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. However it’s been a joyful life for them in Minnesota, where they were born and raised.
In accordance with the Today Show, which obtained marriage records for the spouses, the sisters are each fifth-grade teachers of their home state.
Abby and Josh kept their marriage under wraps from the general public eye until 2023, once they shared photos of the marriage ceremony on their TikTok, @abbyandbrittanyhensel. A marriage guest’s resurfaced clip revealed an intimate moment from the lovebird’s wedding on Facebook.
A 20-second clip posted on Heidi Bowling’s Facebook captures the couple dancing and kissing at the marriage reception. Abby and her sister wore an all-white, sleeveless bridal gown and laced-back dress, while Bowling wore a gray 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 4 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 probability the women would survive the operation, TODAY reported.
“How could you decide between the 2?” 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 resembling passing their driver’s license test at 16, graduating from college, traveling to Europe, and becoming educators.
Up to now, there’s word in the event that they plan on expanding their family.
Within the 2003 documentary “Joined for Life,” Abby and Brittany discuss the potential for raising children at some point.
“Yeah, we’re going to be mothers,” Brittany said. “We haven’t thought of how being mothers goes to work yet. But we’re just 16 — we don’t must take into consideration that straight away.”
And the couple doesn’t must rush adding children into their life because Abby’s husband has a toddler from a previous relationship, in keeping with the Day by day Mail.
Bowling’s Facebook page reveals how the blended family embraces one another with family photoshoots, an ice cream outing and celebrating the vacations.
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. However it’s been a joyful life for them in Minnesota, where they were born and raised.
In accordance with the Today Show, which obtained marriage records for the spouses, the sisters are each fifth-grade teachers of their home state.
Abby and Josh kept their marriage under wraps from the general public eye until 2023, once they shared photos of the marriage ceremony on their TikTok, @abbyandbrittanyhensel. A marriage guest’s resurfaced clip revealed an intimate moment from the lovebird’s wedding on Facebook.
A 20-second clip posted on Heidi Bowling’s Facebook captures the couple dancing and kissing at the marriage reception. Abby and her sister wore an all-white, sleeveless bridal gown and laced-back dress, while Bowling wore a gray 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 4 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 probability the women would survive the operation, TODAY reported.
“How could you decide between the 2?” 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 resembling passing their driver’s license test at 16, graduating from college, traveling to Europe, and becoming educators.
Up to now, there’s word in the event that they plan on expanding their family.
Within the 2003 documentary “Joined for Life,” Abby and Brittany discuss the potential for raising children at some point.
“Yeah, we’re going to be mothers,” Brittany said. “We haven’t thought of how being mothers goes to work yet. But we’re just 16 — we don’t must take into consideration that straight away.”
And the couple doesn’t must rush adding children into their life because Abby’s husband has a toddler from a previous relationship, in keeping with the Day by day Mail.
Bowling’s Facebook page reveals how the blended family embraces one another with family photoshoots, an ice cream outing and celebrating the vacations.
