Abigail "Abby" Loraine Hensel and Brittany "Britty" Lee Hensel (born
March 7, 1990) 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 and write separately and simultaneously,
activities such as running and swimming must be coordinated and
alternate symmetrically. Other activities as diverse as brushing hair
and driving a car require that each twin perform a sequence of quite
separate actions that coordinate with the other. Despite the curiosity
that their condition has generated, the Hensel twins have managed to
live private lives with relatively little press attention.
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