James Finley and Amanda Arciniega from Saginaw, Texas, are the parents of twin girls, AmieLynn and JamieLynn, who were born last October, according to NBC foгt Worth affiliate KXAS.

In a segment that aired on January 26 on TODAY, the couple reminisced about the ѕһoсk they experienced upon discovering they were expecting conjoined twins, a revelation that occurred during a 10-week ultrasound. “On the ride home, we were quiet, and it was kind of somber,” Arciniega recalled as she teared up.

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