'Two Girls With One Body'

Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel were born on 7 March 1990, Carver County, Minnesota, United States and they are dicephalic conjoined twins. Brittany is the left twin, and Abigail is the right twin. They have two spines which join at the pelvis. They have two stomachs, three lungs, and two arms. (A third, underdeveloped and useless arm between their heads was removed in infancy.)

Most of Abigail and Brittany's shared organs lie below the waist line. The deatil is presented below:

2 heads
2 arms -- originally 3, but the short malformed central arm was removed
2 spinal cords and backbones which merge at the pelvis - surgery corrected scoliosis
3½ lungs -- surgery expanded their chest cavity
2 breasts
2 hearts in a shared circulatory system -- medicine taken by either affects both
1 liver
2 stomachs
3 kidneys
2 gallbladders
1 bladder
1 ribcage
1 large intestine
1 female reproductive system

These girls are everything every teen girl is supposed to be - goofy, innocent, happy, lots of friends, big clowns, pretty as springtime. I love that they seem completely unaffected by what could be devastating in a lesser community, with lesser family, probably if the twins were lesser people themselves. But they're not.

The best photo is the kids in hats, they could be any sisters, clowning for the camera; somewhere I've got a picture of my niece in damn near that same pose, wearing a hat, that same sneer. Comical. These girls rock, supercool that they are so normal. (As far as teens can be normal, anyways.)

I'd seen a bit of the documentary about these kids on youtube, came across this blog linked from reddit and figured it had to be these two characters.