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Conjoined twins, Anastasia (Ana) and Tatiana (Tati) Dogaru.

Conjoined twins, Anastasia (Ana) and Tatiana (Tati) Dogaru.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
Anastasia (Anna) is the larger twin while Tatiana (Tati) is the smaller, weaker twin who faces backwards. She was born with a heart defect that was corrected by surgeons in Dallas in 2004. Tati has high blood pressure while Anna has low blood pressure, common in a shared circulatory system. Anna has a single, nonfunctioning kidney; Tati's two kidneys function for both girls.
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