Conjoined Twins Are They Freaks of Nature

Conjoined Twins Are They Freaks of Nature

Each of us are unique, each of us are one individual even when nature does not take shape and form like we expect it to. Conjoined Twins as the world know as Siamese Twins have fascinated people for many centuries. However, questions were raised about such abnormalities of the twins. People (parents, researchers, and doctors) wanted to know when they were first discovered as well as if conjoined twins were a manifestation of man or a genetic condition. Parents also wanted to know if this rare set of twins could live, and if one dies does the other proceed in his or her death. Parents then wanted to know if it was possible for the twins to conceive children. After knowing if the twins could conceive children the parents raised questions on the twinning process like: how does it begin; when does it start, and what causes this specific twinning. By researching doctors, nurses, and parents all questions will be answered as well as the scrutiny of the twins life will be explained. Are they freaks it will be determined?

Conjoined twins have been around for many centuries but, some people still do not know and understand what they are. Conjoined twins are identical twins that or connected at the body and share an organ(s). Anderson (2001-2006) stated that there are two theories on how the twins are formed. The most accepted is the “fission theory” and is explained to be when a fertilized ovum (egg) begins to split into an identical twin but, somehow gets interrupted during the process and develops into two incomplete individuals joined together (Anderson, 2001-2006). According to this theory twins become joined when the egg of the identical twins originally splits into two (Anderson, 2001-2006). While the two lay side-by-side in the uterine walls the twins