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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
  • Through in-depth interviews and exclusive footage, gain unique insight into the lives of those directly impacted by this rare condition - from dedicated surgeons to resilient conjoined twins themselves. Delving into the stories of various conjoined twins, both past and present, this eye-opening two-part series sheds light on their unique challenges and triumphs.
    Follow the emotional journey of Allison and David Lawler, as they eagerly anticipate the arrival of their conjoined twin daughters. With the twins joined at the heart, witness the couple's heart-wrenching decisions and the daunting reality of slim chances for successful separation.
    Don't miss this captivating exploration of the human experience, where hope, resilience, and the complexities of medical decision-making converge. Subscribe now to witness the unfolding drama of The Secret Lives of Siamese Twins.
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  • @karawilliamson106
    @karawilliamson106 16 дней назад +26

    What incredible young men that were separated.. the bond is insanely special 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji 12 дней назад +2

      The way they sat next to each other is so endearing. And sharing the same nightmares. Mind-blowing.

  • @user-oy1fj6vq8f
    @user-oy1fj6vq8f 17 дней назад +44

    If anyone is interested there is a documentary on the girls from Russia. It is upsetting and disturbing how they were treated. We have a long way to go as people.

    • @mary9983
      @mary9983 17 дней назад +4

      what is the doc title?

    • @totukimou
      @totukimou 15 дней назад

      Russians are 200 years behind....

    • @Momo-kv8zo
      @Momo-kv8zo 14 дней назад +4

      That's Russia for you.

    • @Garbeaux.
      @Garbeaux. 14 дней назад +2

      Russia more so than others.

    • @SusanLynn656
      @SusanLynn656 13 дней назад +8

      Masha and Dasha, wow, what a story. May they rest in peace! 🦋
      This is from Wikipedia:
      Death. Masha fell ill on 13 April 2003, complaining of back pain. She died of a heart attack the following day, seventeen hours after the onset of her symptoms. Dasha was taken to the First City Hospital and died seventeen hours later due to blood poisoning from the toxic byproducts of Masha's decomposing body.

  • @susieormsby2471
    @susieormsby2471 13 дней назад +14

    Losing twin babies at birth just made me so thankful that i had those few months with their tiny lives.

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji 12 дней назад +2

      @susieormsby2471 How precious. 💞🫂

  • @hannakinn
    @hannakinn 19 дней назад +67

    It was sad to discover that David and Allison's girls died shortly after birth. They seemed so ready to be the best parents possible to their girls. They'd done so much research into what might be best. It didn't seem as if the loss of both babies so shortly after birth was on their radar. I hope their marriage survived this and that they went on to have a child or children.

    • @yonikki
      @yonikki 17 дней назад +14

      I'm only halfway through the episode, and I am so sad to read your comment. I was hoping for a miracle along with them. I noticed the sonogram was dated January 31, 2001 ... so they would have been 23 yo today. 😢 May 2024.

    • @hannakinn
      @hannakinn 17 дней назад +3

      @@yonikki yes it's sad. Poor little girls didn't have a chance.

    • @marisarowland1971
      @marisarowland1971 17 дней назад +6

      The title makes you think that their babies defied the odds and that they lived. So sad whenever they showed David (deep thinker) his wife almost had to snap him out of it a couple of times. I bet he was in so much deep thought about how they're going to look when they are born or if they're even going to make it WHEN this should be the happiest time of they're lives, excitement of having a baby!! I can't believe the babies died. I hope they are still married with children. Doesn't seem like her husband is the strong one out of them two.

    • @marie-michelleanderson2851
      @marie-michelleanderson2851 17 дней назад +13

      If they had aborted the pregnancy they would have avoided the full heartbreak of the births and deaths.
      Then perhaps had normal healthy children.

    • @yonikki
      @yonikki 17 дней назад +25

      @@marie-michelleanderson2851 but they can live at peace with the knowledge they let God decide their babies' fate.

  • @kathyestes6577
    @kathyestes6577 16 дней назад +19

    The Lawlers seem like sweet, innocent people. I can understand being hopeful but they seemed naive in their confidence that it would all work out in the end. The situation is so deeply philosophical and spiritual. Love isn’t a rational thing and life is always unpredictable. I had a healthy child who died of cancer in young adulthood and it taught me that you just don’t know what will happen.

    • @demijour1234
      @demijour1234 13 дней назад +1

      @kathyestes6577 You know there have been cases where Doctors have been wrong. Where they say a baby will not live till so many days or years and they end up living way past the Doctors prediction and are still alive. I don't think it was being naive at all. It is not an easy decision to abort and if they did, they would have lived with regret thinking did they do the right thing. They were not sweet, innocent people. They were human beings like all of us and if you were put in that situation, would it be easy for you to just make a decision just like that? So, if a couple decided to abort then they are not sweet and innocent? They are smart and wise?

    • @kathyestes6577
      @kathyestes6577 12 дней назад +7

      @@demijour1234 We had a child in my family who was not expected to live very long after birth. She lived 15 years so I agree that doctors can be wrong. I just thought the degree to which this couple was optimistic seemed naive. It felt almost like it was hopeful beyond was realistic. But that is just my reaction. I think you took my comment differently than I intended it. Also I’m very old now so my perspective may be different due to so many years of life experience than it would have been years ago.

    • @demijour1234
      @demijour1234 10 дней назад +3

      @@kathyestes6577 My apologies, if it seemed I came across harsh. It was not my intend. I am sorry in your family a child passed away so young and happy that they lived wonderful years with you proving the Doctors wrong. Life gives us so many unexpected hurdles and knowing what to do is not easy. Making the right choices or how to make them can get so complicated and so emotionally hard. Lots of love. 💕💕💕

    • @lisajoyce6803
      @lisajoyce6803 10 дней назад +5

      They told me my failure to thrive son that was born missing some digestive enzymes and he is nonverbal autistic and developmental disabilities and is almost 32 . I was told that he probably would die and that if he lived he would have to be cared for like a baby for his entire life boy were they wrong. He feeds himself dresses himself brushes his teeth does most of his showers and shaving puts his clothes away and makes his bed.He’s a miracle and I would not stop working with him

    • @demijour1234
      @demijour1234 10 дней назад

      @@lisajoyce6803 What a Beautiful story and to hear how Wonderful your son is doing. 💕💕💕

  • @alyross3081
    @alyross3081 11 дней назад +6

    This documentary is a beautiful tribute to mothers, without even trying.

  • @freereinartstudio1463
    @freereinartstudio1463 16 дней назад +13

    Seeing Josie & older daughter singing to the babies squealing w wiggly bodies & all 4 limbs wiggling & kicking was delightful!

  • @ellenpeel2346
    @ellenpeel2346 12 дней назад +5

    im glad u had 6 yrs. you had beautiful daughters You gave them love to survive. you are a wonderful mother. Godbless❤❤❤

  • @Mrs.Rodarte
    @Mrs.Rodarte 17 дней назад +29

    Thats so sad that the first siamese twins were spat on etc. People can be so cruel to what they dont understand.

  • @fuzzball4258
    @fuzzball4258 14 дней назад +9

    Those smart handsome young men feel guilty about being separated and others weren’t so fortunate. They have empathy and will go far in their life.

    • @Marigold502
      @Marigold502 13 дней назад

      Lovely boys and the mother was brave and did the right thing❤

  • @c.b5996
    @c.b5996 14 дней назад +5

    I hope for the best for those boys . Very intelligent young men. they should hold their head high for sure💜 they are amazing

  • @kourtniestarr123
    @kourtniestarr123 21 день назад +23

    I cried for those little black girls. They were so beautiful and so sweet.

  • @ck4603
    @ck4603 14 дней назад +6

    I felt for that poor woman who lost her daughters.

    • @trailrunner925
      @trailrunner925 12 дней назад

      Me too.... she was such a loving mother.

  • @user-ky7pt8pp9i
    @user-ky7pt8pp9i 16 дней назад +10

    Bless them two Russian ladies. How sad. People in this world can be so horrible to people less fortunate

  • @fawnjenkins7266
    @fawnjenkins7266 16 дней назад +10

    Thanks for sharing the stories of these incredible people. ❤

  • @marisarowland1971
    @marisarowland1971 17 дней назад +10

    These parents that lost their babies are the ones who deserve a baby!! Ive been watching so many mothers murdering their babies so sad how sometimes life works

    • @melissapinol7279
      @melissapinol7279 16 дней назад

      You were personally there when someone murdered babies? Call the police!

    • @TeaCup1940
      @TeaCup1940 14 дней назад

      @@melissapinol7279It is sad that the killing of unborn babies, also called abortion, is legal in so many places, that police cannot do anything even if you'd call them when you know a woman is going to the abortion clinic to have her baby boy or baby girl killed by a doctor.

  • @claudiakrizay
    @claudiakrizay 21 день назад +23

    I really do not think that people should name their twins- conjoined or not- with rhyming names that sound almost alike!!! people need their own separate identity.
    Also I don't think that parents of twins should dress their twins in identical clothes- maybe once in awhile but not always. They should be treated as individuals!!!

  • @alyross3081
    @alyross3081 11 дней назад +1

    The Russian ladies…..this is the first time I have heard a conjoined twin say “we prefer not to have born”. Usually you hear that they wouldn’t want to be separated. I’m sorry for their hard and painful lives.

  • @christineweir8979
    @christineweir8979 15 дней назад +16

    Maybe ...the babies not surviving ...was a blessing in disguise....life is hard for "normal" people ...a disability like that ...cruel

  • @hannakinn
    @hannakinn 19 дней назад +9

    It would've been much better to introduce this couple to the Hensell conjoined twins. They seem happy and well adjusted. Having a productive enjoyable life.

    • @judilynn9569
      @judilynn9569 16 дней назад +2

      But the Hensell twins don't share a heart.

    • @claudettecicora1192
      @claudettecicora1192 7 дней назад

      I saw them in of Rome Italy airport. It was so full and they are just adorable as you already know 😍

    • @ruthkletke
      @ruthkletke 2 дня назад

      @@claudettecicora1192 Didn't one get married?

    • @claudettecicora1192
      @claudettecicora1192 2 дня назад

      @@ruthkletke Yes one of them recently got married. Can't even imagine so if the other one meets somebody then what I'm not trying to be mean it's just hard to wrap my head around. Thank God it's not my business lol PS you can RUclips wedding photos of the hensel twins wedding

  • @avern7369
    @avern7369 13 дней назад +2

    The Lawler’s aren’t talking about what happens if they cannot be separated, they seem unwilling to consider that option.

  • @debraescano2744
    @debraescano2744 17 дней назад +4

    Wonderful story! God bless this family

  • @saugat.yt064
    @saugat.yt064 21 день назад +5

    So nice video,love this video❤️

  • @melissaarellano5177
    @melissaarellano5177 21 день назад +10

    Are the boys the same of twins featured on Katie & Eilish's documentary? If so, it's so good to see them later on

  • @aspensugar13
    @aspensugar13 12 дней назад +2

    Conjoined twins that share a heart never survive. The heart can't keep up with both conjoined twins. Its too hard and too much on the heart. No conjoined twins that shared a heart have ever survived. That's why the babies didn't survive. Other conjoined twins survive because they have separate hearts and other organs helping the organs to keep up with both twins. The hearts are able to pump enough to keep both twins alive.

  • @ellenpeel2346
    @ellenpeel2346 12 дней назад +2

    i could never sacrafice 1 for the other.

  • @bobbichamberland1607
    @bobbichamberland1607 21 день назад +15

    This was from 2001. You can see what happens if you Google the parents names

    • @MrSirDudeGuy
      @MrSirDudeGuy 21 день назад +6

      I tried, but didn’t get anywhere with it.

    • @sonogabri1
      @sonogabri1 21 день назад +1

      The girls died shortly after birth.

    • @karenrichardson6767
      @karenrichardson6767 21 день назад +8

      @@MrSirDudeGuy They died 30 min. after birth.

    • @pattymelt-go3fv
      @pattymelt-go3fv 20 дней назад +3

      @@karenrichardson6767 Thanks for the info

    • @paloma4tigers
      @paloma4tigers 19 дней назад +2

      @@karenrichardson6767w😢W, thanks for updating us. That’s too bad 🙏🏼

  • @sjleewhatsreal9978
    @sjleewhatsreal9978 12 дней назад +1

    I'm not saying that it's good that the twins died, but at least the parents didn't become emotionally attached to the twins if they end up surviving for months.

  • @JaymeeAngell222
    @JaymeeAngell222 14 дней назад +3

    Those poor women. I wish I could be there friend.

    • @c.b5996
      @c.b5996 14 дней назад +1

      I was just thinking the same thing. I would be their friend. It's absolutely disgusting that people spit in them like wtf😔

  • @michelerocks167
    @michelerocks167 14 дней назад +4

    I find it hard to agree bringing conjoined twins in the world when you know in advance. I wouldn’t want to subject them to surgeries that are so life threatening.

  • @karenrichardson6767
    @karenrichardson6767 21 день назад +12

    The Lawler conjoined twins died within half an hour of their birth.

  • @Jebbie1976
    @Jebbie1976 21 день назад +6

    According to Google both babies died a few hours after birth. Sad.

    • @pegs1659
      @pegs1659 20 дней назад +1

      Yeah, I don't think only one would die.

  • @kitsunemoonlight1680
    @kitsunemoonlight1680 16 дней назад +3

    "medical science is not perfect" but we're going to rely on medical science to save the babies once they're born, cos we dont trust them before birth but have complete faith in them after birth to save the day.

  • @kupokinzyt
    @kupokinzyt 21 день назад +15

    How does the two male black children live with them only having 1 liver before separation? I know parts of it can regrow itself over time, or even repair damage to itself but that would be minimum 50% left of a liver for one child assuming it was split in half? That is amazing, especially seeing them play in the Gym and needing to be on separate teams or else they'd always win lol.

    • @marie-michelleanderson2851
      @marie-michelleanderson2851 16 дней назад +1

      livers can completely regrow. That is why they can be living donored to a needy recipient.the donorliver regrows in both people.

  • @sarahmac27
    @sarahmac27 21 день назад +12

    Part 2?

    • @karenrichardson6767
      @karenrichardson6767 21 день назад +3

      They died within half an hour after their birth.

    • @BlackeBird
      @BlackeBird 21 день назад +4

      How do you know?

    • @deidremorgan1071
      @deidremorgan1071 17 дней назад

      @@BlackeBird www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1121413/

    • @kaidanariko
      @kaidanariko 16 дней назад

      @@BlackeBirdgoogle

  • @debraescano2744
    @debraescano2744 17 дней назад +10

    That’s sad the conjoined twins said they preferred not to be born. They are a beautiful gift from God!!!

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 17 дней назад +10

      God was cruel to them, if a god exists.

    • @17throdeo12
      @17throdeo12 17 дней назад

      If deformity was beautiful, it wouldn’t scare children

    • @paulbrew3382
      @paulbrew3382 15 дней назад +5

      Gift from God! What kind of God does that?

  • @donnakeyes4517
    @donnakeyes4517 11 дней назад

    What beautiful stories. I was a bit disappointed at the end because I wanted to see those babies that were conjoined by the heart after they were cleaned up, but that never happened. You just see the mom getting the c-section and a head and I wasn't expecting that.I wonder if they are still alive or if they passed away. This is going to be on my mind for a while.

  • @daisyhagen2
    @daisyhagen2 21 день назад +3

    I've found at least 3 different sets of conjoined twins with the last name Lawler?

  • @nastyc85
    @nastyc85 15 дней назад +1

    That dad looks 55 😂😂😂

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +2

    BEAUTIFUL ' MOM AND TWIN BOYS, BEAUTIFUL SKIN', GOD' BLESS YOUR FAMILY WITH STRENGHT, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, MAY GOD' GIVE YOU BOTH A PROSPER LIFE, 🙏🏼💜💜💗,

  • @Rodmic-hd9pn
    @Rodmic-hd9pn 11 дней назад +1

    No wonder they became alcoholics. These poor women. The suffering

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +3

    VERY INTELLIGENT YOUNG MEN,

  • @susanbobo5098
    @susanbobo5098 15 дней назад +3

    Seems most people in Russia drink too much- so dang cold

  • @annazaman9657
    @annazaman9657 19 дней назад +5

    Is there a part 2?

  • @debbiecotter917
    @debbiecotter917 15 дней назад

    Is there a second part?

  • @user-xh4pn9gh1r
    @user-xh4pn9gh1r 18 дней назад +2

    Where part 2

  • @norastorvik4155
    @norastorvik4155 14 дней назад +1

    If you're currently watching this do not continue to read the comments - spoiler alerts below...

  • @suecoady8017
    @suecoady8017 4 дня назад

    Handsome young men!

  • @GaZonk100
    @GaZonk100 17 дней назад +1

    does no-one at the early stage ever say 'too hard'?

  • @k.elysium6819
    @k.elysium6819 14 дней назад +3

    They should determine whether or not separation is possible early in the pregnancy. If it's not, the humane thing is to abort. Nobody should have to live chained to another person. Also if one of an unseparateable set doesn't want to live, they shouldn't have to. The surgery should be done and the other twin saved.

  • @karonwostenholme6533
    @karonwostenholme6533 17 дней назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Yoongiwifie
    @Yoongiwifie 20 дней назад +3

    The twins girls there very beautiful women’s! Hope there doing well

  • @sandyc6569
    @sandyc6569 19 дней назад

    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @denisepassby-spencer2554
    @denisepassby-spencer2554 14 дней назад

    How old is this video?

  • @KwaiyimChan
    @KwaiyimChan 7 дней назад

    2:29

  • @lauramason97
    @lauramason97 17 дней назад +3

    Maybe these women possess more Testastaron!

  • @eunicestone6532
    @eunicestone6532 15 дней назад

    God help them all

  • @MrSirDudeGuy
    @MrSirDudeGuy 21 день назад +6

    Clickbait. No conclusion. I will never know.

    • @pattymelt-go3fv
      @pattymelt-go3fv 20 дней назад +4

      They died 1/2 an hour after birth apparently.

    • @myredpencil
      @myredpencil 20 дней назад

      It is an accurate description as to the content; "these twins" included many other sets of twins than the one featured who did and still are defying the odds.

  • @catcateyesstrongblood7157
    @catcateyesstrongblood7157 16 дней назад

    💙🫂🙏🫂💙

  • @user-jf3rs7vl1d
    @user-jf3rs7vl1d 17 дней назад +2

    God never makes mistakes

  • @mrbot372
    @mrbot372 14 дней назад

    Smh.

  • @ck4603
    @ck4603 14 дней назад +1

    The black boys look so sad.

    • @c.b5996
      @c.b5996 14 дней назад

      They are having major anxiety dreams. I feel so bad for them. I hope they can sleep in peace.

  • @janet6473
    @janet6473 17 дней назад

    Lots of denial.

  • @JosephGarlick
    @JosephGarlick 14 дней назад +1

    Kinda messed up having conjoined twins.

    • @Garbeaux.
      @Garbeaux. 14 дней назад

      There’s a certain procedure that can stop it.

  • @rodalynrarogal8803
    @rodalynrarogal8803 20 дней назад +1

    Our own potter is God…& love❤ is God..

  • @4rsalways
    @4rsalways 14 дней назад +1

    I mustache you a question...

  • @daleneparole1502
    @daleneparole1502 21 день назад +4

    What did the parents live near ?
    Could it have been a nu cl ear pow er pI ant ?

    • @user-10021
      @user-10021 21 день назад +4

      18:50 it’s random

    • @kupokinzyt
      @kupokinzyt 21 день назад +1

      They lived near Springvale and just down the road from Megaton is what Google told me.

  • @user-10021
    @user-10021 21 день назад +23

    Very cruel to even have them come alive like this. This is one of those cases that аьоrtion was intended for.

    • @sonogabri1
      @sonogabri1 21 день назад +16

      I agree. Parents should put the children first and think how miserable their life would be.

    • @krystinaland4137
      @krystinaland4137 21 день назад +6

      It's not cruel. They let nature take it's course.

    • @user-10021
      @user-10021 21 день назад +12

      @@krystinaland4137 it’s cruel, you’re willing to have your child have a lifetime of pain and struggle when you could’ve simply spared the soul from suffering. It’s literally the definition of sadistic
      We’re not talking about sum smaller like a missing finger here

    • @krystinaland4137
      @krystinaland4137 21 день назад +7

      @@user-10021 you act as if God can't help someone get through life. We don't get to decide what "good quality of life" is and who lives and who dies. Some of the happiest people are people with severe disabilities. All that family did was allow nature to decide and nature decided the babies would not survive. I'd rather nature decide then I take matters into my own hands and I truly don't know the outcome.

    • @raea3588
      @raea3588 17 дней назад +4

      That's not for you to say! Indeed, it is not the parent's choice. There are many conjoined twins who either separated or still conjoined, have stated that they are happy to be alive and to be conjoined. Just because you can't comprehend a situation doesn't give you the right to judge it. Especially someone's life and if they have the right to live it!

  • @daleneparole1502
    @daleneparole1502 21 день назад +1

    What did the parents eat ?

    • @raea3588
      @raea3588 17 дней назад +1

      In simple terms, Conjoined twins are made when one embryo separating into two does not split at the exact moment it is supposed to. There is nothing one can do or can not do to prevent this!

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +3

    I WOULD HAVE TO SEPARATE ONE GIRL I GOT TO GIVE A CHANCE IN LIFE, NOT LOSING BOTH' WITHOUT THE SURGERY, GIVE ONE OF THEM LIFE,

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +2

    THE OTHER DIDNT WANT TO BE BORN, TO GO THROUGH STARES TALKS, NAME CALLING, YES,

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +1

    WOULDNT EXPLAINE NOTHING TO CLASS MATES,

  • @keyshiaceaserkaliku
    @keyshiaceaserkaliku 20 дней назад +3

    Everything about these sets of twins are remarkable even their very existence. & god has a way when it seems like there's no way i assure you their existence helps science deal with future examples that may save others lives as well

  • @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948
    @israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948 21 день назад +1

    wow

  • @user-vu2hy7kj5n
    @user-vu2hy7kj5n 16 дней назад +4

    CUTE BLACK BOYS,