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Chang and Eng Bunker

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Image:Chang-eng-bunker-PD.gif|thumb|right|A painting of Chang and Eng Bunker, circa 1836
Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811 - January 17, 1874), born in Siam (now Thailand), to a Chinese father Ti-eye and Nok, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant and a native Cham people|Cham mother, were the twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term Siamese twins, a synonym for conjoined twins. They were joined at the side by what was discovered after their death in 1874 to be a shared liver. Today they would easily be separated by surgery. In 1829, they were discovered in Siam by British merchant Robert Hunter and exhibited as a curiosity during a world tour. Upon termination of their contract with their discoverer, they successfully went into business for themselves. In 1839, while visiting Wilkesboro, North Carolina with P. T. Barnum, the twins were attracted to the town and settled there, becoming United States citizens.

The Bunkers settled on a plantation, bought slaves, and adopted the name "Bunker" and were accepted as respected members of the community. On April 13, 1843, they married sisters. Chang and Adelaide (Yates) Bunker, went on to have 10 children: Eng and Sallie (Yates) Bunker had 11. In time their wives squabbled and eventually two separate households were set up. The twins died on the same day in 1874.



  • The Two: The Story of the Original Siamese Twins, Amy and Irving Wallace, Simon & Schuster, 1978, hardcover, ISBN 0671226274

  • Eng & Chang: The Original Siamese Twins, David R. Collins, Silver Burdett Press, 1994, paperback, ISBN 0382247191; hardcover, ISBN 0875186025




  • http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/gallery/twins.html Watercolor of the twins and short biography

  • http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/htm/03761.html Papers of the twins in the archives of the University of North Carolina

  • http://www.wilkesboro.com/OldWilkesInc/engchang.htm Biography from Wilkesboro.com

  • http://blueridgecountry.com/newtwins/twins.html A Hyphenated Life - detailed story from BlueRidge Country Magazine




  • Pages 27-28 and 81, The Chinese in America: A Narrative Hisory, Iris Chang, Viking, 2003, hardcover, 496 pages, ISBN 0-670-03123-2

  • Adapted from the Internet-Encyclopedia article, "Chang and Eng Bunker" http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Chang_and_Eng_Bunker www.internet-encyclopedia.org -- Chang and Eng Bunker July 8, 2003


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