How ultra-rare conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel drive, eat and have sex trends now
America's most famous conjoined twins are back in the news today after it was revealed one of them had gotten married.
Abby Hensel - who shot to fame on a reality TV series with sister Brittany - quietly tied the knot with an army veteran in 2021.
It has led many to speculate how the sisters carry out day-to-day activities, including intimate ones.
Abby and Brittany, 34, from Minnesota, are one of only a handful of sets of dicephalus twins in history, meaning they have two heads and two hearts but share a single body from the waist down - including their genitals.
Although Brittany - the left twin - can't feel anything on the right side of the body and Abigail - the right twin - can't feel anything on her left, instinctively their limbs move as if coordinated by one person, even when typing e-mails on the computer.
This means they are able to do most things a nonconjoined person can do, including driving and cooking, and they've also mastered things like playing the piano.
The pair passed their driving test on their 16th birthday, with each twin using one arm to control the steering wheel
'Abby takes over the pedals and the shifter, we both steer, and I take over the blinker and the lights,' Brittany (on the right) said
The sisters (pictured) are now both fifth grade teachers at an elementary school in New Brighton, Minnesota, where they teach math
For tasks such as replying to emails, they use the keyboard and respond as one, anticipating each other's feelings with little verbal communication between them.
As for driving, the twins passed their driving test on their 16th birthday - a mind-boggling feat of teamwork with each twin using one arm to control the steering wheel.
The pair share a single body, and from the waist down, all their organs, including the intestine, bladder and reproductive organs, are shared
'Abby takes over the pedals and the shifter, we both steer, and I take over the blinker and the lights,' Brittany said.
When they took their driving test, their mother Patty, a registered nurse, conceded there could have been a problem.
She said: 'I don't know what would happen if they got pulled over for speeding. Would they each get a ticket or just Abby because it's her foot on the accelerator?'
The twins also stunned doctors with their astonishing co-ordination while playing the piano, with Abigail taking the right-hand parts and Brittany the left.
Growing up, they enjoyed sports such as bowling, volleyball, cycling, softball and swimming.
But how the pair handle intimacy is the question many are intrigued to know the answer to.
Abby Hensel (pictured left), now 34, got married to nurse and former US veteran Josh Bowling (pictured right) back in 2021
Abby's relationship with Josh, who is a father-of-one, has gone under the radar until now, with the twins leading a quieter life out of the spotlight in the past 10 years
Abby (pictured right) dancing with her groom at her wedding day, while wearing a stunning white lace dress
One may assume that, like everyone else, conjoined twins experience sexual desires - but some don't.
Conjoined twins Lupita and Carmen Andrare, 23, born in Mexico but living in Connecticut, US, have the same physical makeup to Abby and Brittany.
While Carmen has a boyfriend named Daniel, Lupita is asexual, meaning she is not sexually attracted to others.
But even Carmen and Daniel are not sexually intimate, with Carmen describing their bond as more of a 'close friendship' in an interview with "Jubilee.
Famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, from Thailand, were joined only by a bit of liver and skin, and so had separate genitals.
They both married separately, and judging by the fact that Chang had 10 children, while Eng had 12, it is safe to say they both had sex.
People have speculated that while one was 'busy' with their wife, the other one must have tried to sleep, read or ignore what was going on, to give as much privacy and dignity as possible.
With Abby and Brittany, who share the bottom-half of their body, it is slightly different.
During their TLC show (pictured), the twins displayed an astonishing sense of co-ordination, with each using one arm to perform tasks, including playing the piano and sport
The pair (pictured as children) share a single body, and from the waist down, all their organs, including the intestine, bladder and reproductive organs, are shared
Abby and her sister Brittany (pictured during their childhood), one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy, rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show which chronicled their major life events, including their high school graduation and job hunting
Like most conjoined twins, Abby and Brittany have never publicly spoken about their sex life, despite immense public curiosity.
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