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The History of Conjoined Twins (1700-1799)
Compiled by Craig Sanders, Twinstuff.Com

A famous set of conjoined sisters were born on October 26, 1701, the Hungarian Sisters, Helen and Judith. Shown below in a drawing that doesn't appear to be accurate, they were actually connected at the back and had only one set of legs between them and were thus believed to be pygopagus twins. They spent much of their childhood performing in fairs throughout Europe in England, Holland, Germany and Italy but moved to a convent at age nine. They lived until age 22 with one sister dying of fever and the other passing on shortly thereafter with no evident signs of illness Their lives were also chronicled in a poem by Alexander Pope.

Hungarian Twins

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