Conjoined twin's husband learns paternity test results after ex

Release time：2024-05-21 13:20:12 Source：Culture Connect news portal

Abby Hensel's husband has been cleared in a paternity suit that was filed by his ex-wife who he had split from two years before marrying the famous conjoined twin.

Abby, now 34, from Minnesota, tied the knot with Josh Bowling, 33, a nurse and army veteran in 2021, but a paternity lawsuit was filed by her beau's ex-wife, Annica Bowling, in October 2023 claiming he may have fathered a three-year-old.

But former army medic, Bowling, 34, has now been cleared in the paternity case after a genetic test found that he is not the father of Annica's second child.

The suit, filed in Minnesota District Court in Washington County, came nearly two years after he married Abby, who is a conjoined twin with sister Brittany.  

Josh Bowling, 33, left, has been cleared in a paternity test with his ex-wife Annica, right. Their divorce was finalized on April 23, 2020. Annica then had another child later that year

Abby Hensel's husband, Josh Bowling, has been cleared in the paternity suit filed by his ex-wife, Annica Bowling, who he split with in 2019 and shares one daughter with

Josh and Annica married in 2010 then split in 2019, according to court records. They currently share custody of their eight-year-old daughter, Isabella. 

Court records viewed by DailyMail.com show Annica filed the suit against Josh and another man named Gavin Vatnsdal who has now been found to be the biological father from the test.

'It's not Mr Bowling's child. It's my client's child,' Vatnsdal's attorney Gregory Seamon told the court.

'I think all the parties agree that Mr Vatnsdal should be the adjudicated father and Mr Bowling should be discharged and taken off the birth certificate,' Judge Siv Mjanger ruled during Friday's hearing.

Josh Bowling is pictured with his wife Abby Hensel and her sister Brittany at their wedding

Abby and her sister Brittany, one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy

The pair rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show which chronicled their major life events, including their high school graduation and job hunting. Josh Bowling with wife Abby Hensel (center) and her twin sister Brittany

Josh and Annica's divorce was finalized on April 23, 2020, then Annica had another child later that year who in court documents is referred to as 'Isabella's half-sister.'

Josh's daughter attended his wedding to Abby, sporting a floral bridesmaid's dress and walking down the aisle, holding a sign that read: 'Daddy... Here Comes Your Bride.'

Abby and her sister Brittany, one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy, rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show which chronicled their major life events, including their high school graduation and job hunting.

On TikTok account @abbyandbrittanyhensel, a clip was recently posted showing off Abby's wedding day - and a Facebook account titled Britt And Abby also featured a picture of the happy couple.

For the ceremony, which records revealed took place back in 2021, the twins sported a sleeveless wedding dress with lace trim detailing while the groom wore a grey suit.

A video thought to have been captured by one of their guests and shared on social media showed the twins and the groom enjoying a dance during the big day. 

Josh's daughter attended his wedding to Abby (pictured in her wedding dress), sporting a floral bridesmaid's dress and walking down the aisle

The conjoined twins broke their silence last week after news emerged that one of them is now married in a social media post addressed to their haters

The twins live a relatively normal life and are able to do everyday things such as driving 

The conjoined twins broke their silence last month after news emerged that one of them is now married.

'The internet is extra LOUD today,' the twins, 34, said on their joint TikTok account in March after the world learned that Abby had married Josh. They didn't share any images online until last year.

Abby and Brittany shared images of ancient sculptures depicting conjoined twins and added: 'We have always been around.'

They also posted another TikTok showing a photo with Josh and wrote: 'This is a message to all the haters out there.

'If you don't like what I do, but watch everything I'm doing, you're still a fan.

Abby and Brittany are now both fifth grade math teachers at an elementary school in New Brighton, Minnesota, where they were born and raised. 

The pair share a single body, and from the waist down, all their organs, including the intestine, bladder and reproductive organs, are shared. 

In a documentary filmed when the girls were teenagers, their mother said they were keen to have children of their own one day, explaining: 'That is probably something that could work because those organs do work for them.' 

Abby and Brittany are now both fifth grade math teachers at an elementary school in New Brighton, Minnesota, where they were born and raised

Abby and her sister Brittany, one of only a few sets of dicephalus twins in history to survive infancy, rose to fame on their eponymous TLC show

In a 2001 interview with Time, the twins' father Mike said his daughters, pictured above when they were younger, had already then asked about finding husbands one day

In another interview, Brittany reiterated their desire to have families of their own, saying: 'The whole world doesn't need to know who we are seeing, what we are doing and when we are going to do it. But believe me, we are totally different people.'

They have always shut down speculation about their private life and a decade ago, they dismissed a rumor that Brittany was engaged as a 'dumb joke', but even as teenagers they spoke about wanting to have children.

'People have been curious about us since we were born, for obvious reasons,' the twins said in the first episode of their eight-part series, according to ABC News. 'But our parents never let us use that as an excuse. We were raised to believe we could do anything we wanted to do.'

In a 2001 interview with Time, the twins' father Mike said his daughters had already then asked about finding husbands one day.

Knowing that other conjoined twins have married, he explained, why not? 'They're good-looking girls. They're witty. They've got everything going for them, except they're together,' he added.

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