Information as posted at time of management transfer:
Guadalupe and Josefa Hinojosa were born in Jimenez, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 25, 1912, to Diego Francisco Hinojosa and Maria de Jesus Alcala. Joined at the sternum and abdomen (xipho-omphalopagus), the sisters appeared as a sideshow attraction until a surgeon in San Antonio decided that he could separate the little girls. They underwent the surgery in 1917, at the age of five. Josefina, the larger, stronger twin, was given the shared liver. Without a liver, Guadalupe quickly died. Josefina died in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, on January 19, 2002, the oldest former conjoined twin on record.
Information on these 2 twin girls was obtained from their youngest sibling, Gilberto Hinojosa, who is 83 years old, lives in Fort Worth.
Guadalupe and Josefa Hinojosa were born in Jimenez, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 25, 1912, to Diego Francisco Hinojosa and Maria de Jesus Alcala. Joined at the sternum and abdomen (xipho-omphalopagus), the sisters appeared as a sideshow attraction until a surgeon in San Antonio decided that he could separate the little girls. They underwent the surgery in 1917, at the age of five. Josefina, the larger, stronger twin, was given the shared liver. Without a liver, Guadalupe quickly died. Josefina died in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, on January 19, 2002, the oldest former conjoined twin on record.
Information on these 2 twin girls was obtained from their youngest sibling, Gilberto Hinojosa, who is 83 years old, lives in Fort Worth.
Information as posted at time of management transfer:
Guadalupe and Josefa Hinojosa were born in Jimenez, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 25, 1912, to Diego Francisco Hinojosa and Maria de Jesus Alcala. Joined at the sternum and abdomen (xipho-omphalopagus), the sisters appeared as a sideshow attraction until a surgeon in San Antonio decided that he could separate the little girls. They underwent the surgery in 1917, at the age of five. Josefina, the larger, stronger twin, was given the shared liver. Without a liver, Guadalupe quickly died. Josefina died in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, on January 19, 2002, the oldest former conjoined twin on record.
Information on these 2 twin girls was obtained from their youngest sibling, Gilberto Hinojosa, who is 83 years old, lives in Fort Worth.
Guadalupe and Josefa Hinojosa were born in Jimenez, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 25, 1912, to Diego Francisco Hinojosa and Maria de Jesus Alcala. Joined at the sternum and abdomen (xipho-omphalopagus), the sisters appeared as a sideshow attraction until a surgeon in San Antonio decided that he could separate the little girls. They underwent the surgery in 1917, at the age of five. Josefina, the larger, stronger twin, was given the shared liver. Without a liver, Guadalupe quickly died. Josefina died in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, on January 19, 2002, the oldest former conjoined twin on record.
Information on these 2 twin girls was obtained from their youngest sibling, Gilberto Hinojosa, who is 83 years old, lives in Fort Worth.
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