There are around 12 pairs of conjoined twins alive today, and most of them are female. Some are joined at the hip, but it’s possible to be joined elsewhere, like the head. Often, these conjoined twins share organs, like hearts, or even brains. In those rare cases, they may even share thoughts, feelings, and vision, but most conjoined twins report being able to finish each other’s sentences. However, they are still individuals.

For example, twins “Tatiana and Krista Hogan, born joined at the head in 2006,” share opposing views on ketchup. Apparently, “Tatiana hates it when Krista eats ketchup.”

But that’s small potatoes when it comes to more intimate matters like love and sex. Take Chang and Eng Bunker, better known as “the original Siamese twins”. Amazingly, they married sisters and agreed to build separate houses, one for each twin and wife combo. Using what was descried as “alternate mastery,” the twins would take turns relinquishing control of the body, allowing one of the twins three days of relative autonomy. “Then the other would take his turn, living in his own house and sleeping beside his own wife.”

Cheng and Eng fathered a total of 21 children and “experienced happy, loving relationships with their wives.” Clearly. The famed conjoined Hilton sisters (not those Hilton sisters) had a similar situation — one would just “check out” if the other was getting frisky.

But what about death? Apparently, when one goes, so too does the other, unless risky, time consuming surgery is performed immediately. Still, odds are low.

In the end, while it may seem weird to “normal” people, conjoined twins are just like us, they just handle a bigger set of challenges. Their ability to overcome them is something we can all get together on.