The twins were born in Carver County, Minnesota, to Patty, a registered nurse, and Mike Hensel, a carpenter and landscaper. They starred in their own reality series, Abby & Brittany, on TLC in 2012. They were interviewed on The Learning Channel in December 2006, discussing their daily lives and future plans. The twins' progress has been covered in the popular media, including Life magazine and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Activities such as running, swimming, hair brushing and driving a car require coordinated action. They can eat and write separately and simultaneously. As infants, learning to crawl, walk, and clap required cooperation. Each has a separate heart, stomach, spine, pair of lungs, and spinal cord.Įach twin controls one arm and one leg. They are dicephalic parapagus twins (having two heads joined to one torso), and are highly symmetric for conjoined twins, giving the appearance of having a single body without marked variation from typical proportions. Fifth-grade teachers at Sunnyside Elementary in New Brighton, Minnesota Ībigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990) are American conjoined twins.
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