Reality TV stars Abby and Brittany Hensel have been spotted out and about with a newborn baby, and they have now broken their silence on the rumours of their new addition
Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have spoken out for the first time since being seen with a newborn, sparking speculation about their growing family.
Now 35, the sisters shared their joy in a recent TikTok video, calling themselves “blessed” while showing photos of them arriving at a school, pushing a pram.
The video, soundtracked by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, featured paparazzi images of the pair, showing the twins removing a car seat from the back of their black Tesla and walking through a school car park.
They simply captioned the video: “Blessed”, accompanied by hashtags like #sisterhood and #respect.
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Last month, Abby and Brittany, who starred in their own TLC reality show in 2012, were photographed entering a school in New Brighton, Minnesota – where they work as fifth-grade teachers – proudly introducing the baby to colleagues.
This sighting came just weeks after the pair were first seen pushing a pram, fuelling rumours that Abby and her husband, U.S. Army veteran Josh Bowling, may have welcomed a child.
Prior to the school visit, the twins were seen stopping by a McDonald’s drive-thru before heading inside with the baby. They wore coordinated summer outfits, including tank tops in purple, white, and leopard print, jean shorts, black sandals, and both had their hair down. A co-worker walked the trio out, sharing a warm hug before the sisters drove away in their Tesla.
One eyewitness told The Sun, “They looked really tired during the visit, but happy to see everyone. They did seem to struggle a bit with the baby carrier.”
After their school visit, the twins returned to their $510,000 five-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Saint Paul. So far, Abby and Brittany have not publicly confirmed whether the baby is theirs.
Abby, who married husband Josh back in 2021, is already a step-mother to his daughter Isabella, from a previous romance – but for a long time, the sisters have always expressed a desire to have children.
“We’re going to be moms,” Brittany said in Joined for Life: Abby & Brittany Turn 16 in 2006. “We haven’t thought about how being moms is going to work yet.”
Abby and Brittany are dicephalic parapagus twins, which means they share one torso to which their two heads are joined, and they also share one pair of legs.
Abby, who is on the right side of the body, controls the right arm and leg, and Brittany has control over the left limbs. Conjoined twins are very rare, but the Hensen sisters are even more unusual because they are really pretty symmetrical compared to other conjoined twins.
They have always been really candid about their unique shared lives, and recently posted a video on their TikTok page, which saw a doctor explain how their joined anatomy actually works.
“Abby and Brittany Hensel’s anatomy is a remarkable blend of shared and individual organs and tissues,” the video they shared by molecular biologist Hashem Al-Ghaili explained, “The twins each have their own distinct upper body systems. Abby and Brittany have two heads, two brains, two spinal cords, and two hearts, which are part of a shared circulatory system.”
Despite having the same blood circulation system, their brains and spinal cords are their own, which means they have to work in tight-knit coordination to carry things, get places, or drive a car.
When they were children, their parents were offered the possibility of separation surgery, but they turned it down, because it was unlikely that both their daughters would have survived.
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Source: Mirror
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