Despite being two completely different individuals, these savvy teenagers share a single body and only have two arms and two legs.
Born in 1990, the girls grew up in a small, tight-knit Minnesota community, almost entirely safe from prying and prying eyes.
To their friends and family, they are different people with very different personalities, needs, likes and desires.
But to the outside world, they’re a medical enigma — especially considering they can do nearly everything their friends can, including play the piano, ride bikes, swim, and play softball. “Her personality made her inspiring,” said her mother, Patty.
“They never give up; anything they want to do, they’ll do.” The medical world is keen to discover how two separate brains and nervous systems can work in such perfect harmony, but the twins and their families have resisted unnecessary discovery. medical tests.
“The family wanted to treat them like everyone else,” said the girls’ doctor, Joy Westerdahl, who acknowledged how their unique physiology worked was a mystery.
When they come of age, the twins will likely leave their home safe haven to face the wide world. In preparation for that time, they took part in this intimate documentary, showing the world what it’s like to be together for life.
