Are the Hensel Twins allowed to get married?
The Hensel twins are a pair of conjoined twin girls who have two heads and one body. They have one set of working lady parts. From the perspective of the state, they are considered two people. They have indpendent driver’s licenses, birth certificates, social security numbers, etc.
Suppose they want to get married. Are they allowed to marry the same man, or two different men?
From a legal perspective it seems pretty clear that, if they wanted to marry a single man, only one of them would be allowed to be legally married to that man. If they wanted to marry two different men, that would be pretty weird, huh?
According to the twins they intend on getting married and having children. They did not disclose their thoughts on this issue.
I don’t have an answer for this question. I just thought I’d bring it up since everybody likes to chime in on what should be legal when it comes to marriage lately. Well, not lately. All of that prop 8 nonsense has totally fallen off the radar since Obamacare is the cause celebre du jour.
Obviously, with one set of reproductive organs, the twins are one person for the purposes of marriage.
Yes, because obviously the fact that they are two distinct women with two different names and two different birth certificates and two different SSNs is irrelevant in this case. As we all know, you don’t marry an individual; you marry the body/genitals. Lovely. Also, women who have had hysterectomies are not allowed to legally marry as they aren’t real people anymore.
Okay, so marry some girl your brother chooses that you don’t really love.
But marriage is about love, not about your genitalia. What about someone who has no genitalia or only one half of a set of genitalia? Are they not allowed to get married?
Obviously I’m being facetious.
If they marry one man, won’t the man be guilty of polygamy for having two wives? It would seem too strange if they marry two men since they have only one set of reproductive organs.
Yes, it would be illegal for both of the twins to be married to the same man. And, since the twins have two separate legal identities, only one of them would enjoy all of the legal benefits of marriage. If one of them marries a man who then is seriously injured in an accident and is hospitalized, is the wife’s sister allowed to visit in the hospital? Since they’re quite literally joined at the hip, would the other twin need to wear ear plugs and a backwards ski mask while her sister visits her injured husband?
Here’s another question: whose name goes on the birth certificate as “mother” when the twins give birth out of their one set of reproductive organs?
That is a good question who is the “mother” wow never thought that
The solution is pretty easy: they go to an islamic country and get married there. The teachings Allah gave to prophet Muhammed allow a man to legally marry up to four women, provided he is wealthy enough to maintain a separate household for each of them.
After the Hensel twins have both married to the same man, they can return to the USA and live there legally. There are muslim countires, like the UAE, the Jordan Hasemite Kingdom or Saudi Arabia which are friendly towards the USA and could be asked to provide this favour, especially since it would also allow them to advertise the islamic faith.
Tamas, they are Christian so obviously your solution would not be possible for them, unless they choose to become followers of Islam. I respectfully doubt that would happen. BTW, it is NOT legal for a man to have more than one wife in the USA. America does NOT make exceptions to that law for anyone, muslim friendly nations included.
Actually that still wouldn’t work out because a man cannot be married to a woman and her sister.
Would it be possible to surgically give them two lady parts ie divide one into two then at least then if the Girls get married to a man each it makes it a little less complicated?
Would it be possible to surgically give them two lady parts ie divide one into two then at least then if the Girls get married to a man each it makes it a little less complicated?
I think tey can marry with 2 men.
According a magazine (or tabliod?) “In a rare feat for conjoined twins, the US-based Hensels have survived into adulthood inextricably entwined, at least in body. And yet even now, with unconfirmed reports that Brittany is set to marry while Abigail remains single, they have no desire to separate.”
http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=973908
Let’s see, that gives a nag to sex ratio of two to one…No thanks.
is it possible to have the twine e mail address so as to make contact with them, i from brisbane, australia
They don’t want anyone contacting them about how they work. They didn’t even let their own doctor do any tests unless it would be to keep them healthy.
As for the rest of you, sex is a fascinating thing, and conjoined twins make it even more fascinating. I agree with you there. However, I also wonder why there are so many sites with comments on how they have sex and marry.
Personally, I think that if Brittney gets/is married to someone, then Abby would have the choice of either putting a blind-fold on (which wouldn’t help during sex if she feels half of the reproductive organs) or she would participate just as much as Brittney does… just not on paper. This would technically be as legal as adultery.
Legally, they should be able to get married to two different men.
How they go about sex, is another problem but -I think- not of legal nature.
They are supposed to feel only their side of the body, so, when/if they have sex, would it be pleasurable for both at the same time? O_o!
If they have a child, my first thought is that the legal mother should be the one who provided the egg (assuming they have two ovaries, one from each side of the body, one from each girl), but if twins have identical DNA “signatures” it would be impossible to actually determine who provided the egg, and thus who is the biological mother.
So, I’m guessing it would be the girl who has a relationship with the father the one whose name would be on the birth certificate of their child.
my brain just exploded
If the Hensel twins desire to both be married to a single husband, they could perhaps convince a state legislature to enact a statutory variance for themselves and their fiance.
i think they could both get married to two different men, and because these girls have had to do EVERYTHING together for 20 years, they probably wouldn’t mind having sex with one man at the same time. the two husbands would also probably have to take turns when it comes to sex. the other husband would have to sleep on the couch while it’s the others’ turn to have sex with the girls. for non-sex nights, they’ll need to have a bed big enough for four people. and for when they give birth, i think it’s logical that determination of the mother of the child would depend on which husband of the girls got them pregnant. the husbands would have to take turns with that too, y’know, trying to create a baby with the girls.
Leave them alone. Let them figure it out.
Have some respect and sensitivity people. Why even bring this up?
Hello I just wanted to say that I think that they are experiencing as eighteen year olds a very unfair adulthood and should not just have to put up with being siamese twins. They could have happy affectionate relationships with men and women and should be able to have happy relationships with children and any pet be it a dog or a cat or another animal. I think they cope very well.
Hello I just wanted to say that I think that they are experiencing as eighteen year olds a very unfair adulthood and should not just have to put up with being siamese twins. They could have happy affectionate relationships with men and women and should be able to have happy relationships with children and any pet be it a dog or a cat or another animal. I think they cope very well.
Leave thise two beautiful, young ladies alone. They along with their family have managed their lives beautifully so let them continue to do so without all the juvenile, thoughtless remarks.
these two magnificiant women,should have two independent lives as there own human beings. i think they need there privacy. i think that we should not worry about all of this and let them figure it out. Peace.
its a bizarre situation. its not our place to tell them what to do with regard to these issues. maybe we really dont really want to know. seems to me polygamy issues are a lot more simple with wives that are physically normal. I said physically normal. The hensel twins mentally are normal. I dont think its politically incorrect to call them physically abnormal; its the truth.
To try to answer this question is so wrong on so many levels. I will trust that these young women will resolve this issue as they have other issues that none of us have had to deal with: through the love they have for each other demonstrated by their spiritually close and cooperative spirits.
I think that first , the polygamy issue was never considered regarding conjoined twins. I remember reading that Daisy and Violet Hilton , twins of this type, mainly in the 30s (Todd Browning’s Freaks film) were married. In regards to the legality of Abby and Brittany Hensel getting married my take is similar to the last couple of responses. Let the state and them figure it out. re: who is the mother if a baby boy or girl is born. Well perhaps DNA testing will determine that. To me it would be rather ironic if they gave birth to a conjoined baby. They are one person regarding their genitals but of two minds. Since the brain determines personality, they are in essence two people. So if you use the soul to determine personhood they are two. However sexually with one set of sex organs they are one.
IMHO I’m thinking when it comes to what constitute what is a person I think the brain is of most importance.
Ok first off im sure that their state would be more than willing to make an exception considering the circumstances if theyve already had all the other legal documents seperately than what is to stop them from seperate marriage for in the eyes of the gov. they are two seperate women. as for the sex thing that is none of our concern that is something personal and you wouldnt care to have someone discussing your sex life on the net i know i wouldnt all i wish is that they are able to have seperate marriage
You cant expect people to hide their curiosity. I, for one, would gladly display the logistics of my sex life on the internet if these twins would too. I also think one twin would really struggle with the other being “the mom” to a child when they both experienced the physical process of childbirth.
They are 2 beautiful, intelligent girls, and whatever solution they come up with should be approved by society, and if a new law is what it takes, then so be it.
I wonder if only one of them feels the clitoris
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Keep up ur good work enjoy life. How is possible 2 b sepret engaged? Both r allways there ? If they get pregnent they will both go thrue the pain. The child will b from both sisters body. So how can u say that only 1 is engadged? Also u look smart mature I don’t tink u want 2 people 2 use the prievat area ? I don’t tink its healty. Well I hope u gyes will b safe u r 1 of a keiant. Watch on ur health b safe. & enjoy life. That god gives u may ur dad & mom b proud of u.
Who is Chang and Eng Bunker?
I don’t see what the big deal is. It’d be like a bad-ass three-way, and you would only have one pussy to worry about.
I’m sure by now they have already worked out how they are going to experience sex and I’m sure they have worked out how to handle one being engaged. They are happy in life . We are not to judge
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