The husband of famous conjoined twin Abby Hansel has finally been cleared of a paternity case involving his ex-wife’s three-year-old daughter.
Former army medic Joshua Bowling, 34, married Abby in 2021, following his divorce from ex-wife Annica. divorce But the couple made headlines when Bowling was sued by his ex-wife last year, claiming he was the father of her young daughter.
He and Annica, who married in 2010, already share joint custody of an 8-year-old daughter, according to court documents obtained by the
New York Post Abby secretly married husband Josh in 2021 (Picture: Facebook).
A tense legal battle then occurred, with both Josh and another man named Gavin Vatnsdal who was also named in the suit waiting to hear if they were the child’s father.
Following a dramatic hearing reminiscent of daytime talk shows, both men waited on tenterhooks to learn the truth… that Josh was
the father of the child. not ‘It’s not Mr Bowling’s child. It’s my client’s child,’ Vatnsdal’s attorney Gregory Seamon told the court.
The pair soon became embroiled in a paternity challenge involving Bowling’s ex-wife (Picture: Facebook)
‘I can grant that motion’.
Abby and her twin sister Brittany are no strangers to the public eye. The duo, both 34, first appeared on TV in 1996 and later starred in
Abby & Brittany , a TLC reality show, in 2012.They are now fifth-grade teachers in their native Minnesota.
Josh and Annica share joint custody of their eight-year-old daughter (Picture: Facebook)
Abby controls the right arm and leg, while Brittany controls the left. They had the option to undergo surgery to separate, but their parents opted against it due to the risk of one child not surviving.
After news of their formerly secret marriage spread like wildfire earlier this month, the twins posted a clip of themselves on TikTok alongside the caption ‘The internet is extra LOUD today,’
‘We have always been around #abbyandbrittanyhensel #happy #love #lovestory #marriage,’ they added.
Abby and Brittney previously had their own reality show on TLC (Picture: EXPOSUREPHOTOS.COM)
‘People have been curious about us since we were born, for obvious reasons,’ the twins said in the first episode of their eight-part series, according to ABC News.