Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities

Published on May 5, 2020 at 12:00 AM by Johanna Garner

In the United Kingdom, Abby and Brittany Hensel are real national celebrities. Having appeared in multiple television shows and documentaries, the twins have even had a TV show dedicated to their life that appeared on TLC, that was named Abby & Brittany. Here are 15 things that you undoubtedly didn’t know about them…

Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities

They learnt to coordinate themselves with time, but it wasn’t always so easy…

They went to Bethel University and graduated in 2012

Abby loves maths whilst Brittany has a passion for writing

They can’t bear it when strangers stare and take photos of them without asking

When they were 16, they let a TV channel do a documentary about them which was then made into a TV show

Abby and Brittany’s parents refused to go through with the operation to separate them because there was a chance that they wouldn’t survive

Abby and Brittany can get ill at different times

When they were six years old, they were on the Oprah Winfrey show

Brittany and Abby walk in different ways

Each of the sisters controls half of their body

They love playing music instruments, going bowling and playing volleyball

Abby and Brittany share the same body, but have individual stomachs, hearts and even lungs

Together, they can drive, run, ride a bike, swim, write on a computer… Their coordination is now perfect

Abby and Brittany are primary school teachers. They love teaching together because one of them can answer questions whilst the other explains

They hope to get married and have children

These twin sisters have one big difference that even left doctors floored

These twin sisters have one big difference that even left doctors floored