The Wonders Of God:The World's Oldest-living Conjoined Twins Celebrate Their 63rd Birthday At Disney World
The Ohio twins, who are joined at the waist and face each other, celebrated
their longevity milestone playing at Florida's amusement parks. Ronnie and
Donnie Galyon beat the previous record holders, Italian twins Giacomo and
Giovanni Battista Tocci, who were born in 1877 and lived to be 63. Since they
were kids (bottom-right) , the twins supported their family by performing in
carnival sideshows in the U.S. and circuses throughout Central and South
America.
Ronnie
and Donnie Galyon may be the world's oldest conjoined twins, but when they
celebrated their 63rd birthday recently, they decided to keep it young — with a
trip to Florida's amusement parks.
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.
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Meet
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, the world's unofficial oldest-living conjoined twins.
They celebrated their 63rd birthday in October
The
Galyons (pictured above in July) beat out the previous record holders, Italian
twins Giacomo and Giovanni Battista Tocci, who were born in 1877 and lived to
be 63. The Toccis held the record for more than 70 years
Months
earlier, on July 5, they lived one day longer than Chang and Eng Bunker,
another set of conjoined twins who claimed the world's second-place spot in
longevity.
They
celebrated that milestone with a block party in their hometown of Beavercreek,
just outside of Dayton.
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