Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel first gained national attention when they appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1996.

Now the sisters have reached a major life milestone: Abby is married.

The Hensels later starred in the feel-good TLC reality series “Abby and Brittany,” which showed them driving, traveling to Europe and even riding a moped. When the show ended after one season, Abby and Brittany had just graduated from college with degrees in education.

A lot has happened in the last decade. Abby, 34, is now married. According to public records, Abby, a teacher, and Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, tied the knot in 2021. The sisters also shared photos of the wedding on social media. The couple live in Minnesota, where the Hensels were born and raised.

  • Waldowal@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m really curious about some details. They both meet this guy. He seems interested. Does he just keep talking to one face and ignoring the other? Were he and Abby kissing, and Brittany’s all “Ew, Abby, he’s gross”. When he proposed, was he like “Will you marry me?” And they both say “yes”, and he’s like “Uh, I just meant the left side”? How do you not end up dating and marrying them both?! Maybe they are in reality, but they can’t say that due to polygamy laws?

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      I mean they don’t have options for a legal poly marriage or some harem multi-wife practice, and they are registered as two persons in one body, I believe. In reality, yes, he can’t marry just one. A weird situation law-wise.

  • Syd@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    One in 200,000 births results in conjoined twins? That seems way higher than I thought.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      A lot of them die in infancy, so you don’t see them around.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I’m sure Abby wouldn’t have done it if Brittany wasn’t on board. They all have to live together after all.

        I want to know how it works if Brittany starts seeing another guy now.

        Also, if they have one set of reproductive organs, who’s the mother? I assume they have separate DNA so they should be able to test that, right? Do the eggs by DNA belong to one of them, or is it a mix?

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    So, like, realistically, he’s marrying both of them, right? I get that they can’t do that legally, but… You can’t exactly not, right?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      They have found all sorts of coping strategies throughout their lives to assert their individuality, so Brittany would probably say no, she was not married to him and Abby would agree, because he married Abby and they are two different people.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Yeah but then believing that isn’t the only factor here. He’s gonna be in a marriage with both these women, practically speaking.

      • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        The sisters are both teaching fifth grade in Minnesota

        My question is do they get paid double the salary of a single teacher or not?

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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          8 months ago

          According to some articles I skimmed, no, since they’re doing one job. They’re pushing for more though.

  • zerog_bandit@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Do you think they can both give him a BJ at the same time? Or maybe one tosses the salad while the other gobbles the knob?