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==Notable people== ===Born 19th century and earlier=== [[File:ChangandEng.jpg|thumb|Eng (left) and Chang (right) in later years]] *Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, alleged names of the [[Biddenden Maids]] (per tradition, born in the 12th century) of Kent, England.<ref name=JB1992>{{citation|last=Bondeson|first=Jan|author-link=Jan Bondeson|date=April 1992|title=The Biddenden Maids: a curious chapter in the history of conjoined twins|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine|publisher=Royal Society of Medicine Press|location=London|volume=85|issue=4|pages=217–221|doi=10.1177/014107689208500413 |pmc=1294728|pmid=1433064}}</ref> They are the earliest set of conjoined twins whose names are (purportedly) known. *[[Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo]] (1617 — after 1646), [[Parasitic twin|autosite-and-parasite]] pair *[[Helen and Judith of Szony]] (Hungary, 1701 — 1723), [[pygopagus]]. *[[Chang and Eng Bunker]] (1811–1874). The Bunker twins were born of Chinese origin in [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (now Thailand), and the expression ''Siamese twins'' is derived from their case. They were joined by the areas around their [[xiphoid process|xiphoid cartilage]]s, but over time, the connective tissue stretched. *In 1834, a set of conjoined triplets were born in [[Catania]]. Two of the heads shared a neck while the other head had its own. The infant, a male, was described by Galvagni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine |url=https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-57221200R-bk#page/278/mode/2up/search/supernumerary+limbs |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=collections.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref> *[[Millie and Christine McCoy]] (July 11, 1851 – October 8, 1912), (oblique [[pygopagus]]). The McCoy twins were born into slavery in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. They went by the stage names "The Two-Headed Nightingale" and "The Eighth Wonder of the World" and had an extensive career before retiring to the farm on which they were born. *[[Giacomo and Giovanni Battista Tocci]] (1875? — 1912?), ([[dicephalus]] tetrabrachius dipus) *Josefa and Rosa Blazek (January 20, 1878 — March 30, 1922),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hartzman|first=Marc|title=American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Stranger Performers|publisher=Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin|year=2005|isbn=978-1585425303|location=New York, NY|pages=20–21|language=English}}</ref> [[pygopagus]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=1891-10-01|title=The Double Monster Rosa-Josepha Blazek|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/275418|journal=The American Naturalist|volume=25|issue=298|pages=891–894|doi=10.1086/275418|bibcode=1891ANat...25..891. |s2cid=222330134|issn=0003-0147}}</ref> The Blazek twins were born in Skrejšov, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic).<ref name=":0" /> They began performing in public exhibitions at the age of 13, and their act later included Rosa's son Franz. The sisters died in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Breakstone|first=Benjamin H.|date=August 1922|title=The Last Illiness of the Blazek Grown-Together Twins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3I4AQAAMAAJ|journal=Illinois Medical Journal|volume=42|pages=123–130|via=Google Books}}</ref> ===Born 20th century=== *[[Daisy and Violet Hilton]] of [[Brighton, East Sussex|Brighton]], England (1908–1969), [[#Types|pygopagus]]. The Hilton twins were performers who played musical instruments, sang, and danced. At the height of their career, they had the highest paid act in vaudeville.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Miller|first=Sarah|title=Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins|publisher=Schwartz & Wade Books|year=2021|isbn=978-0593119723|location=New York|page=221|language=English}}</ref> They also appeared in the movies ''[[Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]]'' and ''[[Chained for Life (1952 film)|Chained for Life]]''. *[[Lucio and Simplicio Godina]] of Samar, Philippines (1908–1936) *[[Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova]] of Moscow, Russia (1950–2003), the rarest form of conjoined twins, one of few cases of dicephalus tetrabrachius tripus (two heads, four arms, three legs) *[[Ronnie and Donnie Galyon]] of [[Ohio]] (1951–2020), [[#Types|omphalopagus]]; longest-lived conjoined twins in the world at 68 years and 250 days. *Tjitske and Folkje de Vries of [[Mûnein]], Netherlands (b. 1953), successfully separated in 1954<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-05 |title=Succesvol scheiden van een Siamese tweeling: het lukte in 1954 bij de Nederlandse Tjitske en Folkje |url=https://eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/succesvol-scheiden-van-een-siamese-tweeling-het-lukte-in-1954-bij-de-nederlandse-tjitske-en-folkje/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=EenVandaag |language=nl}}</ref> *Wariboko and Tamunotonye Davies, born July 25, 1953, in [[Kano, Nigeria]]. Separated in London by a team led by [[Ian Aird]]. Tamunotonye died postoperatively. Wariboko became a nurse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/wariboko-oki-62-nigerias-celebrated-siamese-twin-tells-her-life-story/|title=WARIBOKO OKI @ 62: Nigeria's celebrated Siamese twin tells her life story|date=2015-12-12|work=Vanguard News|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Lori and George Schappell]] of [[Reading, Pennsylvania]] (1961–2024) American entertainers, [[#Types|craniopagus]]. At the time of their death, they were the world's oldest living conjoined twins.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.oldest.org/people/living-conjoined-twins/ | title = 6 Oldest Living Conjoined Twins in the World | date = September 5, 2019 | accessdate = June 21, 2022}}</ref> ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' noted that George's [[gender transition]] made him and Lori the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders.<ref>{{cite web |title=First same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/384329-first-conjoined-twins-to-identify-as-mixed-gender |website=[[Guinness World Records]] |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref> *[[Spider Girls|Ganga and Jamuna Mondal]] of India, born 1969 or 1970, known professionally as The Spider Girls and The Spider Sisters. [[#Types|Ischiopagus]]. *Anna and Barbara Rozycki (born 1970), the first conjoined twins successfully separated in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-05 |title=UK's first separated conjoined twins forever grateful to NHS |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-66103970 |access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref> *Elisa and Lisa Hansen, Ogden, Utah (1977). Born by Caesarean section on October 18, 1977, were conjoined at the top of their head (craniopagus). They were separated 1979 after 16-hour surgery, were first to both survive surgery.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Utah Doctors Separate Siamese Twins Linked at Brain |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/31/archives/utah-doctors-separate-siamese-twins-linked-at-brain.html |date=1979-05-31 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Elisa lost the use of her right side after the surgery, but went on to complete school, win medals in the Special Olympics, work, and act in the theatre. Elisa and Lisa died in 2020 (age 42).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Myers Mortuary & Cremation |title=Obituary for Elisa Hansen {{!}} Myers Mortuary & Cremation Services |url=https://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Elisa-Hansen |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Obituary for Elisa Hansen {{!}} Myers Mortuary & Cremation Services |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Services |first=Myers Mortuary & Cremation |title=Obituary for Lisa Hansen {{!}} Myers Mortuary & Cremation Services |url=https://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Lisa-Hansen |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Obituary for Lisa Hansen {{!}} Myers Mortuary & Cremation Services |language=en}}</ref> * [[Ladan and Laleh Bijani]] of [[Shiraz]], Iran (1974–2003); died during separation surgery in Singapore. Craniopagus. * [[Chang Chung-jen and Chung-i]], born on December 23, 1976 in [[Taiwan]], and separated in 1979. Both babies survived. It was the first successful separation in Taiwan, and the fourth in the world. Chang Chung-jen died in 2019 and Chang Chung-i is still alive.<ref>{{cite news |title=One of nation's famous twins dies |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/02/02/2003709106 |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=Taipei Times |agency=CNA |date=2019-02-02}}</ref> * Baby Girl A and Baby Girl B (born 1977 in [[New Jersey]]) shared a single six-chambered heart. Separation surgery would result in the certain death of Baby Girl A, while offering a remote chance of survival for Baby Girl B. The difficult ethical and religious concerns generated significant local newspaper coverage, as without the surgery, both twins faced certain death. [[C. Everett Koop]], who had already performed two successful separation surgeries in the past, held lengthy discussions with the family and their team of rabbinical advisors. At the family's request, and after obtaining a court order protecting him from any possible criminal liability, Koop agreed to lead the surgery; Koop did not seek civil indemnification for himself beforehand. Baby Girl B survived for three months, before infections led to liver failure, resulting in her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/kitveyet/assia_english/drake-1.htm|title=Siamese Twins: The Surgery: An Agonizing Choice – Parents, Doctors, Rabbis In Dilemma|date=1977-10-16|access-date=2020-05-09|website=Philadelphia Inquirer (reprinted)|archive-date=2020-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126014848/http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/kitveyet/assia_english/drake-1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Viet and Duc Nguyen]], born on February 25, 1981, in [[Kon Tum Province]], Vietnam, and separated in 1988 in [[Ho Chi Minh City]]. Viet died on October 6, 2007. Ischiopagus. *Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti of Tanzania (1996–2018); conjoined by the abdomen; died of respiratory problems resulting from an abnormal, inoperable chest deformity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/health/tanzanian-conjoined-twins-death-intl/index.html|title=Tanzanian conjoined twins die at age 21|date=2018-06-04|work=CNN.com|access-date=2020-01-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-12 |title=Tanzania mourns famed conjoined twins Maria and Consolata |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/tanzania-mourns-famed-conjoined-twins-maria-and-consolata-2639256 |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}</ref> *[[Patrick and Benjamin Binder]], separated in 1987 by team of doctors led by [[Ben Carson]]. Craniopagus. *Andrew and Alex Olson, born in 1987, separated in April 1988 at the [[University of Nebraska Medical Center]]. Omphalopagus. Alex died in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-02 |title=Alex Olson |url=https://www.plaintalk.net/obituaries/article_55e9b50a-36b8-11e8-aae9-93f73c0daec7.html |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Vermillion Plain Talk |language=en}}</ref> * [[Katie and Eilish Holton (conjoined twins)|Katie and Eilish Holton]], born August 1988 in Ireland, separated at age 3 and a half. Katie died 4 days after the separation surgery due to a weak heart which went into cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Citation |title=Two Heads, One Body: The Remarkable Story of Conjoined Twins Katie & Eilish {{!}} Our Life | date=December 23, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwzV-VdqbDo |language=en |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref> *[[Abby and Brittany Hensel|Abigail and Brittany Hensel]] are [[dicephalus|dicephalic]] parapagus twins born on March 7, 1990, in [[Carver County]], [[Minnesota]]. Both graduated in 2012 from [[Bethel University (Minnesota)|Bethel University]], St. Paul, hired as teachers. *Ashley and Ashil Fokeer, born on November 2, 1992, in [[Mauritius]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Vencatareddy-Nursingen|first=Selvanee|date=2019-01-08|title=Naissance de bébés siamois: émouvante rencontre entre les Papillon et les Fokeer|trans-title=Birth of Siamese babies: A Moving Encounter Between the Papillons and the Fokeers|url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/345643/naissance-bebes-siamois-emouvante-rencontre-entre-papillon-et-fokeer|access-date=2019-12-18|website=lexpress.mu|language=fr}}</ref> *[[Joseph and Luka Banda]] (born January 23, 1997, in [[Zambia]]), separated in 1997 in South Africa by [[Ben Carson]] (with a later intervention in 2001 to artificially close their skulls). Craniopagus. *José Armando and José Luis Cevallos Herrera were born in September 1999 in [[Milagro, Ecuador]]. They were accepted in 2021 to the State University of Milagro.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-05-26|title=Siameses de Milagro arrancan una nueva etapa en su vida: estudiarán Trabajo Social tras obtener cupos universitarios|trans-title=Siamese twins of Milagro start a new stage in their lives: they will study social work after obtaining university quotas|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/ecuador/siameses-de-milagro-arrancan-una-nueva-etapa-en-su-vida-estudiaran-trabajo-social-tras-obtener-cupos-universitarios-nota/|access-date=2022-04-13|website=eluniverso.com|language=es}}</ref> *Maria del Carmen Andrade Solis and Maria Guadalupe Andrade Solis (better known as Carmen and Lupita) were born in June 2000 in [[Veracruz]], Mexico. They later moved to the United States for healthcare with their parents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/human-interest/conjoined-twins-refuse-separation-surgery/|title=Conjoined Twins Refuse to Be Separated Despite Doctor's Warnings|date=2017-04-22|work=PEOPLE.com|access-date=2017-09-05|language=en-US}}</ref> === Born 21st century === *Sheneeva and Chenelva Kolestein, born in Surinam in 2021 and living in the Netherlands in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.linda.nl/persoonlijk/siamese-tweeling-rosianne/ | title=Rosianne is zus van een Siamese tweeling: 'Als ze overlijden, word ik gek' }}</ref> *Maria de Jesus (Josie) and Maria Teresa Alvarez (Teresita), born joined at the skull as craniopagus twins in [[Guatemala]] in 2001, were brought to [[UCLA Medical Center]] by Medical Kids International in 2002 and successfully separated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/formerly-conjoined-twins-celebrate-21st-birthday|title=Formerly conjoined twins celebrate 21st birthday|publisher=[[UCLA]]|date=August 2, 2022|access-date=August 25, 2024}}</ref> *[[Carl and Clarence Aguirre]], born with vertical craniopagus in [[Silay City]], [[Negros Occidental]], on April 21, 2002. They were successfully separated on August 4, 2004.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Staffenberg |first1=David A. |last2=Goodrich |first2=James T. |author2-link=James T. Goodrich |title=Separation of craniopagus conjoined twins: an evolution in thought |journal=Clinics in Plastic Surgery |date=January 2005 |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=25–34 |doi=10.1016/j.cps.2004.09.002 |pmid=15636762 }}</ref> *Tabea and Lea Block, from Lemgo, Germany, were born as craniopagus twins joined on the tops of their heads on August 9, 2003. The girls shared some major veins, but their brains were separate. They were separated on September 16, 2004, although Tabea died about ninety minutes later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mennonews.de/archiv/2005/08/03/der-geburtstag-der-siamesischen-zwillinge-lea-und-tabea-jahrt-sich-zum-zweiten-mal/|title=Der Geburtstag der siamesischen Zwillinge Lea und Tabea jährt sich zum zweiten Mal|website=Mennonews.de|language=de|date=August 3, 2005|access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref> *Sohna and Mohna from [[Amritsar]], India. Born in New Delhi on June 14, 2003. They have two hearts, arms, kidneys and spinal cords while share liver, gall bladder and legs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/punjab-assembly-election-2022-goggles-on-for-secrecy-punjabs-conjoined-twins-cast-separate-votes-2778383 |title=Punjab Assembly Election 2022: Goggles On For Secrecy, Punjab's Conjoined Twins Cast Separate Votes |publisher=Ndtv.com |date= |accessdate=2022-03-16}}</ref> *Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, born outside Rome, Italy, on January 13, 2004. As [[craniopagus twins]], the top of Tatiana's head is attached to the back of Anastasia's head. *[[Lakshmi Tatma]] (born 2005) was an ischiopagus conjoined twin born in [[Araria]] district in the state of [[Bihar]], India. She had four arms and four legs, resulting from a joining at the pelvis with a headless undeveloped parasitic twin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7080326.stm|date=2007-11-06|title=Many-limbed India girl in surgery|work=BBC News}}</ref> * In 2005 a set of conjoined triplets was detected, characterized as tricephalus, tetrabrachius, and tetrapus parapagothoracopagus, and the pregnancy interrupted at 22 weeks.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Athanasiadis |first1=Apostolos P. |last2=Tzannatos |first2=Christinne |last3=Mikos |first3=Themistoklis |last4=Zafrakas |first4=Menelaos |last5=Bontis |first5=John N. |title=A unique case of conjoined triplets |journal=American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology |date=June 2005 |volume=192 |issue=6 |pages=2084–2087 |doi=10.1016/j.ajog.2004.10.622 |pmid=15970906 }}</ref> * [[Kendra and Maliyah Herrin]], ischiopagus twins separated in 2006 at age 4<ref>{{cite web|title=Herrin Twins|url=http://www.herrintwins.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220423/http://www.herrintwins.com/|archive-date=2014-06-06|access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> *[[Krista and Tatiana Hogan]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] twins conjoined at the head. Born October 25, 2006. Share part of their brain and can pass sensory information and thoughts between each other. *{{anchor|Trishna and Krishna}}[[Moira Kelly, AO#Twins|Trishna and Krishna]] from Bangladesh were born in December 2006. They are craniopagus twins, joined on the tops of their skulls and sharing a small amount of brain tissue. In 2009, they were separated in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/separating-twins.html |series=NOVA |title=Separating Twins |publisher=Pbs.org |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref> *[[Maria and Teresa Tapia]], born in the Dominican Republic on April 8, 2010. Conjoined by the liver, pancreas, and a small portion of their small intestine. Separation occurred on November 7, 2011, at [[Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU]]. *Zheng Hanwei and Zheng Hanjing, born in China on August 11, 2013. Conjoined by their sternum, pericardium, and liver. In 2014, they were separated in Shanghai, China, at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/health-and-science/Conjoined-twins-to-be-separated/shdaily.shtml|title=Conjoined twins to be separated|website=ShanghaiDaily.com|date=July 15, 2014|last=Cai|first=Wenjun|access-date=2017-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/18/content_17830845.htm|title=Conjoined girls separated in surgery|last=Wang|first=Hongyi|website=Chinadaily.com.cn|date=July 18, 2014|access-date=2017-06-15}}</ref> *Jadon and Anias McDonald, born in September 2015. Conjoined by the head. Successfully separated at Children's Hospital of [[Montefiore Medical Center]] by [[James T. Goodrich]] in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/health/doctors-successfully-separate-twins-joined-skulls-t103979|author=Meghan Holohan|title=Formerly conjoined twins recovering, gaining mobility after separation|date=2016-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/health/formerly-conjoined-twins-are-home-enjoying-life-toddlers-t117926|author=Meghan Holohan|title=Formerly conjoined twins are finally home 1 year after epic surgery|date=2017-10-26}}</ref> *Erin and Abby Delaney, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 24, 2016. Conjoined by the head. They were successfully separated at [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]] on June 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chop.edu/news/formerly-conjoined-twins-erin-and-abby-delaney-thriving-months-after-separation-surgery|title=Formerly conjoined twins, Erin and Abby Delaney, thriving months after separation surgery|website=Children's Hospital of Philadelphia|date=October 22, 2017|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref> *Marieme and Ndeye Ndiaye, twin girls born in Senegal in 2017, living in Cardiff, UK in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Wales_conjoined_twins|title=Two girls, one body|work=BBC News|first=Gwyneth|last=Rees|date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> *Callie and Carter Torres, born January 30, 2017, in Houston Texas, from Blackfoot Idaho. They are [[Ischiopagi|omphalo-ischiopagus]] conjoined twins, attached by their pelvic area and sharing all organs from the belly button down with just one leg each.<ref>{{cite web|title=Conjoined twins in Blackfoot continue to beat the odds {{!}} The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/24/conjoined-twins-in-blackfoot-continue-to-beat-the-/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.spokesman.com|date=January 24, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barcroft.tv/callie-and-carter-conjoined-twins-learning-to-walk-home-school-siblings-progress|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.barcroft.tv|title=Barcroft.tv – barcroft Resources and Information}}</ref> *Yiğit and Derman Evrensel, twin boys born on June 21, 2018, Antalya, Turkey. They are craniopagus twins and were separated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2019 by the same surgeons that separated Safa and Marwa Bibi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Second set of rare conjoined twins separated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in less than 12 months|url=https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/second-set-rare-conjoined-twins-separated-great-ormond-street-hospital-less-12-months|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.gosh.nhs.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Separation of conjoined twins in London children's hospital 'a Moses moment'|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/separation-of-conjoined-twins-in-london-children-s-hospital-a-moses-moment-1.1032402|access-date=2020-07-27|website=The National|date=June 12, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *Ervina and Prefina, born June 29, 2018, in the [[Central African Republic]]. They were separated on June 5, 2020, at the [[Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital]] in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Jack Guy|author2=Sharon Braithwaite|title=Twin girls, joined at the skull, successfully separated in Vatican hospital|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/08/health/conjoined-twins-separated-vatican-scli-intl/index.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=CNN}}</ref> *Mercy and Goodness Ede, born August 13, 2019, conjoined by the chest and abdomen. Successfully separated at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/africa/nigerian-conjoined-twins-separated-intl/index.html|title=Nigerian conjoined twins successfully separated by 78-member team in Abuja|work=CNN.com|date=January 8, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> *Marie-Cléa and Marie-Cléanne Papillon, born in Mauritius in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/365556/separee-sa-soeur-siamoise-cleanne-ou-joie-vivre|title=Séparée de sa soeur siamoise: Cléanne ou la joie de vivre|trans-title= Separated from her Siamese sister: Cléanne or the Joy of Living|last=Carpayen|first=Shelly|date=2019-11-17|website=lexpress.mu|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> Conjoined from neck to abdomen, but also at the heart which had seven chambers, instead of four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ionnews.mu/marie-cleanne-papillon-le-3e-bebe-siamois-miracule-au-monde-selon-son-chirurgien-28052019/|title=Marie-Cléanne Papillon : Le 3e bébé siamois miraculé au monde, selon son chirurgien |date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref> Marie-Cléa did not survive the surgery to separate the two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/349919/jumelles-siamoises-marie-clea-papillon-inhumee-ce-mardi|title=Jumelles siamoises: Marie-Cléa Papillon inhumée ce mardi|trans-title=Siamese Twins: Marie-Cléa Papillon buried this Tuesday|date=2019-03-26|website=lexpress.mu|language=fr|access-date=2021-10-02}}</ref> *Valentina and Kristina, born in 2019 in Croatia, shared a part of the digestive system and liver (xypho-omphalopagus). Several months after birth they developed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome due to blood shunting, and they were successfully separated at [[University Hospital Centre Zagreb]] (Rebro) in an urgent procedure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-15 |title=Separated conjoined twins doing well in Zagreb |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/separated-conjoined-twins-doing-well-in-zagreb/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Croatia Week |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Grizelj |first1=Ruža |last2=Sindičić Dessardo |first2=Nada |last3=Bulić |first3=Krešimir |last4=Luetić |first4=Tomislav |last5=Mikulić |first5=Danko |last6=Antabak |first6=Anko |last7=Sjekavica |first7=Ivica |last8=Alduk |first8=Ana Marija |last9=Konosić |first9=Sanja |last10=Režek Tomašić |first10=Karolina |last11=Ćaleta |first11=Tomislav |last12=Pleško |first12=Sanja |last13=Šarić |first13=Dalibor |last14=Vuković |first14=Jurica |date=August 2019 |title=Successful separation of xypho-omphalopagus conjoined twins with extrauterine twin-twin transfusion syndrome: a case report |journal=Croatian Medical Journal |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=301–308 |doi=10.3325/cmj.2019.60.301 |issn=0353-9504 |pmc=6734570 |pmid=31483115}}</ref> *Susannah and Elizabeth Castle, born April 22, 2021, and separated December 10, 2021, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Carol |title=Alabama conjoined twin girls born at Philadelphia hospital: 'We love them so much' |url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/alabama-conjoined-twin-girls-born-at-philadelphia-hospital-we-love-them-so-much.html |access-date=18 June 2023 |publisher=AL.com |date=22 April 2023}}</ref> *AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley, born October 3, 2022, and separated January 23, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gartner |first=Jordan |title=Conjoined twin sisters separated in successful surgery: 'We did it' |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2023/01/27/conjoined-twin-sisters-separated-successful-surgery-we-did-it/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=www.kbtx.com |date=January 27, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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