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So these Siamese twin sisters live with one body

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Conjoined twin sisters Lupita (left) and Carmen Andrade have shared the same body since birth 22 years ago.

They have – together – two legs, two arms, two torsos, two heads. And two completely different personalities. Conjoined twins Lupita and Carmen Andrade have shared a body since they were born 22 years ago. That doesn’t stop the American twin sisters from driving, going out and enjoying life to the fullest. Even if they don’t always agree.

They are connected to each other at the hull. They share the same pelvis and reproductive system. They are inextricably linked. But their characters couldn’t be more different, as they told the American portal “Today”. For example, Carmen is responsible for driving. Because she controls the right leg. Lupita takes care of the music and navigation. They also have different hair lengths, glasses, piercings – and personal preferences.

Especially when it comes to love life, the two have different ideas. “I’m asexual,” says Lupita. “But I want Carmen to live it out. I know that’s important to her.” Carmen: “I met my boyfriend Daniel McCormack in October 2020 through a dating app.” They’ve been together for two and a half years. They want to get engaged, but first move in together. Daniel also gets along “very well with my sister”.

When Carmen is asleep, Daniel talks to her sister

She also never tried to hide from Daniel that she was conjoined twins. This openness earned her “a lot of messages from men with fetishes”. “With Daniel, I knew right away that he was different from everyone else.”

She is often awake longer than Lupita, says Carmen. But when Daniel stays with her, she quickly falls asleep. “He stays up and talks to my sister.”

Sometimes she has a guilty conscience. She wants to spend so much time with Daniel. So the sisters look for the middle. Carmen: “For example, Lupita chooses where we eat or what we do.”

Separation surgery was too risky

She and Daniel love children, but they don’t want to have any of their own. “Lupita and I can’t get pregnant,” says Carmen. “We have endometriosis and we also take a hormone blocker that prevents our periods.”

The two women moved from Mexico to the United States as babies, where they now live in Connecticut. Her parents also considered divorce surgery when they were younger. But this seemed too risky as they share many internal organs.

They would have become used to the same comments and statements by now. “Today we get a lot of questions about sex and how we go to the bathroom and things like that,” says Lupita.

“Tint in the Belly”

Despite the challenges, the twins try to enjoy life. They go to the cinema, go to concerts and travel. They also have the same taste in clothes. Usually they make their own clothes. You buy two identical pieces and sew them together. The two also study together at the university. Carmen – she loves dogs – wants to become a vet assistant. Lupita hopes to work in the same field as a technician.

They usually make their own clothes by buying two identical pieces and sewing them together. What unites them is their emotions. They are in harmony with each other. “Recently we were in a store,” says Carmen. “I felt a strange tingling in my stomach. I knew it was from my sister. A man pretended to be filming his daughter, but he was actually filming us. I didn’t notice it, but Lupita did. She is much more observant.”

Lupita: «I can sense when Carmen is scared or crying. It’s the same tingling in the stomach.” (kes)

Source: Blick

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