Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel first gained national attention when they appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1996.

Now the sisters have reached a major life milestone: Abby is married.

The Hensels later starred in the feel-good TLC reality series “Abby and Brittany,” which showed them driving, traveling to Europe and even riding a moped. When the show ended after one season, Abby and Brittany had just graduated from college with degrees in education.

A lot has happened in the last decade. Abby, 34, is now married. According to public records, Abby, a teacher, and Josh Bowling, a nurse and United States Army veteran, tied the knot in 2021. The sisters also shared photos of the wedding on social media. The couple live in Minnesota, where the Hensels were born and raised.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      7 months ago

      I’m sure Abby wouldn’t have done it if Brittany wasn’t on board. They all have to live together after all.

      I want to know how it works if Brittany starts seeing another guy now.

      Also, if they have one set of reproductive organs, who’s the mother? I assume they have separate DNA so they should be able to test that, right? Do the eggs by DNA belong to one of them, or is it a mix?

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
        14·
        7 months ago

        Being conjoined twins, they likely have the same DNA.

        You’ve already got to be adjusted to a very unique situation to be two people sharing a body, and I’d guess that Abby’s husband has considered and discussed the topic of Brittany’s romantic life; if those three can make things work, I suppose finding another special fourth person is possible. It’s difficult to imagine all the intricacies, but there’s seemingly no limit to the human ability to adapt.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          5·
          7 months ago

          What I think is especially interesting about them, I mentioned this elsewhere, is that when they agree, they use a unified “I” and when they disagree, they consider themselves separate. So I assume the choice to marry was an “I” or the marriage wouldn’t have happened.

          But you can’t marry two people.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        22·
        7 months ago

        I’m sure Abby wouldn’t have done it if Brittany wasn’t on board

        So much for them being “independent” then.

        It really seems like any mention of difficulty of this situation is being met with “It’s all magically fine!”

        Why are we having such a hard time acknowledging the difficulties here?