The Galyon twins, of Ohio, unofficially reached the milestone the day after they turned 63 on Oct. 28. They beat out the previous record held for more than seven decades by
Giacomo and
Giovanni Battista Tocci, who were born in Italy in 1877 and lived to be 63.
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon is now the world's oldest conjoined twins. They celebrated their 63rd birthday recently with a trip to Florida's amusement parks.
Relatives say Ronnie and Donnie, are enjoying their time in the spotlight.
'It's a lifelong dream, and they are absolutely loving it. While they could still get out, I said, 'Guys, let's go ahead and make the trek this year, their brother,
Jim Galyon, told
MLive.com
The twins are yet to receive their official certificate from the
Guinness World Records confirming they're the longest-living conjoined twins in history. But they're living as if they're already first place.
Ronnie and Donnie are joined at the waist and face each other. They have four arms and four legs and separate hearts and stomachs but share a lower digestive tract, a groin, a rectum and penis, over which Donnie has control.
The twins were born healthy in Dayton, Ohio, in October 1951 but stayed in the hospital for two years as doctors tried to figure out how to separate them.
When experts said they could not guarantee both babies would survive an operation to part them, the parents said they would stay as they were. The men agree that was the best decision.
'The good Lord made us,' Ronnie has said.
'Let our savior do it.'
Source: DailyMail UK
Photo Credit: AP
oh wow...God is great
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