Abby and Brittany Hensel, who documented their lives in the TLC reality series “Abby & Brittany,” have a new member of the family.

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.

    • Flying Squid
      5•8 months ago

      What else would it be? If your brain was put in a vat but you are still alive, wouldn’t you still consider yourself a person? I know I would.

      What makes Abby and Brittany a single person rather than two individuals who happen to share body parts?

      • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
        2•8 months ago

        What else would it be?

        Rest of the body too.

        If your brain was put in a vat but you were still alive

        Is a situation that has never existed, we have no idea whether it could exist, and it presupposes the premise while supporting that premise as a conclusion. If “you” are still alive, then the question is already answered.

        What makes Abby and Brittany a single person rather than two individuals who happen to share body parts?

        Didn’t say they were

        • Flying Squid
          4•8 months ago

          Rest of the body too.

          I see, so if you have no arms or legs, you’re not a person,

          I don’t have a gallbladder anymore. I guess I’m not a person.

          Didn’t say they were

          If you’re claiming a single body makes a single person, you are making that claim.

    • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
      1•8 months ago

      You think this is an edge case, what about the Canadian twins that are joined by the brain? That’s incredible, literally could not be any more fascinating. I am aware I’m discussing people when I say that, but it really is the most fascinating thing I’ve ever seen or thought about.