Man cannot change his origins, but he can control his destiny through hard work. In the past when science was not developed, genetic defects often doomed some people to face a more difficult fate.
Thai-Chinese brothers En and Chang belong to this list. They were born on May 11, 1811 in a fishing village in Siam, Thailand. The birth of a child is something to celebrate, but their parents are not happy because the brothers were born flawed — they are a pair of conjoined babies.
Nineteenth-century medical technology was not yet perfect enough to separate the two into two separate individuals, so the brothers lived their lives as conjoined babies and finally died on the same day.
Their father was Chinese and their mother was of mixed Chinese-Thai descent. The parents did not give up on their children, but also named them En and Chang respectively, which means left and right in Thai. Perhaps, the parents hope that the children can support each other and support each other in the days to come.
Later, When King Rama III of Thailand learned of this, he put the two into the palace and wanted to display them as "works of art". In 1829, the English merchant Robert came to Thailand by coincidence and was invited to the palace for a banquet. During the period, the Enchang brothers were also pulled out to show Robert, but the businessman saw the business opportunity and decided to buy the two at a high price. He persuaded the parents of the Eun Chang brothers that they would take the two children outside to make a lot of money. When he left, Robert gave the Enchang brothers£ 500 to their parents.
Like many savvy businessmen, Robert was extremely business-minded but had little sympathy. He sent the Enchang brothers to the circus and asked them to join the freak tour, relying on their own birth defects to win ridicule and ridicule, thus earning ticket money in the pockets of the audience.
In this way, the Enchang brothers became a money-making tool in Robert's hands and began to tour all over the United States. They performed one magical tragicomedy after another, but no one knew whether they were sad or happy in their hearts.
Such a hard day is ten years in the blink of an eye. In 1839, the Enchang brothers spent a large sum of money to get rid of Robert's control and joined the lingling circus, the most famous circus in the United States at that time, and became a pillar of the circus, which quickly became popular.
A few years later, the brothers accumulated a lot of wealth, and they were tired of the boring performance life, so they quit their acting careers. They bought a farm in North Carolina, hired a few slaves, and began a peaceful and stable daily life.
In 1843, the Enchang brothers married a pair of English sisters, Adelaide Yates and Sarah Anne. It wasn't long before both sisters had babies, and in later days Yates gave birth to a total of 12 children, and Anne gave birth to a total of 10, and the extended family later lived an enviable life on the farm.
In 1874, Chang died of excessive drinking, and Eun died two hours later.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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