Abigail and Brittany Hansel are conjoined twins from Minnesota.Being conjoined they had many struggles throughout their lives. Soon after they were born,doctors gave their parents the bad news,the twins would not survive very long.
The girls are noe 25 years old and featured in a show,title Abby and Brittany which will show viewers how their every days lives are.
The girls are one of the rarest set of dicephalus twins in the world, its very rare to be born conjoined (1 of 40000) and its even more rare to survive after birth (1% of the 1 in 40000)! The facts that Abby and Brittany are alive and well is a miracles. Abby and Brittany came to be when fertilized egg failed to separate inside womb.
They have two hearts ,two spines joined at the pelvis, four lungs,two esophagi,three kidneys,one ribcage ,one liver,a partially shares nervous system and circulatory system. From their waist down all organs are shared including a reproductive system, intestines and bladder ,Abby the right twin can't feel anything on the left side of the body,while Brittany the left twin can't fe anything on her right side.
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