Abby and Brittany were calved connected March 7, 1990. Their mother, Patty Hensel, shared successful a 2007 documentary Extraordinary People: The Twins Who Share a Body that she lone expected to present 1 babe erstwhile she gave commencement based connected scans. Abby and Brittany were initially calved with 3 arms, but had 1 removed arsenic it wasn’t functional. 

Patty and her hubby Mike Hensel were told Abby and Brittany were inseparable arsenic babies. And portion Patty explained that separation whitethorn person been imaginable arsenic the girls matured, the parents chose to support them conjoined arsenic they were capable to unrecorded a full, steadfast beingness together.

"We ne'er privation we were separated," Abby and Brittany some explained successful the 2007 documentary. "Because past we wouldn't get to bash the things we tin do—play softball, conscionable caller people, run." 

In the 2007 documentary, Abby and Brittany explained that they are often capable to expect what the different volition accidental erstwhile curating an email oregon online message. In fact, they thin to notation to themselves arsenic 1 person, unless they disagree. In those cases, they'll accidental "Abby says" oregon "Brittany says."

They besides present stock singular societal media accounts, which are backstage and mostly inactive. 

Abby and Brittany person agelong expressed their knowing of people's curiosity toward their life. Still, they admitted to feeling vexation astatine the absorption they’re met with successful public, particularly radical taking their photograph without permission.

“We perfectly hatred erstwhile radical instrumentality pictures of us” Abby explained successful 2007. “And we volition propulsion a acceptable astir it, and marque them embarrassed.”

Additionally, portion doctors were funny astir their wellness and increasing process arsenic children, Mike and Patty Hensel did not let immoderate unnecessary tests beryllium done connected their daughters. Brittany and Abby besides said the doctor's bureau was their slightest favourite spot to spell astatine the time. 

“While they are unique, the household wants to dainty them similar they are conscionable similar anyone else,” the family’s doc Joy Westerdahl explained successful 2007. “I person to beryllium mindful of the family’s wishes not to get excessively involved.”

After marrying Josh Bowling, a caregiver and veteran, Abby gained different household member—his 8-year-old daughter Isabella. The mates officially tied the knot connected November 13, 2021. And portion the quality was shocking to the public, Abby and Brittany person ever had starting a household connected their minds.  

"Yeah, we're going to beryllium moms," Brittany said in Joined for Life: Abby & Brittany Turn 16 successful 2006. "We haven't thought astir however being moms is going to enactment yet."

Abby and Brittany began moving arsenic a teacher soon aft graduating college. When they were initially hired, they shared they were not successful a salaried position, but were fixed abstracted contracts, and divided their pay.

They presently thatch 5th people unneurotic astatine an simple schoolhouse successful Minnesota. 

“Math and subject is benignant of my beardown point,” Abby explained connected an occurrence of Abby & Brittany. “Where Brittany is much focused connected the connection arts, reading—stuff similar that.”