The Start Of It All
Joined from the sternum to the groin, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon didn’t require a C-section for their birth. After their birth in 1951, according to the ward, the mother didn’t want them. She left the twins to be raised by their father Wesley and later on by their stepmother Mary.
The first two years of their lives were spent in and out of hospitals. Doctors were trying to determine if there was a way to separate the twins. Due to Ronnie and Donnie sharing one set of male organs, doctors concluded it would be best to leave them as they are.