Throughout time and space, they have described their condition as something like being attached to a soul mate.
Conjoined twins simply may not need sex-romance partners as much as the rest of us do. Nerves, muscles, hormones, and psychology all probably factor in to who feels what … Whether or not both are ‘having sex’ with the third person in the equation depends on how you think about ‘having sex’ … From my studies, I would postulate that conjoined twins probably end up having less sex than average people, and that is not only because sex partners are harder to find when you’re conjoined. “Based on what we know about the significant variability of one conjoined twin to feel a body part (e.g., an arm) that putatively ‘belongs’ to the other twin, it’s hard to guess how any conjoinment will turn out in practice. In 2012, conjoined twin expert Alice Dregar broke it down for The Atlantic, but basically came to the conclusion that we don’t know that much about the intimate lives of conjoined twins and one’s view on the topic really depends on that person’s view of sex in general. The answer, in short, is that we don’t know a lot about their sex lives. It’s the question that everyone wants the answer to, but no one wants to ask. Today, they function so in-sync with one another that doing those activities as a team comes naturally to the two, who share an elementary school classroom. Abby controls the devices on the right side of the steering wheel and Brittany the left, while they cooperate in working together to steer the vehicle.Īs children, they had to learn to coordinate their actions that required both sides of their body - such as clapping, walking, and swimming - but can do many activities such as eating and writing as individuals. On their short-lived series, Abby & Brittany, we watched as the girls conquered their road tests (yes, they each had to pass separately) and learned to drive. How are they able to perform everyday tasks that require both sides of their body?! Each twin can control her side of their shared body. They have double the organs for the top half of their body - meaning two hearts, four lungs, two stomachs - but share many of their bottom half, including their set of reproductive organs. Abigail Loraine Abby Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel are American dicephalic parapagus twins in other words. Brittany Hensel will celebrate 32nd birthday on a Monday 7th of March 2022. They do not share a heart, stomach, spins, lungs or spinal cord. The twin sisters share the same body but have several organs that are different. The two became household names after they let the media into their unique lives for a program on TLC. Currently, Brittany Hensel is 31 years, 7 months and 25 days old. Abby and Brittany Hensel are conjoined twins. The twins grew up with a younger brother and a younger sister. As the twins grew and learned to walk and develop other skills, their parents confirmed their decision against separation, arguing that the quality of life for the surviving twin or twins living separately would be less than their quality of life as conjoined people, now they themselves can’t think to live without each other.Abby and Brittany’s most recent school pic! What makes Abby and Brittany unique?Ĭonjoined twins are already extremely rare - occurring just once in every 189,000 births by some estimation - but Abby and Brittany are dicephalic parapagus twins (meaning they have two heads, but one torso), which make up only 11 percent of those conjoined twins. Brittany and her conjoined twin sister, Abby, were born to nurse Patty Hensel and carpenter/landscaper Mike Hensel. On their birth, the twin’s parents decided not to attempt surgical separation after hearing from doctors that it was unlikely that both would survive the operation. Are the hensel twins still conjoined or seperated They can eat, talk and write separately and simultaneously but activities such as running, swimming, hair brushing and driving a car require coordinated action. are cojoined twins, having a single body but both have a separate heart, stomach, spine, pair of lungs, and spinal cord but share reproductive organs, each twin controls one arm and one leg.