Mom of conjoined twins answers question everyone is wondering after Abby Hensel gets married

The mom of the world’s most famous conjoined twins has answered the question

The mom of conjoined twins has answered the question everyone is asking after it was announced Abby Hensel had married.

Abby and Brittany first shot into the limelight when they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996, a time when there were just six-years-old.

When they reached their 20s, the sisters became the subject of the TLC reality show Abby & Brittany, a programme that really landed them into celebrity status.

For non-viewers, the reality show documented the lives of the twins as they graduated college and set out into non-school life.

It was confirmed earlier on Thursday (28 March) that Abby is now married to nurse and US Army veteran, Josh Bowling.

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A wedding photo on the Hensels’ joint Facebook page sees the happy couple pictured along with Brittany, with the twins snapped in a white dress, while Bowling is dressed in a white suit.

While the wedding news only came to light today, public records obtained by Today revealed that the happy couple actually tied the knot in 2021.

And three years on from the big day, the pair seem happy in photos of them travelling, hiking and generally enjoying life together.

And now that Abby has tied the knot, many people are asking the same question… will the couple ever welcome children.

Many assume because of they are conjoined, neither of the twins will be able to have children, but that is not the case.

In a documentary filmed when the girls were teenagers, their mom said they were keen to have children one day.

“That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them,” she explained in a documentary titled Joined For Life.

“Yeah, we’re going to be moms,” Brittany agreed at the time.

Facebook/Britt and Abby

Both Brittany and Abby reiterated their desire to have families of their own in the past, with Brittany previously saying: “The whole world doesn’t need to know who we are seeing, what we are doing and when we are going to do it. But believe me, we are totally different people.”

Abby added: “Yeah, we are going to be moms one day, but we don’t want to talk about how it’s going to work yet.”

Abby and Brittany’s parents, Patty and Mike, were given the option to separate the twins at birth.

However, they decided against the procedure after being told there was a small chance that both twins could survive.

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People are asking the same thing after finding out conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married

Just like with any phenomenon that is rare, people have a whole lot of questions

Living a life as conjoined twins would likely come with a fair few battles, but Abby and Brittany Hensel have seemed to make it work.

The twins from the US rose to fame from an early age, making an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show back in 1996 when they were six years old.

The fascination surrounding the two continued as they got older and the girls were able to land their own reality TV show.

Earlier this year, reports revealed that Abby Hensel had married US Army veteran Josh Bowling back in 2021, according to a report by Today.

As you can imagine, when this news hit social media, people had a fair few questions on how it all works, specifically whether Josh is just married to Abby or technically Brittany too.

The twins got married to Josh Bowling back in 2021 (Facebook)

Making a relationship work is difficult at the best of times, but most can imagine it can get a little more complicated logistically when another person is completely involved.

The women are joined at the torso, with each person controlling their half of the body, though some features differ, such as Brittany being slightly shorter.

With the complications of conjoined twins and the recent news of Abby’s marriage, it seems like social media users all have the same concern.

Writing on social media, one person wrote: “How does this unfold legally? Since they are two people married to one man, who is on the marriage certificate?”

Another user responded as they added: “Ngl, for some reason, I was expecting there to be two guys.

“Having only the one guy makes it more confusing. What if they fight? What if one h/w set wants to divorce and the other doesn’t?”

People online had a fair few questions on how it all works logistically (Facebook)

“One of the many, many, maaaany questions I have,” said a third.

A fourth gave clarity as they wrote, “One of the twins will be the legal spouse as far as the state is concerned. So it is theoretically possible that the other twin could someday decide to marry a different person. But given the way they have had to harmonize their entire lives, I imagine they would find it easier to stick to being married to just one person.”

So far, the happy couple have not revealed the technicalities of their relationship, or how their marriage works behind closed doors – and there’s no harm in keeping that little bit a secret for the world.

I mean, none of our business, really, is it?

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