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Conjoined twin Abby Hensel, of TLC’s ‘Abby & Brittany,’ is now married to an Army veteran
By Social Links forTaylor Knight
Published March 28, 2024
Updated March 28, 2024, 11:48 a.m. ET
Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in a TLC reality series, have transitioned from a duo to a trio.



Abby, the left-side conjoined twin, married Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, in 2021. They live in Minnesota, where the Hensel twins were born and raised.

Abby and Brittany, 34, have been living private lives since their 8-episode show “Abby & Brittany” aired in 2012. But it’s been a happy life for them in Minnesota, where they were born and raised.

According to the “Today” show, which obtained marriage records for the spouses, the sisters are both fifth-grade teachers in their home state.





A 20-second clip posted on Heidi Bowling’s Facebook captures the couple dancing and kissing at the wedding reception. Abby and her sister wore an all-white, sleeveless bridal gown and laced-back dress, while Bowling wore a grey suit.

Bowling is seen staring into his blushing bride’s eyes while Brittany supports her sister.

The duo originally appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1996, explaining their lives as conjoined twins.

They were born as dicephalus conjoined twins, a rare condition when two heads are on a single body with one genital system; two, three or four arms, two hearts and two legs.

The Helsen twins share a bloodstream and all organs below the waist. Abby controls their right arm and leg and Brittany controls the left side.


When Abby and Brittany were born in 1990, their parents, Patty and Mike Hensel, opted out of separation surgery because doctors said there was a small chance the girls would survive the operation, “Today” reported.

“How could you pick between the two?” their father Mike said, during a 2001 interview with Time magazine.

Although they battle complications of life as conjoined twins, they haven’t let it slow them down from achieving benchmark goals such as passing their driver’s license test at 16, graduating from college, traveling to Europe and becoming educators.

So far, there’s word if they plan on expanding their family.

In the 2003 documentary “Joined for Life,” Abby and Brittany discuss the possibility of raising children one day.

“Yeah, we’re going to be moms,” Brittany said. “We haven’t thought about how being moms is going to work yet. But we’re just 16 — we don’t need to think about that right now.”


And the couple doesn’t have to rush adding children into their life because Abby’s husband has a child from a prior relationship, according to the Daily Mail.



Bowling’s Facebook page reveals how the blended family embraces each other with family photoshoots, an ice cream outing and celebrating the holidays.

good for them. hope they have a healthy life

Oh wow

My devilish side wants to but my upbringing is keeping me from asking certain questions on this marriage.

Therefore, I will just wish them the very best.

One more thing.

If they have a child, and then the marriage ends in divorce, it could be one of the most nightmarish custody battles in the history of humankind.

2 women in one body that dude is fuqkd

Two heads, four tits.

not sure if I can read this now

this.........

WTF over

Does that count as a 3 some? Also...do two mouths bitch twice as much? And does the mutation somehow end up helping in the dishwashing area...or other advantages?

This

has to be the weirdest post ever posted on 24HR

Unless stick posted something I missed.......hint

So he apparently liked a lot of head on his beer
They'll never be the head of a major corporation
Too headstrong I assume


Ad nauseum.

I agree, too many questions. Hope it works out for them.

🤯

Two chicks at the same time every time. Or just awkward for the sister caught in the middle. What if she gets married one day? Seems like you marry both if you marry. What a conundrum.

I can only magin 2 heads on the rag fuqk that 🤣

WOW. This has so many downsides and so few upsides... Are the gals deciding where they go to eat, shop, hang out? That poor sob is in for it.

I wish them well and I won't make any childish comments.

Absolutely. Those girls deserve the very best.

Do they both orgasm at the same time? I would assume so.

They got married 3 years ag and this “news” outfit is publishing it now?

SMH. 🤷‍♂️

What if only one of them gets off and the other is left hanging?

Well aren't I the arsehole lol

Do they both moan at the same time?

What happens if one dies of a brain aneurysm? Seriously.

Chang and Eng Bunker……the “original” Siamese twins both married and had a bunch of kids
12 daughters and 9 sons

1811-1874

Yep.

It is so sad to see some of you make hurtful jokes and comments. Can you only imagine the hardship and pain those two young women go through every day of their lives?

My only hope and prayer is it that they live a happy and fulfilled life as normally as possible. May God bless them abundantly.

I guess he’ll find out 😂

Yes.

These people don't want your pity, they don't want your sorrow. I've worked with several of these folks and they want to be treated as anyone else would be, in all actuality they have much disdain for people that look at them as inferior, or handicapped.

I work with one right now, she is very shy and timid. I raze the other girls quite a bit and they raze me back, I raze her as well, after working with her for 19 years she finally razed me back 3 days ago, she has never been known to raze anyone she works with, no one. the other girls where amazed, we all had a great laugh.

This is a huge break through for her, she likes and trusts me enough to give me grief, Lol, I just made a club very few people belong to! I'm Special.

Don't feel sorry for them, treat them normal and remember they are a hell of a lot tougher than you and I will ever be.

Just for the record, I wasn't being funny. I'm purely curious what would happen if one of them suffered brain injury or death. They will eventually reach end of life and I'm just curious of the logistics of it.

My question is more mundane.
It said they were both school teachers.
Wonder if they both receive a full teachers salary.
If so, they're doing alright.

I'm all for people being happy and hope they all are. That said, if it was my son, I would certainly have questions but not sure I could get them into words. I mean...

Did they both marry him? Or just one of them?
Very convoluted. A lot of questions.

Interesting, how can one be married to two women, or how can two women legally marry the same man?

Do they both get bitchy at the same time of the month? If their PMS happens a couple of weeks apart, the poor guy is the one who needs our sympathy!

I'm sure paperwork has one name on it.
But biblically......

Somebody had to do it.

There really is someone for everyone.

Have you ever been to Utah?

Maybe it's a wife with a girlfriend on the side.

Bb

They’ve been on the news, Discovery Channel, in magazines FOR YEARSSSSSS

nothing new about them except the wedding

Well said! The women have tough challenges and it took a certain guy to marry them. Happy for all!! The way I always heard it , if one girl dies, the other dies shortly after.

Bet they could make BANK with an only fans page!

Lol, Good Lord the alimony checks!

Speechless, good luck.

The Dude is getting his ‘start’ into Mormon Fundamentalism

One spits and one swallows

You're better than that,

Wait......nevermind...........

So that's where 'Flave's been.

Going to hell for this.

LOL

Taxes would have to be a nightmare.

Dammit!

It looks like I'm joining you two.......I Laughed!

Good company

Mystery solved

One might wonder what happens when the other sister wants to marry. I’d say they discussed that beforehand.

As a few have said; they deserve to be happy and I’m happy for them.

I’ve just always found it interesting when Mother Nature throws a curveball and makes things not quite so “cut and dried” legally or Biblically.

Well now, that’s one hell of a wedding night.

Does the sister in law watch? 😳

Already on my way to hell

One puzzy with twice the nagging.

What happened to the images? I never saw them.