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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.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's amazing and I'm thrilled to hear that Abby found love.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wonder how Brittany feels about it.

[–] bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Probably like she is stuck in a relationship she didn't choose

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Clowns to the left of her, jokers to the right

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

jesus christ 🤣

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I'd assume that Brittany OK'd it beforehand. She's got to live with her, after all.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] pmmeyourtits@ani.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Makes the challenge of me and my partner finding a unicorn seem easy by comparison.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I meant legally.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I do not judge their self-identity and I find it hard to judge people who don't understand it. I only judge people who do understand it and don't care. It's no different than deadnaming.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years 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?