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Lucy Williamson

Conjoined twins given a 2% chance of survival graduate from primary school

Abby and Erin Delaney, the remarkable conjoined twins who defied the odds by surviving a complex separation surgery, have celebrated a major milestone as they graduated from kindergarten.

Born in July 2016 at just 30 weeks, Abby and Erin were joined at the head, an incredibly rare condition that occurs when an embryo only partially separates during early development.

Weighing a mere six pounds combined, their chances of survival were estimated to be as low as two percent.

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