Ronnie And Donnie Galyon

About Ronnie And Donnie Galyon

Ronnie and Donnie Galyon were born at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton, Ohio on October 28, 1951 to Wesley and Maureen Galyon. They were born as conjoined twins even though Maureen was not expecting twins at the time. They are joined from the sternum to the groin and share a set of organs, so they cannot be separated. According to the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records The Galyon’s are the oldest living set of conjoined twins in the world. They have never been to a “normal” school because fear that they would cause a distraction. With nine children to support, their father, Wesley, made the difficult decision to take the twins on the road as a sideshow attraction. The boys were exhibited in sideshows throughout their childhood in the US and later in Latin America. Their tours made them celebrities and brought them fame and fortune, with which they were able to support the rest of their family. In 1991, after three decades of work, the pair retired and moved into their first independent home. They live on their own in Dayton, Ohio, in a house they bought with their sideshow earnings, but are heavily reliant on their younger brother Jim for help. To ensure the twins live as normal a life as possible, Jim and his wife Mary regularly take them out for breakfast at a local diner. Although they are retired from show business, they occasionally make appearances on television. They appeared on the Jerry Springer Show in 1997, a Discovery Channel documentary in 1998 and a Channel Five documentary in 2009.