Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities

By Johanna Garner on May 4, 2020 at 10:00 PM

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…

They May Share a Body, But Abby And Brittany Hensel Have Very Different Personalities
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They learnt to coordinate themselves with time, but it wasn’t always so easy…
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
They went to Bethel University and graduated in 2012
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Abby loves maths whilst Brittany has a passion for writing
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
They can’t bear it when strangers stare and take photos of them without asking
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
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 Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
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 Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Abby and Brittany can get ill at different times
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
When they were six years old, they were on the Oprah Winfrey show
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Brittany and Abby walk in different ways
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Each of the sisters controls half of their body
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
They love playing music instruments, going bowling and playing volleyball
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Abby and Brittany share the same body, but have individual stomachs, hearts and even lungs
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Together, they can drive, run, ride a bike, swim, write on a computer… Their coordination is now perfect
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
Abby and Brittany are primary school teachers. They love teaching together because one of them can answer questions whilst the other explains
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
They hope to get married and have children
Abby and Brittany Hensel: Conjoined twins with very different personalities
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