But the term comes from the best-known conjoined twins in history: Siamese brothers Chang and Eng Bunker. Born in Siam — present-day Thailand — Chang and Eng were connected at the sternum.

Famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker travelled the world and had 21 children between them. But their lives also had a darker side. The world has been captivated by the rare stories of ...

medical men to be the greatest curiosity of nature ever known." At the height of their fame in the 1800s, conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker had meetings with politicians and royalty ...

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Between them, they conceived some 21 children in that bed. For Chang and Eng were the original Siamese Twins, conjoined siblings who provided the name for all who suffer this accident of birth.

Chang and Eng Bunker were born in Samut Songkhram, Siam, in what is modern-day Thailand in May 1811. The brothers were unique, unlike many in the world had ever seen, because they were conjoined ...

Though Chang and Eng were the original “Siamese twins” exhibited by P. T. Barnum, they were not Siamese but Chinese. And though a popular impression persists that they died within a few hours ...

Conjoined twins were originally called Siamese twins because of a famous pair from Thailand (formerly Siam) named Chang and Eng Bunker. They were performers with a traveling exhibition in Europe ...