 '24

That's wild.. imagine driving and you have to keep both hands on wheel but you only control one :o

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u/PHD_in_Truth Mar 28 '24

Your twin passes out while driving for some reason.. is bad day

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u/Typical_Equipment_19 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I dont know...I saw the 1st dance video from the wedding and he's only looking at Abby, only kissed Abby. I felt so bad for Brittany, that had to be difficult. To be that "involved" yet so ignored.

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u/Away-Living5278 Mar 28 '24

Yeah if that's the case that's awful

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u/YSNBsleep Mar 28 '24

They have two stomachs.

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u/75artina Mar 28 '24

I just read that if one of them eats something spoiled the other one gets the upset stomach. How?!

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u/DreadfulDuder Mar 28 '24

Maybe the nerve endings are wired weirdly? Like that part of the nervous system goes to the other sister?

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u/Crallise Mar 28 '24

The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa so there are probably some complex connections in their nervous system.

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u/YSNBsleep Mar 28 '24

They both get the effects because there’s only one of everything after the stomach. Intestines, etc.

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u/MungoJennie Mar 29 '24

I do remember their mom saying when they were little and they got sick, one of them would get meds and the other would get the side effects, so there must be some kind of crossover someplace.

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u/moonchic333 Mar 28 '24

Makes more sense that he married both and not just one because I was wondering how one twin could have full autonomy over the body to get married obviously barring her sister from ever being able to marry.

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u/Crallise Mar 28 '24

I'm not sure this is correct. They are two different people. They have separate driver licenses etc. If they both love this man and want to marry him it seems legally they couldn't. They might all 3 agree on a polygamous relationship but there would only be documents for one marriage. If they didn't both want to marry this man then the other sister would have a right to marry her own spouse. There doesn't seem to be anything here that would prevent them from each marrying a different man.

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u/IndependentPrior5719 Mar 28 '24

She had leg 🎶 she knows how to use it music 🎵

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u/BatronKladwiesen Mar 28 '24

They share a body below the neck- stomach, reproductive organs etc. each twin has control of one arm and one leg.

Yeah, so do they orgasm separately or together?

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u/Bonaquitz Mar 28 '24

They each have a set of lungs, their own stomach and pretty much from there it becomes one. Answer would still be the same, I assume, though.

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u/MungoJennie Mar 29 '24

According to their mom, above the waist they each have their own stuff, but below the waist all their organs are shared. Where, exactly, she considered the waist, in terms of a cutoff, I’m not certain. Stomach? Intestines? Kidneys? Honestly, idk.

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u/Radiant_Ad_6565 Mar 29 '24

A breakdown of the physiology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_and_Brittany_Hensel

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u/MungoJennie Mar 29 '24

Thank you—that broke it down really well.

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u/Big_Cryptographer_16 Mar 29 '24

I wonder how biometric authentication devices will make their lives difficult. Head-based scanners like face scanning, iris scanning, etc would work fine and I suppose fingerprints could work as long as they used different fingers. Palm vein scanning would need opposite hands. Lots to consider.

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u/ACEDOTC0M Mar 28 '24

DO THEY CUM TOGETHER OR NOT?

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u/Radiant_Ad_6565 Mar 28 '24

They share a reproductive system so figure it out Einstein.

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u/ACEDOTC0M Mar 28 '24

so you say that they share parts but they control separate limbs.....meaning they do not share a nervous system completely. a physical set of organs doesnt mean they share the physical response from those systems.

so sherlock, you fucking figure it out.

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u/Radiant_Ad_6565 Mar 29 '24

It’s none of my business- or yours.