TLC's 'Abby & Brittany' conjoined twin Abby Hensel gets married

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by taylor knight

Abby Hensel and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives on the TLC reality series, have gone from being a duo to being a trio.

Abby, who has left conjoined twins, married Josh Bowling, a nurse and U.S. Army veteran, in 2021. The couple lives in Minnesota, where the Hansel twins were born and raised.

Abby and Brittany, 34, have lived a private life since their eight-episode show, Abby & Brittany, aired in 2012. However, they were happy living in their native Minnesota.

Both sisters are fifth-grade teachers in their home state, according to Today, which obtained the couple's marriage records.

Abby and Josh kept their marriage hidden from the public eye until 2023, sharing photos from their wedding on TikTok (@abbyandbrittanyhensel).

Clips of wedding guests have resurfaced and intimate moments from the lovers' wedding have been published on Facebook.

A 20-second clip posted to Heidi Bowling's Facebook page shows the couple dancing and kissing at a wedding reception.

Abby and her sister wore pure white sleeveless bridal dresses with lace on the back, and Mr. Bowling wore a gray suit.

He is seen bowling and looking into his blushing bride's eyes while Brittany supports her sister.

The two originally appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1996 to explain their life as conjoined twins.

They were born as bicephalic conjoined twins. This is a rare condition where two heads are on top of her one body with her one reproductive system. Two, three, or four arms, two hearts, and two legs.

Hersenian twins share blood flow and all organs from the waist down. Abby controls the right arm and leg and Brittany controls the left side.

When Abby and Brittany were born in 1990, their parents, Patty and Mike Hensel, refused to undergo separation surgery because doctors determined their daughters were unlikely to survive the surgery, Today reported. Ta.

“How can you choose between those two?” their father Mike said in a 2001 interview with Time magazine.

They face life's complex challenges as conjoined twins, but achieve their benchmark goals of passing the driving test at age 16, graduating from university, traveling to Europe, and becoming educators. was not hindered.

For now, it has been reported whether they have any plans to expand their family.

In the 2003 documentary “Joined for Life,” Abby and Brittany discuss the possibility of raising children someday.

“Yeah, we're going to be moms,” Brittany said. “We haven't thought about how motherhood works yet. But we're only 16, so we don't have to think about that right now.”

The Daily Mail also reports that the couple is in no rush to add a child to their life because Abby's husband already has a child from a previous relationship.

Bowling's Facebook page shows the blended family hugging each other as they take family photos, go out for ice cream and celebrate holidays.