The Dark History of the First 'Siamese' Twins - Guinness World Records

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Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Siam (now Thailand), were born in 1811.

In 1843, the twins married sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates and fathered 21 children between them – Chang and Adelaide had 10 and Eng and Sarah had 11. The families lived in Mount Airy in North Carolina, USA, spending three days at a time in each of their homes.

The twins were connected from the sternum to the umbilicus by a flexible band about five inches long. Later examination after their death revealed that the band consisted of skin, blood vessels, cartilage and liver.

A plaster cast of their bodies can be viewed at the Mütter Museum, College of Physicians and Surgeons, in Philadelphia, USA.

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