Abby Hensel, Brittany Hensel and Joshua Bowling.
Courtesy of @abbyandbrittanyhensel/TikTokConjoined twins Abby again Brittany Hensel they look back on their storm of 2024.
The sisters posted a “2024 Replay” video via TikTok on Monday, December 30, to reflect on some of the most important moments of the past year, including Abby and husband’s wedding. Joshua Bowling.
The two married in November 2021, but the milestone wasn’t made public until March when a video of Abby and Joshua’s first dance went viral. (Today he was the first to break the news, finding records of their marriage.)
Other photos in the 2024 recap include Abby and Brittany, both 34, eating ice cream with Bowling and her daughter, Isabella. The sisters also shared a selfie with Bowling, which was originally posted in October.
Abby and Brittany rose to fame in the late 1990s after appearing on various daytime TV shows. They then told their story in the 2006 documentary Janointed by Lifeaired on TLC. The siblings are conjoined dicephalic twins, which is a rare type of partial union in which two heads are joined to one torso. They share the same blood and all organs below the waist with Abby controlling their right limbs and Brittany controlling the left. (Parents of girls, Mike again Patty Henseldecided to separate them after birth in 1990 as it was impossible for the two to survive this process.)
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When they turned 16, Abby and Brittany showed the time – including how they learned to drive – in the second documentary, which was released in 2008. In 2012, they returned with TLC scripts. Abby & Brittany. After one season, the series ended, and the twins lived a low-key life out of the public eye. Both Abby and Brittany are fifth grade teachers in Brighton, Minnesota.
The sisters have faced widespread criticism over the years, with some hikers questioning their lifestyle, but Abby and Brittany were undaunted.
“This is a message to all the haters out there,” a deep voice said in a March TikTok video shared on the twins’ profile. “If you don’t like what I do but watch everything I do, you’re still a fan.”
In a separate clip that same month, they shared a collection of photos that included pictures of multiple conjoined twins.
“The internet is HIGH today,” the duo captioned their post. “We’ve always been there.”
