Conjoined Twins Abby Hensel and Brittany just had a baby!

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There’s no way this isn’t a throuple situation.

i'm happy for them. they always seem like they're living their best lives

I've admitted it before, this relationship is fucking creepy. No, just no.

What's going to happen when Brittany falls in love and wants to marry? (Hey -I saw Side Show)

I read that they share a single set of reproductive organs, so biologically how can one sister claim parenthood without the other?

With modern DNA testing it will be easy to determine who the father is, but the only way to say which twin is the mother is to wait for the paternity test, and then say it's the mother who is married to the father.

Would the three of them share a bed, or would the husbands have alternate nights with "their" wife?

If both husbands aren't present during sex, is the other sister somehow cheating on her husband?

Sure, I'm making cheap jokes at their expense, but for them these are realities. However they work it out is fine with me, and they don't owe any of us the details.

She’s my niece AND my daughter.

Good for them, but a logistical vital statistics nightmare.

I imagine there's a sleep mask and earplugs involved for one twin when the other is...busy.

What's the point? She's going to feel all of it...

[quote]I imagine there's a sleep mask and earplugs involved for one twin when the other is...busy.

I listen to a LOT of podcasts.

It's just different. I'm so tired of all of the usual sex phobic templates shoved on our heads. that's why I think we have a lot to learn from trans people and also conjoined twins...anyone that transcends these archaic and tired old completely contrived social "norms" around heterosexuals and gender roles......these women have had the worst of it - they deserve some happiness.....

That guy must be some kind of pervert.

I can't even get a date.

i am surprised they can give birth to a child

R5 - No need for testing if they share a uterus and ovaries. (Even if they had different uteruses, their DNA would be the same. Co-mothers, I guess, would be the correct term.

[QUOTE]The two are dicephalic conjoined twins and share the same bloodstream and organs below the waist.

What makes this even weirder for me is that the twins are graduates of Bethel University in Minnesota, so they're conservative Christians.

This was probably done via surrogate (and most likely with a donor egg, though they'd probably deny the latter until the kid's old enough to understand).

I assume the baby is normal.

Here's a photo from 1910 of the Blazek sisters, the only female twins I'm aware of that produced a successful pregnancy while conjoined. Each had her own reproductive system. In modern times there's been at least one birth to a woman who was separated from her conjoined twin years earlier.

r15 A lot of Christian fundies are sex pests. My Christian high school's music teacher got in hot water for forcing himself on his kids' 14 year old female sitter.

So let me get this right... a 2 headed bitch can find a man and I cant ?!?!

It looks like maybe he and J.D. Vance were separated at birth.

The article never directly states that they gave birth to the baby.

Did the one just look away?

R16 Why donor eggs? I'm sure there are at least 2 ovaries between them. As long as they aren't too old, they may as well use their own eggs. I agree that they likely used a surrogate as a pregnancy may have been difficult, dangerous or impossible for them.

The famous "Siamese Twins" Chang & Eng Bunker (they were actually 3/4 Chinese and 1/4 Thai) married 2 white sisters in North Carolina. They were slave owners prior to the Civil War. They had 21 children between them. As of 2006, their descendants were estimated to number around 1,500 with many still living in western North Carolina.

Theoretically, with all shared organs below the waist, looking away was not the issue: there with one vagina.

Do the sisters share one or two sets of breasts? That has not been explicitly said. Did he resist the sister-in-law and keep motor boating the tits of the lawfully wedded one exclusively while the other sister just lay there while continuously accepting a penis?

To me, what's worse is that while there are no laws to govern such extremes in human genetics or behavior, people will always be willing to fill in the blanks with their own brands of systemic witchcraft and ignorance and harm society with their abject stupidity.

2 pussies stink as 1.

Organ distribution The twins have individual organs in the upper part of their body, while most of those at and below the navel are shared, the exception being the spinal cord.

2 heads 2 spines merging at the coccyx and joined at the thorax by sections of ribs. Surgery corrected scoliosis. 2 completely separate spinal cords 2 arms (originally 3, but the rudimentary central arm was removed, leaving the central shoulder blade in place) 1 broad ribcage with 2 highly fused sternums and traces of bridging ribs. Surgery expanded the pleural cavities. 2 breasts 2 hearts in a shared circulatory system (nutrition, respiration, and medicine taken by either affects both) 4 lungs with the medial lungs moderately fused, not involving Brittany's upper right lobe; three pleural cavities 1 diaphragm with well coordinated involuntary breathing, slight central defect 2 stomachs 2 gallbladders 1 liver, enlarged and elongated right lobe Y-shaped small intestine, with slightly spastic double peristalsis at the juncture 1 large intestine (one colon, rectum, and anus) 3 kidneys: 2 left, 1 right 1 bladder 1 set of reproductive organs 2 separate half-sacrums, which converge distally 1 slightly broad pelvis 2 legs

2 blow jobs for the price of 1.

I wish these would go away. I just can’t deal with it. And I cannot imagine the kind of person who could.

It’s a fucking. two headed girl. Everyone must see that. We’re supposed to normalize that? We can’t even normalize gay marriage.

Can you imagine being one of their students?

they have one shared digestive tract after two stomachs. They have two female reproductive systems. 2 wombs, 2 twats. I don't know how easy access those twats are. I suppose it's mostly doggy style? Does the husband ever dip into sister in law's cooge? I guess anal sex is off the table since that would be fucking both of them.

Was the baby…. normal?

god, imagine the consternation if it had 4 heads.

Who else but a weirdo fetishist would marry them?

And the pretty head married ? So the DUFH has to go everywhere with them.

This is from a recent documentary about their lives:

R32 "...two stomachs, two gall bladders, three kidneys, one liver, one small intestine, one large intestine, one pelvis, one bladder and one set of reproductive organs."

*"one set of reproductive organs" (That would suggest one vagina)

OK thanks my source was incorrect.

R11 I'm not sure how trans people somehow ethereally float over all of us with their mystical sex, it's just two dudes in dresses. And most people really don't want to think about ugly or weird people banging so I don't think this is going to usher in some sexual revolution. But I agree, good for them. They are very christian and have always wanted to be moms so I'm sure they don't really care whose kid it is and I'm sure they'll have more. I watched all their docs and there is no reason they couldn't have their own kids. I know it's important to try and maintain a sense of self for all twins and especially them. I get that they each have their own driver's licenses, sure. But they draw two salaries at their jobs which is weird considering they can only be in one place at once so it's not like one of them is talking to a kid on the other side of the room while the other is writing on the board. But whatever, it's not a problem that will ever be faced again, I'm sure. I remember when their weekly show came out, I was so excited, I was somewhere without cable when it premiered and I was telling my sis to watch it and tell me about it. She told me it was really boring and I couldn't believe her. But it was, really boring, so I hope that made people leave them alone.

[quote]Why donor eggs?

Among other reasons, the legal quagmire it would create for any IVF clinics that assisted in harvesting eggs from a reproductive system shared by two women.

Exhausted without paragraphs at r39 and gave up.

R40 There would be no "legal quagmire". Donor eggs can quite easily come from a sister. All parties would have to come mutual assent which is the definition of a contract. In the case of these conjoined twins, each twin is in control of the organ or extremity on the side of her head. If there was any possible legal doubt (or viable eggs came from the opposite ovary), both twins would enter into the contract. There is also no increased risk of producing more conjoined twins since the condition, while congenital, is not hereditary.

Quite frankly, the only way that I really see a legal quagmire is if the twins actually conceived and gave birth. This is entirely possible as they most likely have a complete genital tract. In that case, it would be impossible to ever know which ovary produced the ovum that ultimately became the child. I'm not sure how the legal mother could possibly be established unless by agreement.

[quote]There is also no increased risk of producing more conjoined twins since the condition, while congenital, is not hereditary.

Yes, I didn't say otherwise. And though I believe donor eggs would've been the easiest route, both medically and legally, for everyone involved in the process, I hope they found a clinic willing to help if their eggs are viable and that's what they wanted to do.

Bi dudes - can you imagine TWO female heads beneath you screaming in fake ecstacy?

Do they have an Onlyfans?

One dick makes two girls scream in unison, updates at 6….

But what if one of them "just isn't in the mood" for sex? Would it be rape? I could see this as a Law and Order:SVU episode.

There is a lot of consent going on in their lives. Imagine if the non-married one disliked/hated the married's spouse? Did both of them decide they liked being a teacher (i.e. what if one of them didn't WANT to teach)? What if the non-married one didn't want kids...but, NOOOO she really has no choice because the other one did. What if the non-married one isn't in the mood to have sex, but the other is? What about vice versa? It really DOES have to be a throuple situation, because there isn't an option of having a separate life in this scenario, despite the separate heads/brains. Hopefully, they've worked out their lives to allow each woman to enjoy an equal amount of pursuits, interests, etc. I haven't watched the video about their lives, but does the non-married twin have a separate boyfriend (or has she ever)? Can you imagine the wrangling THAT would result in (the two men coming to an agreement on which night he gets to have sex and/or sleep with the both of them)?

If you were forced to live life shackled to someone else, do you think you could get used to it? Or do you think you'd just want to end it? See...even THAT is a foregone conclusion for these women. If one of them wanted to off themselves, they couldn't even do THAT separately without it affecting the other.

These two could probably write a book about patience and perseverance.

But it's all they've ever known R49. I would hazard a guess that they'd be incredibly lonely if they had to live apart. The way they talk in synch is scary. And yeah, it would have to be a throuple that their christian parents will choose not to see, no way two guys are going to live like that.

The three of them could become billionaires on OnlyFans.

[quote]But what if one of them "just isn't in the mood" for sex? Would it be rape? I could see this as a Law and Order:SVU episode.

But would it be rape rape?

R51 I am not proud of this, but I would be repulsed to see them period (even with their clothes on). The idea of an OF just makes me sick. I know that I shouldn't feel that way, but I can't help it.

I'm developing the movie with Anna Kendrick, Kristen Stewart and Seth Rogen.

[quote]R53 I am not proud of this, but I would be repulsed to see them period (even with their clothes on). The idea of an OF just makes me sick.

I have the same reaction.

I’m horrified : (

Do they both have control of the whole body, or just one side? I wonder if one could go on strike during sex and just have their half lay there.

Or what if the sister-in-law side snapped and wanted to strangle the husband - can she use both hands? Could wifey override her?

Someone needs to ask them.

Does he find it difficult to figure out which hole to stick it in? Or maybe there’s just one.

Can you imagine the mother’s horror when she birthed them?? It must have been a real “Rosemary’s Baby” moment.

I bet the dad passed out if he was in the room.

I wouldn’t want to watch my sibling have sex. And would request a bag be put over my head, had they not suggested it already.

R51, I’ve seen them in person.

I live in the Twin Cities and saw them casually shopping at the Target in Roseville, an inner ring suburb.

The sight did stop me dead in my tracks, but after a minute, it didn’t seem quite so shocking, especially since they were just going about their day doing mundane shopping (with a basket, not a cart, fwiw).

It made me think about how they still had to live their lives the best they can, despite being in a body that would’ve once relegated them to a carnival freak show.

The fact that they could become teachers, drive a car, hold a normal job, and shop for food independently made me think that society - and medicine - have come a long way, in this case, for the better.

And I’m hopeful they never go the OF route, even though I floated the idea at r51, because that would send them (and us) back into the freak show, albeit with infinitesimally better remuneration.

They deserve happiness and self-fulfillment just like the rest of us, even though it’s going to be a very different life from ours.

R60, I love you!

I think their driving is dangerous. Very distracting for others on the road (!)

I hate to squick everyone out, but the Internet claims they've done porn pre-OnlyFans.

I’m SQUICKED!

You know that condition called trypophobia, where seeing circles/holes give you a creepy feeling? I have that, and I think I have a condition that when I see a person with severe deformities, I get a visceral feeling of horror. I know I should feel empathy because it's something they can't help, but something deep inside me just feels revulsion. These twins, dwarves, kids with Treacher-Collins syndrome, that bodybuilder woman with one leg/no arms who does contests. Why can't I feel pity instead of disgust?

Of for fucking crying out loud, R11. We will NEVER live in the fantasy world you are pushing. Never.

Thank you R60 - you said what I wanted to very eloquently.

All of us blessed with normal bodies and health can not imagine what their lives are like -- but they deserve as much happiness as any of us, and seem to be much better adjusted than many of us.

[Quote] It’s a fucking. two headed girl. Everyone must see that. We’re supposed to normalize that? We can’t even normalize gay marriage.

Ironyproof. “I’m gay and I know that’s different but why treat me like a monster??? Oh but it’s ok to treat combined twins that way because they’re different.”

Lots of heteros see us as monsters too and just want us to go away.

These girls didn’t ask to be born conjoined. They don’t just want to live in a basement never coming out, any more than gay men do. Let them find a little place in the world to be happy without your drama.

When he’s making love to them, is he only allowed to kiss the one he’s married to or can he kiss both of them?

^^^ these prurient questions have a “which man is the man and which man is the woman” vibe.

“Don’t you get shit all over your dick? Does shit go up your pee hole? Won’t that cause an infection?”

The irony of it all.

That man has problems.

Didn't she say she wears a blindfold and ear plugs or tries to be asleep?

What about the jealousy? What if the other one gets married?

If there's only one set of reproductive organs, there is an assumption that means they share a single vagina/vaginal canal as well.

If that IS the case, then she can wear a blindfold or ear plugs all she wants, but she's getting fucked nonetheless and she feels it as it's happening.

Also, that answer might be to appease her parents and the public at large more than anything, but also so there are no further, more intimate questions she needs to answer (even if everyone is still thinking them).

Maybe he cheats on the wife with the sister.

They'll probably pass away together.

Imagine if one wants a divorce and the other just fell in love.

Probably, R75??? The only hope of survival for the second twin would be surgical separation to remove all of the dead sister's parts. Not even feasible.

R77 I agree in their particular case. The way in which they happen to be conjoined, I don't think separation after the death of one would be possible. I suspect that the other twin would die almost immediately.

So image if one had a stroke, and the other did not. One has dementia and the other did not. One has a brain tumor and the other did not. What then?

There was a porn of those 2 giving a guy a blow job that went viral. I seen it.

No reason why they shouldn't enjoy getting freaky, just like the rest of the human race.

I've been trying to picture their marital bed during sex. No matter how I picture it I come away thinking "these people are sick". What does the sister he didn't marry do when he's pumping away at their shared vagina? Does she moan along just like the other one?

Are the sisters still teaching school? I can only imagine whet their students wonder about now that one of them is married.

Rosie Greer and Ray Milland did it better!

"I've been trying to picture their marital bed during sex. No matter how I picture it I come away thinking "these people are sick"."

Can you say, "hypocrite"?? People have threesomes and other non-traditional sex all the time. For these sisters there is no alternative.

[quote]R72 What if the other one gets married?

Yeah, will the husbands then screw them at the same time - one in the pink and one in the stink?

Someone should ask them.

I've said this here before, but two of my students saw them somewhere random several years ago and said they looked way freakier in person than in photos.

I honestly think that both sisters [italic]feel[/italic] married to the guy and as far as they're concerned, it's a legitimate marriage between both and the husband, probably strengthened by the bond of their child. And why shouldn't they both enjoy the sex? Nobody's cheating.

For legal and practical reasons, they can't up and announce he's married both women because it's practically impossible to do, and if they managed, he'd be a bigamist in any state.

Then there's the sex stuff. If DL, of all places, is put off by the idea of this throuple having sex, image their Baptist Midwestern parents. I agree with r73, the blindfold and ear plug scenario was offered up to keep the parents and community happy. It also has a MYOB aspect to it. Didn't Tim Walz say during the campaign that Minessotans have a very strong streak of not being intrusive with neighbors and others?

You seen it, did you, R80?

Somehow I have no problem picturing you watching two-headed-chick porn.

The deaths of Chang & Eng Bunker:

While Eng enjoyed good health toward the end of his life, most of Chang's right side became paralyzed in 1870 after his stroke, and eventually his right leg needed to be kept in a sling. From then on, Chang—becoming a heavy drinker—remained in poor health.[93] Chang contracted bronchitis in January 1874, and the family physician recommended that he stay indoors and warm. On January 15, the Bunkers traveled through cold weather to Eng's house. Chang seemed to have recovered somewhat by the next day but at night was unable to breathe comfortably. On Chang's urging the brothers slept sitting upright on a chair, in front of a fireplace. Eng was healthy physically yet weary from spending the past week with a seriously ill Chang, so he asked to move to their bed after hours of drifting in and out of sleep.[56]

Early in the morning of January 17, one of Eng's sons checked on the sleeping twins. "Uncle Chang is dead," the boy reportedly said to Eng, who responded, "Then I am going!" The family doctor was quickly sent for but Eng soon died, reportedly just over two hours after his brother's death.[94] The Bunkers had the longest known life-span (62 years) of any conjoined twins in history until 2012,[95]

R87 I agree with the totality of your post. The idea still makes be queezy because it somehow disturbs me to see someone that disfigured. That's a "me problem", though. They should be able to live in peace and pursue happiness like anyone else.

I think one of those heads is dead, and just mummified and in makeup.

He looks freaky.

OMG I screamed R91 ! What a depraved mind you must have. Come sit next to me, Honey .

What if he falls in love with the sister and has an affair with her while still married to the other one and wants a divorce and wants to marry her. How would that work out legally and emotionally. I mean he would still be fucking his former wife which would make the new wife jealous.

I thought you loved me but you're still fucking your ex!

These are all reasons why the marriage should have never been allowed.

What are their pronouns?

Which of you is actually my mother?

Well darling the answer to this is somewhat complicated.

I hate you! I hate you!

Which one?

Oh forget it.

What if the sister head dislikes the baby?

Maybe she’ll withhold her breast.

I think R87 may have it right.

Conjoined twins always have twice the sense of humor!

I've fallen in love with your sister.

I had no idea! Why is the wife always the last to know?!

R52- Whoopi I have a question for you-

Are you just ugly or are you UGLY ugly?

Was the wedding officiated by Judge Solomon?

[quote] What are their pronouns?

Obviously: they/them

They were born with a third arm in their back but it wasn't moving so it was cut off.

One way you know what's really going on is that he always stands on the side of twin he didn't (legally) marry. In his and their minds, he's married to both, so it doesn't matter where he stands.

If you look at the photo you can see one controls one arm and the other controls the other.They BOTH have their arms around him, BOTH are looking up. He's posed next to the one he's not married to.

So yeah, he might be more emotionally into a relationship with the one he married but the other one is definitely along for the ride, sister wife Mormon style.

Basically they are a two-headed woman sharing one husband. That cannot be an easy road but they have a loving family and have lived full lives, now made fuller by the addition of a child. I wish them all the happiness in the world.

Once you are born onto this planet you have a few choices. Some choices lead to hell on earth. Addiction, imprisonment, or simply a sleazy, unhealthy lifestyle. It appears they live in an area where they are fully supported for living as normal a life as possible. I'm grateful for having been born with a "normal" body. None of my quirks and imperfections are easily seen. They can't hide anything, it takes courage to live your best life knowing you freak out a large percentage of the population. All the best to them, they deserve it.

Holy mackerel, Batman! Talk about double penetration!

What if the unmarried twin wants to cruise singles bars?

Would it be unfaithful for the married sister to go… and have sex in the alleyway if the other got lucky?

[quote] They'll probably pass away together.

Really? Why?

You cannot be serious, R112. Have a think about it.

R113 I'm guessing it was sarcasm.

R114 it can be hard to tell around here lately.

[quote] Why can't I feel pity instead of disgust?

There are other choices

[quote]What does the sister he didn't marry do when he's pumping away at their shared vagina?

She's on the phone with her students talking string theory.

I know a lot of folks might question the husband's motives or whether he has some sort of a paraphilia. But, you know, maybe the sisters both have warm and charming personalities and there was some mutual attraction based on that, and since there's only one body, what is one to do?

And they're not unattractive. They look Midwestern pleasant. How do we know the sisters didn't seduce/attract him? Maybe they're all nice people meant to be with each other with compatible personalities and outlooks on life, [italic]except one has two heads[/italic]?

Maybe they're really the real "Christians" here. He met a genetic anomaly whom Jesus Christ from the Sermon on the Mount taught "Love one another as One's self."

One thing's for sure, if she says no tonight I have a headache, there is always plan B right next to her.

And bitch, I am going to ask your sister if you are lying to me.

Imagine never having a private conversation with your spouse.

Maybe they pass each other notes.

R120 I feel like when you share a vagina with someone, you just have a different concept of "privacy" than the average person.

R60 says all the right things.

Oh come on R118.

Are you all saying that because they were born conjoined, they don’t deserve to experience love?

I am saying, “How CAN they?”

How CAN they? Seems they’re doing it

Why should your being repulsed stop them from finding happiness?

I’m like R65. I’m not proud of it but it’s like a visceral distaste. Like the vagus nerve that makes me extremely nauseated but then I sneeze and it’s gone. But I do have a mean streak that will not be denied.

The first time I saw them was on TLC while I was channel surfing and they were riding a horse. It took me a couple minutes to figure out what I was seeing. I’d never heard of them before. I was horrified. Everyone in their town, schools, jobs, are better people than I am.

Nobody cares about your delicate little stomach

Be a better person than you are

There but by the grace of God...

I'm with R128. I would like to be a better person but I'm not. I look but I can't look away.

Your physical reaction to the sight of them is your problem, not theirs.

But when you say things like…

[quote] …the marriage should have never been allowed…

…you are being bigoted and controlling. They have every right to have whatever relationship they determine best for them

Again, I remind you that your same arguments are still being used to this day to deny rights to gays, because we “repulse” them and therefore don’t deserve love

They should add them to one of the Real Housewives casts.

Could stir things up.

I do wonder if strangers ever scream (or at least loudly gasp) when they see them.

[quote]R131 I would like to be a better person but I'm not. I look but I can't look away.

I can barely even LOOK.

I won’t even search for footage of them on YouTube. I’d never be able to unsee it. Just the thought of seeing them in motion gives me gooseflesh.

Once the baby saw his or her mother, there was no need for the baby to be slapped to evoke tears.

So, obviously the idea that the husband is married to only one of them is a polite public fiction.

They are used to sharing everything in their lives - sharing a husband is not a big deal for them.

And he, well, there are lids for every pot; in this case, one lid, two pots.

Honestly, gayness and the two-headed girl cannot be compared. I just can’t go deep into the comparison-contrast thing. You know what else bothers me? That popular preacher with no arms and legs. I can’t look. It’s my weakness. But I can deal with dying, diarrhea, vomit, and shit-eating crazy demented old people with a tender heart.

Why can’t they be compared? They didn’t choose this, they were born this way. Just like you

And there are people who find you as a gay just as repulsive as you find them. Should they be allowed to veto your marriage?

If you don’t want to look at them, don’t. But don’t try to tell them how to live their lives

Fat people, skinny people, pretty people, "ugly" people, black people, white people, brown people, yellow people, good people, bad people, religious people, atheist people, old people, young people, smart people, dumb people....

What's the common denominator?

Mankind, your problem lies in the fact that you think you're all that when you're actually nowhere near it. Mind your own business, and if you're not helping, then learn to leave folks alone!

I was born with one 'normal' body and one head and I discovered much to my dismay I don't deserve love. A lot of people don't. It's pure luck. Nobody deserves anything. You're just fortunate if you have it.

Things could be much worse...

[quote] I was born with one 'normal' body and one head and I discovered much to my dismay I don't deserve love. A lot of people don't. It's pure luck. Nobody deserves anything. You're just fortunate if you have it.

What a gross misrepresentation of the situation

It’s not that they deserve love. It’s that, once they’ve found it, they deserve to be able to love. But the assholes on here think it shouldn’t be allowed