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Why are twins called Siamese twins?

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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.

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Much of Siamese cat history is lost in the mists of time, but records found in Thailand, confirm that Siamese cats existed then and that they were very highly prized pets. There's no proof that they came from Egypt. ancestors of today's cats were found in the kingdom of Siam (now Thailand), which is where they got their name from. British called them "Siamese". The Lynx Point Siamese cat is one of the variations of Siamese cat, and its name comes from the fact that is has markings that are similar to those on a wild lynx.

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A twin brothers, attached to each other, were borne in Burma country. They lived a very long life. They got married also. There story is famous, world over. Since then the conjoint twins are called as Siamese twins.

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The most famous conjoined twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, were from Siam which is now Thailand.

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Are conjoined twins real?

Yes. They used to be called Siamese twins but that was changed to conjoined twins for political correctness. They are twins that are born joined together by some part of their body due to the egg bot completely separating during pregnancy.


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Dizygotic twins develop from two separate ova fertilized by different sperm at roughly the same time, they are also called fraternal twins. Monozygotic twins develop from one zygote that splits apart producing genetically identical zygotes; also called identical twins.


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Conjoined twins (or "Siamese twins") are monozygotic twins whose bodies are joined together at birth. This occurs where the single zygote of MZ twins fails to separate completely, and the zygote starts to split after day 13 following fertilization. This condition occurs in about 1 in 50,000 human pregnancies. Most conjoined twins are now evaluated for surgery to attempt to separate them into separate functional bodies. The degree of difficulty rises if a vital organ or structure is shared between twins, such as brain, heart or liver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin#Conjoined_twins

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When twins are joined together what are they called?

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What is the name for twins joined at some part of their bodies?

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What was the name of Chinese conjoined twins?

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Why are twins called Si anise twins?

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