Exhibit at Mutter MuseumĪnother interesting note is that a cast of the men’s bodies can still be seen on exhibit at the Mutter Museum in Philadephia. They died in 1874 within 3 hours of each other. To answer the question, YES the men did have children: 21 between them. After a successful career of traveling, the men settled in North Carolina, bought a farm, and married sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates. Barnum’s “curiosities” that included Tom Thumb, Native American dancers, giants, and albinos. Robert Hunter, a British merchant, “discovered” the twins and paid their family to allow the boys to be exhibited as a curiosity during a world tour. The men toured the world to give demonstrations and lectures, and they were among P.T. Rather than being conjoined to the degree that Abby and Brittany are, the Bunkers were connected only by a narrow band of flesh at chest-level. Chang and Eng Bunker were born in 1811 in Siam (get it – Siamese twins? – but seriously, please don’t call conjoined twins this ). But now you’ve uncovered the real fun of Abby & Brittany: coming up with an endless list of questions you will never ask them in real life, because it would be rude.” Ĭonjoined Twins: Now and Then Chang and Eng BunkerĪnother set of conjoined twins that I have studied helped to inform many of these questions and provide more. “What happens if one of the girls doesn’t want to have sex with a man but the other one does - is that rape? Do they have to buy separate tickets if they see a 3-D movie, because they require one seat but two sets of glasses? What if Abby had failed her driving test but Brittany had passed it? What if one of them is sleepy and the other one is wide awake? Since they have two stomachs but one bladder do they have to pee all the time? What if one had graduated high school but the other had failed all her classes? What happens if they have to throw up? Anyway, look at all you’ve learned about conjoined twins so far today.” (full article at: ) Anatomical Answers! The criticism that TLC isn’t doing enough to educate its viewers is a weak one, because, if you really wanted to explore the world of science, you wouldn’t rely on the folks who brought you A Wedding Story to do it.
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This is one of the stalest observations a person can make on the internet but, since you brought it up, TLC’s (alleged) downward spiral began with the program Jon and Kate Plus 8… From there, we moved to 19 Kids & Counting, Toddlers & Tiaras, and now the apex of observational learning Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo. “So basically the show exists so we can oggle these girls in private? I thought TLC was supposed to be The Learning Channel.
One quote in particular is very relevant: Gawker published a very informative article about the girls.
TLC’s website really only provides videos and images from the show, and not much real outside information about the women. The obvious: how does one control each side? how do they attend college classes? how do they drive? what parts of their bodies do they share? And the questions you want to know, but are afraid to ask: What if one of the girls was a lesbian and the other was straight? How do intimate relationships work when there’s no privacy? How does privacy even work? Fortunately, the show does a lot of answering of these questions through interviews with friends and the girls themselves. Even though the preview was sensationalized, as they usually are, we were intrigued and had SO MANY QUESTIONS. When Abigail and I saw the promo for this show, we knew immediately that we would HAVE to watch it. To some, without closer investigation, this almost makes it appear that they are “a two-headed girl.” The “interesting” part of their condition is that they each have a separate head, but their bodies are joined. Abigail and Brittany Hensel were born in 1990, and they are dicephalic parapagus twins, which means they are conjoined twins. No discussion of the similarities and differences between TLC programming and antiquated sideshows is complete without a post about Abby and Brittany.
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