I have always been interested with Conjointed or siamese twins, when I read about Chang and Eng.
In 2000, I had the rare opportunity to see a pair and help them in the operation to separate them.
They are Ganga and Gemuna from Nepal.
Conjoined Twins Plan Party After Reaching Landmark Age
Conjoined Twins Plan Party After Reaching Landmark Age (ABC News)
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon are eagerly awaiting a major milestone this
Saturday. Even though it’s not the conjoined twins’ birthday, the duo
plans to celebrate turning 62 years, 8 months and 7 days old with a big
block party.
The reason for the celebration? The date means they will have lived
longer than the original “Siamese Twins,” Chang and Eng Bunker, who
became famous as a sideshow act in the 1800's.
“Put it this way -- I’m stoked,” Ronnie Galyon, 62, told the Denton Daily News.
Ronnie and Donnie Gaylon were born in 1951 and live with their younger
brother, Jim Galyon, and his wife in Beavercreek, Ohio. The Galyon twins
are joined from the breastbone area to the pelvis and spent their first
months on Earth in the intensive care unit.
“They weren’t even expected to live the first day, let alone get out of
the hospital, let alone live 62 years,” said Jim Galyon. “This has been a
life-long goal to meet and beat the Bunker twins. It means the world to
them.”
After growing up, the pair performed in carnival sideshows and circuses
until they retired in 1991, according to the Associated Press. The
Galyon twins lived on their own after retirement, although they moved
just a few houses down from their brother so that he could help them.
The twins moved in with their younger brother after they became deathly
ill following a viral infection and were in the intensive care unit with
various health problems, including blood clots in Ronnie’s lungs.
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