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Conjoined teenagers Chang and Eng Bunker began their world tour in Boston, Massachusetts on 16th August, 1829.\n\u2018Discovered\u2019 by Scotsman Robert Hunter in Siam (now Thailand), the boys inspired the term \u2018Siamese Twins\u2019, despite being ethnically Chinese.\nChang was a heavy drinker, and Eng was a teetotaller - yet they shared a liver. They had faced discrimination in the US, yet became slave-owning plantation owners in North Carolina. Then they married sisters - Sarah and Adelaide Yates.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal the sexual side of the brothers\u2019 relationship; explain how the ambiguity of their ethnicity enabled them to climb up through Southern society; and consider the merits of their \u2018death cast\u2019, now on display in a Philadelphia museum...\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Death of Chang and Eng, Conjoined Twins Until the Last\u2019 (Atlas Obscura, 2013):\nhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-demise-of-chang-and-eng\n\u2022 \u2018How the original Siamese twins had 21 children by 2 sisters (Mail Online, 2014): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2825888/How-original-Siamese-twins-21-children-two-sisters-sharing-one-reinforced-bed.html\n\u2022 \u2018World Famous Conjoined Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker\u2019 (Ripley\u2019s Believe It Or Not!, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWXoPrGAQMk\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#1800s #Person #Asian #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices