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Siamese babies are a tragedy for any family that people cannot see directly. And for the baby itself, it is more like a cruel experience. Whenever one thinks of this pathetic group, there is infinite melancholy in the depths of one's heart. However, when things get darker, some lights appear brighter. There is such a pair of conjoined babies in the United States, and their lives are miraculous.
Most conjoined babies either share the upper body or the lower body, but either medically, they have a hard time surviving, and in the vast majority of cases, they live only a few days.
But when it comes to the Siamese brothers in the history of conjoined babies, everyone will be amazed. The Siamese brothers' father was Chinese, while their mother was a mestizo. In May 1811, when the couple entered the delivery room, they thought that they would usher in the happiest moment in their lives, but they almost fainted after the birth of the child.
Because their children are two conjoined babies, and they also belong to the shared upper body. The couple's first reaction at the time was to seek the doctor's help, but the doctor's advice was that there was no need to worry too much about the situation.
Because their children are likely to have only three days to live, the probability of wanting to live like a normal person is only about 1 in 30 million. However, what people did not expect was that the pair of babies miraculously survived.
At that time, Siamese were considered cursed demons. But the unfortunate brothers, under the protection of their mother, managed to grow into adults.
As an adult, a British businessman saw a business opportunity in them. With the two brothers across the sea, using this strange body to attract customers, in a short period of time, 300,000 people specially watched the brother's juggling from all over the world. Later, the two brothers realized that they could not go on like this forever, especially being looked at like animals, which gave a strong blow to their self-esteem.
So in 1838, the brothers became American citizens together and bought a farm to become plantation owners. For the brothers, everything else in their bodies except for sharing a liver is able to run separately.
Marriage is a journey that most people must go through in life, but for the brothers, it can only be described as a miracle. The brothers fell in love with a pair of sisters from England by chance, and the four successfully married each other.
During their married life, the two brothers and their respective wives had 10 and 12 children, respectively. All but two of these children had congenital disorders, all of them were normal.
Perhaps many people think that the brothers have been very lucky, compared to other conjoined people, they not only have their own careers, but also have wives and children.
However, when the brothers were 59 years old, the brother unfortunately suffered a stroke and passed away only a few years later. Just two hours after his brother left, his younger brother also left the world. The livers they used together are housed in a museum in Philadelphia, a reminder to never forget the special existence of conjoined babies.