Siamese twins with one body and two heads were born in India. Indian Siamese twins Shivanath and Shivram Indian Siamese twins

Conjoined twins Shivanath and Shivram Sahu caused quite a stir when they were born in India. When doctors said the 12-year-old brothers, who were born joined at the waist, could be separated, the family refused, saying they wanted to keep things as they were.

The brothers, born in a small village near the city of Raipur in central India, have two legs and four arms. They stunned doctors with their ability to wash, dress and eat. When the boys were born, the local doctor told the family that both children were healthy, but he could not separate them. The twins share one stomach, but have independent lungs and hearts, The Huffington Post reports.

Thanks to daily training, Shivanath and Shivram learned to do all the basic daily procedures with minimal effort, including showering, eating, dressing, and brushing each other's hair. They are able to walk down the stairs of their home and even use all six limbs to play cricket and other games with neighborhood children.

Shivanath, who appears to be the weaker of the two twins, said: “We have learned everything. We cycle to school and play cricket."

They also study well and are considered among the best students in their school, much to the pride of their caring father Raja Kumar. The man, who also has five daughters, is very protective of his sons and says he will not allow them to leave their home village.

“Many people look at my children with interest, but only I understand all the problems they have to face. During the monsoon, it becomes difficult for them to walk and when one wants to sit, the other has to lie down,” said Raji Kumar.

The father says that he will not allow doctors to separate the brothers, even if the operation is performed free of charge and can guarantee the viability of both.

“God made them this way and they should remain that way,” Kumar says.

Shivram echoes him: “We don’t want to separate. We will remain who we are even when we grow old. This is how we want to live."

Siamese twins are identical twins which, as a result of abnormal development in the embryonic period, have common body parts or internal organs. The probability of having such children is approximately 1:20 thousand.

This name was assigned to all such cases thanks to a pair of twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, born in Siam (modern Thailand). Under the nickname "Siamese Twins" they toured with the circus for many years and became famous throughout the world.

Separating conjoined twins involves great risks. But often the operations are successful and the children can live normally separately from each other. Several years ago, doctors successfully separated twins from Kyrgyzstan, Zita and Gita. Until the age of 11, the sisters had one body for two: they could neither walk nor take care of themselves, they lived in a boarding school for the disabled.

Siamese twins from India, Shivanath and Shivram Sahu, were born joined at the waist. With their birth, they caused quite a stir in a small Indian village, where many residents began to worship them as a deity. When the boys turned 12 years old, the doctor offered them an operation to separate them, but the boys flatly refused and declared with full confidence that they wanted to be together forever.

Conjoined twins, born in a small village near the city of Raipur in central India, have two legs, four arms and can work in tandem.They stunned doctors with their ability to wash, dress and eat on their own.The local doctor told the boys' family that they were both healthy, but he could not separate them.It is also known that twins have one stomach between them, but separate lungs and hearts.

Over time, the boys learned to do all their basic daily chores with minimal effort, including showering, eating, getting dressed, and brushing each other's hair.

They can even walk down the stairs of their home and even use all six limbs while playing cricket and other games with the neighborhood children.

Shivanath, who appears to be the weaker of the twins, said: "We have learned everything. We cycle to school and play cricket, it is not a problem for us."

They are also talented students and are considered one of the best students in the local school, much to the pride of their caring father, Raja Kumar, who, along with his wife, has 5 more daughters.

He said, "Everyone is interested in seeing my children, but only I understand all their problems. During the rainy season, it becomes difficult for them to walk or when one wants to sit down, the other has to lie down. But they do not fight. They have similar opinions, and if one says he wants to play, the other agrees."

The head of the family says that he will not allow doctors to separate them, even if he had money and the operation would save the lives of both.

Photos of the conjoined twins were shown to Dr Krishan, head of pediatrics at the research institute in Gurgaon, near Delhi.He believes that it is possible to separate the twins - but with dire consequences for Shivanath.

While Shivram will most likely be able to walk and start living more or less normal life, Shivanath will be left without legs and will need constant care.

The surgery will also be very expensive and require long-term recovery efforts, both physical and psychological.

While the twins and their father are adamant in their decision, Dr Krishan believes that their will may change over time.

The case of Shivanath and Shivram has similarities with the famous conjoined twins Ganga and Jamuna Mondal from West Bengal, India.

The sisters made their living performing as Spider Sisters in the circus, earning £26 a day.

Siamese twins Shivanath and Shivram Sahu caused quite a stir when they were born in India. Some villagers even began to worship them, mistaking them for the incarnation of a celestial being.

When doctors said the 12-year-old brothers, born joined at the waist, could be separated, the family refused, saying they wanted to keep things as they were.

The brothers, born in a small village near the city of Raipur in central India, have two legs and four arms. They stunned doctors with their ability to wash, dress and eat. When the boys were born, the local doctor told the family that both children were healthy, but he could not separate them. Twins share one stomach, but have independent lungs and hearts.

Through daily training, Shivanath and Shivram learned to do all the basic daily routines with minimal effort, including showering, eating, dressing and brushing each other's hair. They are able to walk down the stairs of their home and even use all six limbs to play cricket and other games with neighborhood children.

Shivanath, who appears to be the weaker of the twins, said: "We have learned everything. We cycle to school and play cricket."

They also study well and are considered among the best students in their school, much to the pride of their caring father Raja Kumar. The man, who also has five daughters, is very protective of his sons and says he will not allow them to leave their home village.

"Many people look at my children with interest, but only I understand all the problems they have to face. During the rainy season, it becomes difficult for them to walk, and when one wants to sit, the other has to lie down," he said.

The father says that he will not allow doctors to separate the brothers, even if the operation is performed free of charge and can guarantee the viability of both.

Contrary to doctors' predictions, Siamese twins were born in India with one body for two. They died 24 hours after birth.

The boys were born with the help caesarean section in a 32-year-old woman at Swami Ramanand Tirth Government Hospital, western India, on Sunday, October 29.

The Indian woman wanted to remain anonymous for fear of being shunned by local residents.

The pathology of the children was discovered only at the 32nd week of pregnancy, when the woman and her husband went for an ultrasound.

The couple already has three daughters and one son.

The weight of the newborns was 3.7 kg. They had one liver between them, but separate lungs and hearts.

The boys were immediately transferred to an incubator with artificial life support.

Doctors have warned parents that the chances of survival for newborns are almost zero, reports the Daily Mail.

Twins born with two heads but sharing one body are known as dicephalic parapagus. The probability of having a child with such a rare anomaly is 1 in a million. In 60% of cases, children with parapagus dicephalus are stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Even if the babies survived, separation of such twins is impossible under any circumstances. And if the children survive, then for the rest of my life I will exist as two independent individuals in one body.

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