Conjoined Twins Abigail & Brittany
Abigail and Brittany Hensel were born March 7, 1990 in Carver County, Minnesota, the daughters of Patty, and Mike Hensel. The twins have a younger brother named Dakota, a younger sister named Morgan. They were raised in New Germany and attended Lutheran High School in Mayer, Minnesota. Read more after the break...... They are dicephalic parapagus twins, meaning that they are conjoined twins of whom each has a separate head, but whose bodies are joined. They are highly symmetric, giving the appearance of having just a single body with little variation from normal proportion. In fact, several vital organs are doubled up, each twin having a separate heart, stomach, spine and spinal cord. Each twin controls her half of their body, operating one of the arms and one of the legs. This means that as infants, the initial learning of physical processes that required bodily coordination, such as clapping, crawling, and walking required the cooperation of both children. While each is able to eat a...