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08/06/2025
08/06/2025

Betty Lou Williams was born in 1932 in Georgia with a rare condition: she had a parasitic twin. Her underdeveloped twin was attached to her body from the pelvis and included a second pair of legs and a poorly formed arm. Unlike conjoined twins, a parasitic twin is non-functional and entirely dependent on the host body for survival.

Betty Lou’s case drew widespread medical and public attention during a time when such conditions were poorly understood and often sensationalized. Her twin had no head or functioning organs, and surgical separation was deemed too dangerous due to the shared blood vessels and pelvic structure.

Throughout her life, she was exhibited in sideshows, a common fate for people with unusual physical conditions during that era. Audiences paid to see her, sometimes with curiosity, often with morbid fascination. Behind the spectacle, however, was a young woman navigating life with a rare medical anomaly and limited choices.

Betty Lou lived until 1955, dying at the age of 23.

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