CONJOINED twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have been spotted running errands with Abby’s new husband – just weeks after their bombshell baby news.
The twins, 35, were seen dropping off their Labradoodle at a groomer while Abby’s husband Josh Bowling loaded beers and seltzers into their car.
Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have been spotted running errands[/caption]
They were seen with their dog[/caption]
They wore a tank top and sandals[/caption]
In the latest pictures, the sisters were spotted wearing a light blue tank top, sandals and shorts in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Monday.
They were seen walking alongside their brown curly-haired dog before dropping it off.
Meanwhile, Josh was seen nearby buying beverages and putting them into the trunk of their car.
Also sporting an Apple Watch, the twins were seen leaving their Tesla which they have been pictured driving before.
On Friday The U.S. Sun revealed exclusive snaps of the siblings showing off their newborn to friends at the Minnesota school where they work.
It came after Abby and Brittany were spotted holding a baby carrier with a newborn inside earlier this month – sparking speculation the twins had welcomed a baby with Josh.
The siblings were seen placing a baby carrier into the back of a Tesla in Minnesota on August 14 – but they still haven’t confirmed if the newborn belongs to them.
Abby and Brittany first made headlines when they appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 – at just six years old.
But they were under the spotlight again in 2021 when it was revealed Abby had married U.S. Army veteran Josh.
The couple’s bombshell marriage came to light after marriage records were obtained by Today.com.
Soon after, it was also revealed that Abby had become a stepmother to Josh’s daughter from a previous relationship, TMZ reported.
In March 2024, it was confirmed that Abby had married Josh.
Josh shared photos with his wife and her sister, as the group looked happy in the snaps.
Then in June 2024, the twins posted a TiKTok from their wedding day dancing to Rolling in the Deep by Adele.
In a separate TikTok video of the twins, they wrote the caption, “We know you think you know us #sisterhoodgoals #abbyandbrittanyhensel #happy.”
In another video, an A.I. generated voice narrated, “This is a message to all the haters out there.
“If you don’t like what I do, but you watch everything that I’m doing you’re still a fan.”
They dropped off their dog at a groomer[/caption]
Abby and Brittany Hensel seen on August 27 with a newborn baby[/caption]
The outing came two weeks after they were spotted running errands with the newborn[/caption]
The conjoined Hensel twins have also appeared on the cover of LIFE.
In their 2003 documentary Joined For Life, their mum, Patty, explained that her daughters had expressed interest in having children.
“That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them,” she said.
Brittany, then 16, also said at the time, “Yeah, we’re going to be moms.
“We haven’t thought about how being moms is going to work yet.”
Abby and Brittany seen driving[/caption]
Abby married Josh in 2021[/caption]
They scored their own TLC reality show Abby & Brittany in 2012 that followed their life after graduating from college.
The show lasted just one 8-episode season.
The women graduated from Bethel University in Arden Hills, each with their own degree, before pursuing a career in teaching.
Abby once told BBC: “Obviously right away we understand that we are going to get one salary because we’re doing the job of one person.”
Brittany added, “One can be teaching and one can be monitoring and answering questions… so in that sense we can do more than one person.”
What Are Conjoined Twins?
Conjoined twins are twins that are born with their bodies physically connected.
Such twins develop after an early embryo only partially separates to create two individual fetuses and this is usually diagnosed early in pregnancy with a prenatal ultrasound.
This happens once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The majority of these are female and most are still born.
The majority of conjoined twins are connected at the chest and abdomen, but others can be connected at the head, hips, pelvis, legs, or genitalia.
Conjoined twins often share one or more of the internal organs and this impacts survival rates and the success of separation surgery.
Twins with separate sets of organs are more likely to survive than those who share.
Abby and Brittany have a rare condition known as dicephalic parapagus, where two heads are side-by-side on a single torso.
The two each have their own heart, stomach, spine, lungs and spinal cord, but share a reproductive system, liver and large intestine.
Brittany can only feel and control her right side, with Abby only able to feel and control her left.
But they instinctively move their limbs as if they were coordinated by one person.
When it comes to stomach aches, the pain is felt by the opposing twin.
They have the rarest form of conjoined twins, and were formed as the result of a single fertilized egg failing to fully separate in the womb.
The twins were first spotted out with the newborn earlier this month[/caption]
The family lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota[/caption]
