Chang and Eng Bunker
18% do not get a job because they are Siamese twins !
Chang and Eng Bunker (no relation to Archie) were the first pair to survive to adulthood. They were male and they hailed from Siam, hence the name. It is a congenital anomaly and is not linked to any specific ethnic group. The Hilton sisters appeared to be partly at least Italo-American. Conjoined twins is the preferred term. Siam (now Thailand) rejected the term as racist and asked other countries to not use that term.
The term is "Siamese" twins and they are twins who are conjoined. Usually they share a vital organ or two making surgical separation impossible. They get their name from the original conjoined twins, Chang and Eng Bunker who were from the country of Siam.
The most famous (Chinese) conjoined twins were the Siamese twins
the siamese. they get a lot of attention.
Siamese twins.
Siamese twins re two twins who have been joined together by a part of the body. E.G. Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74) were joined by their stomacs.
The cast of Siamese Twins - 2010 includes: Seth Grugle as Joe Graciany Miranda as Lance Pei Pei Lin as Sally
Conjoined twins are born attached. Sometimes they are called Siamese twins, too.
Siamese twins are an older, somewhat pejorative name for conjoined twins.The term comes from the brothers Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-1874) who were born in Thailand, which at the time was known as Siam. They became world famous in their day as a medical curiosity, before moving to the United States, marrying and settling down.
Conjoined twins. The older terminology was Siamese twins, after the first recorded twins in the country of Siam (now called Thailand).