We share a ‘reproductive organ’ but only one of us has a boyfriend — Conjoined twins

Conjoined twins, 22-year-old Lupita and Carmen Andrade, have recently opened up about about what it’s like to live a joint life, aso Naija reports.

They also spoke about the common misconceptions about their dating lives and beyond.

The twins, born in Mexico but grew up in Connecticut, share a pelvis, a reproductive system (reproductive organs), a liver and a bloodstream. They each have one leg; Carmen controls the right one.

They explained that they have never tried to have a surgery that would separate them, as it could be fatal for one or even both of them. But when it comes to dating, they have a bit of a different outlook — Carmen has a boyfriend named Daniel, while Lupita is asexual.

Carmen revealed she met her boyfriend on a dating app in October 2020, and she said that he set himself apart by not asking her a question about being a conjoined twin to start off their conversation.

Conjoined twins – popularly referred to as Siamese twins– are twins joined in utero.

It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between one in 49,000 births to one in 189,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in Southwest Asia and Africa.

 Approximately half are stillborn, and an additional one-third die within 24 hours. Most live births are female, with a ratio of 3:1.