Official records from Abby Hensel’s 2021 wedding to Josh Bowling show that her conjoined twin sister Brittany was not named as one of the legal witnesses on the marriage certificate. The document, first detailed publicly in 2024, provides clear details about the private ceremony and the people formally recorded as present.
Abby Hensel married Josh Bowling on November 13, 2021, at the Jerome Event Center in Delano, Minnesota. Reverend Sid A. Veenstra officiated the ceremony. According to the marriage certificate obtained by media outlets, the two witnesses listed were Abby’s other sister, Morgan Hensel, and an individual recorded as “Cosmo Naut.” The latter name has been widely interpreted as possibly referring to a family pet or used in a lighthearted way, rather than a conventional human witness. Brittany Hensel does not appear on the witness list. Following the marriage, Abby legally changed her surname from Hensel to Bowling.
Although the wedding took place in 2021, it remained largely private until March 2024, when public marriage records were reported by major news outlets. The revelation sparked widespread public interest and discussion about how the marriage functioned given the twins’ unique physical situation. Abby and Brittany responded on social media at the time, noting that the attention felt excessive and emphasizing that they had continued living their lives quietly.
Josh Bowling is a former U.S. Army health specialist who completed deployments to Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. After leaving the military, he worked as a nurse. He has a daughter, Isabella, from a previous marriage; she has been part of the family’s life and appeared in some shared pH๏τos. Abby and Brittany have continued working as fifth-grade teachers in Minnesota, where they have maintained a low public profile since their TLC reality series ended more than a decade ago.
In the years after the marriage became public knowledge, the twins occasionally shared selected pH๏τos and short video clips from the wedding day on social media platforms. These included images of them in a white wedding dress alongside Bowling and moments from the reception. The posts attracted significant online attention but remained limited in scope, consistent with the family’s preference for privacy.
By mid-to-late 2025, renewed speculation arose after Abby and Brittany were pH๏τographed with a newborn baby while running errands in Minnesota. Some social media accounts appeared to suggest the child belonged to the family. Josh Bowling later stated that certain TikTok accounts presenting themselves as belonging to the twins were not authentic and that the family had not issued any official confirmation regarding a baby. He noted that the accounts appeared to use publicly available pH๏τos and that neither Abby nor Brittany maintained such accounts.
As of 2026, Abby and Brittany Hensel continue to live and work in Minnesota. They remain among the oldest known surviving dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins. Public information about their private family life stays limited, with the 2021 marriage certificate still serving as one of the few formal legal documents detailing the structure of Abby’s wedding.
Sources : TMZ
