It’s great to see that Abby and Brittany are able to lead normal lives after being so publicized in their early life!
Now, in 2017, the twins are teaching (together, obviously) at M-s View elementary school. Since 2013, however, they have been keeping a relatively low profile.
In 2012, their last TLC special aired which ultimately turned into a full-blown TV show for them. The twins captured everyone’s hearts with their upbeat attitudes and positive views on life. Their first appearance on TV was in 1996 on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Watching Abby and Brittany grow up through TLC specials, the world saw them go to school, celebrate their birthdays, and even get their driver’s license (yes, they each had to pass separately.)Ībby and Brittany’s parents contemplated separation, but ultimately decided against it because it was likely one of the twins wouldn’t survive. Y-shaped small intestine, which experiences a slightly spastic double peristalsis at the junctureĢ separate half-sacrums, which converge distally Surgery was employed to expand the pleural cavities.Ģ hearts in a shared circulatory system (nutrition, respiration, medicine taken by either affects both)Ĥ lungs with the medial lungs moderately fused, not involving Brittany’s upper right lobe three pleural cavitiesġ diaphragm with well-coordinated involuntary breathing, slight central defectġ liver, enlarged and elongated right lobe Surgery was employed to correct scoliosis.Ģ arms (originally 3, but rudimentary central arm was surgically removed, leaving central shoulder blade in place)ġ broad ribcage with 2 highly fused sternums and traces of bridging ribs. This is the break down of how their body is distributed:Ģ spines merging at the coccyx and joined at the thorax by sections of ribs. They are completely different people and emphasize they want to be treated as such. The conjoined twins have spent most of their lives in the public eye, showing the world how siblings who are conjoined go through with every day tasks.Ībby and Brittany share a body, but have two separate heads and brains. Abby and Brittany Hensel took the world by storm when they appeared on TLC.