"Mobituaries": Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins

[@mercurygirl444]

I am a Thai person who has been following the story of Siamese twins for a long time. I'm really glad I watched this clip. Thailand always welcomes you warmly.

[@pixaozfiver2302]

The Name of "Chang and Eng" in Thai is the name of the tree (Diospyros decandra) that has 2 kinds of fruit in the same tree. (This is the reason why their parent uses these names.) One is bigger and roundly called "In" (female flower fertilize with stamen), and another one is round and flat called "Chan" (male flower fertilize with pistil).

[@clarastallworth845]

Their skeletal remains are currently at the Mutter Museum in Philly (this museum features the biologically weird and unusual, which would remind folks of the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum outside Dallas, TX)

[@chinonsoonuora8517]

Bruh they didn’t mention that eng and chang had 21 kids.

[@getvictored1737]

bruh lol

[@UrMom-jb7vl]

Not too uncommon for the age i suppose

[@shawtietaylor7183]

I remember yrs ago when I was a child I seen a special on HBO about them, they both had wife's, both had kids, then after they died autopsy showed that it was just flesh that connected them.

[@youtubecommenter37]

They shared a liver. Today, modern surgery could safely separate them but back then? No

[@holdmybeer]

Mo never disappoints.

[@gobanito]

Funny the show doesn't mention the fact that the twins became members of the Southern planter aristocracy. As wealthy and famous plantation owners they also owned quite a few slaves. During the Civil War they became Confederate loyalists and two of their sons fought for the Confederacy.

[@hksmurfette]

I asked one of their descendants about that and she said that everyone owned slaves back then, and they treated their slaves very well. Pretty messed up.

[@summer-ts7qp]

In Thailand slavery was not abolished until a little over century ago

[@andromedamessier3176]

@@hksmurfette well she is right. Society back then was different in term of morality. You can’t really judge history with your modern eyes. Just learned from them and their mistakes.

[@william1760201]

Nobody cares. They became wealthy. It's the slaves fault for getting caught. FUQ EM !!!

[@ginnijo2526]

@@summer-ts7qp Stop making excuses, not everyone owned slaves back then

[@joshuaburnell]

I am from Mount Airy. I've always been proud to live here because of Eng and Chang. Love reading about them and so proud that they decided to settle down here.

[@sachonzazuke6256]

I'm proud that I'm Thai

[@dougiestroupid2410]

Shout out from Stanley nc!! (Gaston county). Mount airy has it all, Siamese twins, Andy Griffith..if u have Andy. U have it all

[@GenSecWPNM]

Andy Griffith absolute legend.

[@NattapolPhorueng]

2:53 is the lesson of Tripitaka ( not full, IDK what is lesson) it wrote by ancient Khom script (not Khmer they cannot read it just look similar) and the script was wrote in Pali language, you can send to Thais Monk some of them can read it.

[@biswajyotidas6236]

In this age of modern science they could've been easily seperated

[@digital2500]

Mobituaries is an incredible podcast!!

[@kalakartist]

"They decided to split" is gold!

[@zafranariffin8069]

me: oh my god narrator: ".......- from their owner" me: eyerolls

[@oreki1996]

my heart stopped for a second

[@여보-t7v]

The pause after that HAHA

[@kristywallace9847]

Yes as soon as my check is deposited tonight I will definitely test and present it for review and trust.

[@quinx5251]

Imagine watching one of them go down while the other is forced to stare the entire time

[@RealBradMiller]

An amazing story!!

[@machinedrum]

I'm a descendant of Eng!

[@francotse6714]

NICE

[@loveisgiving1369]

Can​ you​ speak​ Thai?

[@yuya0064]

i just realized they came from my country.

[@ksorabbit]

FreezyCS Thailand?

[@nat9421]

@@ksorabbit yes I'm Thais too

[@watcharayui]

At 2:53, it is called "Palm-leaf manuscript". It is a Buddhism scripture written in Khmer-Thai language dubbing Pali language.

[@hksmurfette]

These Bunker twins also owned a great many slaves. A fact that their descendants like to make excuses for.

[@UrMom-jb7vl]

Wdym excuses? Thats just society as the time, they were wealthy, and the wealthy owned slaves. Even their home country permitted slavery until the early 1900s.

[@alecgurney9305]

Legends

[@estherchaffin1845]

I live in Mount Airy. and my typing instructor at Surry Community College .Sherry Blackmon was decendents of Eng and Chang Bunker ...White plains is only few miles from Mount Airy ..And they are buried at White plains Baptist Church..in White plains N.C

[@bergfish7328]

That was very interesting. Thank you 👏

[@PizzaChet]

How surreal to watch Mo Rocca doing legit CBS news reports!

[@ivysn13]

kingdom of siam has teochew and other southern chinese roots 1,000+ yrs, chang and eng are for sure ome sort of southern chinese rominanzation integrated in thailand

[@benjamincefkin2012]

They were definitely at least half Chinese-Thai, but their names in Thai, จัน (Chan) and อิน (In), are most likely actually derived from the Thai pronunciation of Chandra and Indra, two Hindu deities. They were also apparently very adamant about being marketed specifically as “Siamese” and not “Oriental” or “Chinese”.

[@papayahh1307]

Farther is Chinese Mother is Thai

[@toniroberts8117]

Unbelievable they didn’t get separated with only a little bit of skin connecting them. Most Siamese twins share limbs and organs.

[@blushpinkdream8267]

I've read that their liver is conjoined

[@여보-t7v]

Fascinating that they can backflip

[@kristywallace9847]

This is the phone I have the 2 other phones I searched for and have not found them yet. I am here if I am needed have and good evening or night. I love you. Ryan

[@el7jake]

Mount Airy? Wasn't that also the home town of Andy Griffith?

[@Cyanfurry]

I live in thailand, Also my dad also told the story of the Siamese twins and it was kinda sad.

[@inspectorkido2365]

They decided to split From their owners

[@biswoprakash6929]

I am just reading about these twin study

[@skarlette6539]

Hey guys :) just wanted to say I'm actually related to them. Originally related to the sisters, (you can tell by my last name lol) and their kids eventually led to my family.

[@skarlette6539]

@P Deity I have not.

[@MrSwj2009]

If one died first, the other would be carrying dead weight ?!

[@The111khaled]

Actually happened and the other died 2 hours later as i remember

[@mariijjj9953]

When the first one died, the other died in two hours later.

[@littleorange3514]

@@mariijjj9953 3 hours actually

[@noelemiliotarrosa9208]

Golden Retriever 4 hours actually

[@randompersonyoullnevermeet4692]

6 hours actually

[@jellyart89]

How about their family in Thailand? I thought the twins had other siblings.

[@guiltywaffles]

The badasses

[@sarahapplebum1]

I'm Thai...but it's so strange to see they interview a " Chinese " author lol... Or how they draw Eng and Chan look more like Chinese than SE Asian Thai... We r not look the same! Lol

[@fs-rj8mk]

Their parents are Chinese ka sis. Source: lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/exhibit/chang/

[@lololo-cy2eu]

Teochew-Siamese mixed

[@loveisgiving1369]

คนไทยมารวมกันตรงนี้ค่ะ

[@chutimayingsamak9571]

Yay my country is popular :D

[@sunbear9374]

I'm apparently distantly related to these men but if personally have to dig into the history

[@ChizqiyahAbiyah]

Revelation 13:10 KJV He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

[@proto-guest4511]

How did they use the bathroom?

[@ramencurry6672]

I think one of them had to hold his breath

[@tarwinwannatham4196]

Greeting from Siam

[@scarlett9929]

Tarwin Wannatham ประเทศไทยค่ะ :D

[@CharlesJoseph_MSc]

แหมแหมมีแต่คนไทยนะ

[@400gangster]

And they also owned over 20 slaves

[@WadeKing-dm2hw]

I am a direct decendent of the sister of their wives, Sarah and Adeline Yates

[@Joe_1971]

They were both married and each had kids. One had 11 and the other had 10. Think about that for a second..they each had a wifes who were sisters. Intimacy must have been something very difficult!!

[@youtubecommenter37]

There are over 1500 descendants from them today. Their grandson was an Air Force General. Another grandson was president of Union Pacific during the 40s. Today, Alex Sink, who ran for governor in Florida is a descendent

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

[@bea2323]

@@youtubecommenter37 Source? I'd love to read about it

[@ThailandRepublicball2378]

Thailand 🇹🇭

[@FutureCommentary1]

How did they copulate and procreate? And, did they die at the same time? If not, how long the second one survived?

[@momster195]

I believe that they married sisters. There were 2 houses and they would stay at one for a bit the the other. They died about 15 minutes apart

[@Kimothy80]

momster195 they actually died two hours apart 😊

[@The111khaled]

@@momster195 yup 2 hours not 15 mins

[@firennt1145]

I just new I'm related to them😁

[@LiloulaMe]

How were they born, I mean how did they pass through the birth canal?!

[@erikapavedtheway]

Well their mom said their birth was as easy as the births of her other children. I know that doesn't really answer your question but yeah

[@huntingtonparkway]

WE'D LIKE A LINK TO THE REST OF THE STORY

[@MrBoliao98]

I think Chang and Eng look more Chinese than Thai, wouldn't be surprise if they are. Maybe those Teochews who ran to Thailand.

[@vegetariansuniteworldwide8091]

You are correct. The KZbin channel for Mutter Museum says the brothers were Chinese.

[@MrBoliao98]

@@vegetariansuniteworldwide8091 no joke, their features don't look Thai, they seriously look like any of the middle age men in Singapore.

[@mkim4091]

They look Han Chinese.

[@supisaraangthong]

As a matter of fact, you’re right. We, Thai people, have Chinese blood in us. Well, mostly. Even I myself have great grandparents who were Chinese. I’m 1/4 Hokkien Chinese though.

[@NattapolPhorueng]

I thing you may not understood correctly about Thais, Thais is not just only Tai, Thais is Siamese it's meltpot people since longtime ago there have mixture of people Siam last 300 year Teochew may a new group, you may called Chinese-Thai in that's time but now they are Thais in every espect, even new commer is after since oversea Chinese spred all around the world Approx 100 year olds but the fact you should know, Teochew were migrated into Siam since Ayuthaya its over 300 year ago, this is what different between Malay/Sing/ or other -Chinese Thai-Chainese is refer to just ethic and culture but They are Thais 100% Thais, even many culture/ethic/food every thing are already melt you know even non Chinese Thais still celebrate Chinese newyear, pray to ancient and what ever their god in the Chinese new year. this is what called melt multi culture, I have Teochew root as well, so I alway represent myself as Thais not Chinese Thai, NO Chinese, No Indian, No malay, No Japanese, No Farang, NO WTF-Thaisas long as represent yourself as Thais you are Thai, what ever you came from. This is fact

[@Wiram_wiara]

Actually we pronounce eng and chang by eng like english and chang as chan

[@mattiekim]

Was it a “complicated” American dream? Or is it just that it wasn’t the mainstream story of the American dream? No one said the American dream is easy and no one said there’s a certain way it needs to be done.

[@yuumooyor6509]

The name Eng-Chan is from a fruit in Thailand. I'm from Thailand.I know his history.

[@venatansiri5727]

That’s mean she mixed Thai too yay

[@littleorange3514]

At least their head are not combined together

[@noname-bt9ky]

Florida kids

[@texasbroker]

1/2 the story with no link?

[@thecalicocat6657]

If they were alive today, then they would’ve been separated at birth

[@beckajordan6717]

American revisionist history alert! 🚨 Conspicuously missing from this video is any mention of the slaves the brothers had working their farms, not even in passing. In fact this video only stands out to me for how much of the really important information about Chang and Eng is left out of this video. All i learnt really is they had about 1500 descendants at the time of filming, whilst simultaneously hearing no mention that those 1500 are descended from the 21 kids Chang & Eng had between them. Unless this is just a clip from a much longer show? If so and everything is covered and i stand corrected.. disregard and move along.. nothing to see here 😇🤭

[@jagosh1573]

They died on this day

[@deanvoss7098]

Did they marry? Sisters?

[@TheMrruiz714]

The host looking like Stewart from Madtv

[@ปาริสาดาราอี]

yay my country got some fame

[@lyndaanneshop]

Wow! A complicated past...the end. Not one mention of their slaves. Unbelievable. Come on CBS must you always thwart truth?

[@roastbeef1967]

How was procration done by them? Not without skill, I'am sure.....

[@kristywallace9847]

Amt, otat will post once I test. Yes sober have done nothing.

[@adamcheck4941]

It must have been awkward sex to make their children with their wives.

[@edwardkim8972]

You can almost feel the disappointment from CBS when they couldn't find enough racism to complain about in the story... 😂

[@littleorange3514]

Wait how did they breed

[@mjtruth1039]

Golden Retriever Very awkwardly.

[@mkim4091]

Lol

[@heath_00000]

holding hands

[@lesleyhubble2976]

Took turns

[@mkim4091]

LOL

[@kristywallace9847]

Used nothing that's correct doing good so far.

[@veilbreak5867]

Who would choose to live like this? Why not separate? Especially when they married. Maybe a Victorian hoax?....there were plenty of them

[@Rn-em2fu]

Veil Break well sometimes separating could be extremely deadly ,also it's their choice

[@veilbreak5867]

@@Rn-em2fu It wasnt deadly in this case, the video explained that it was just skin an cartilage, so they could have been separated but chose not to. Yes I know its their choice, im not saying they should have been forced, just making an observation. To get married, have children whilst living like that is ridiculous. And gross

[@Rn-em2fu]

Veil Break who's to say what is ridiculous and what is not, there are no norms , only expectations

[@mjtruth1039]

Veil Break Medical knowledge was really lacking back then. Medical professionals begged them not to try separation. In modern times, them being separated would be a very safe and easy procedure.

[@cuttinol]

@@veilbreak5867 you sound pretty ridiculous and gross

[@thereddrumsarerunning8689]

This is yuck situation all around!

[@kristywallace9847]

Can offer dad g dad

[@APRIL2862]

So why don't they say exactly where in Thailand they came from????????

[@ChutchapongTH]

I'm Thai from Thailand Home of Siamese Twins They from Samutsongkhram Province Thailand

[@scarlett9929]

Chutchapong Thongngam จริงหรอคะ :0

[@ChutchapongTH]

@@@scarlett9929 Google มีก็หัดศึกษาเองสิครับ อย่ามาเม้นกวนประสาทผมเลย

[@小熊维尼-q2v]

Chutchapong Thongngam ใจเย็นๆคร้าบบ เข้าใจความรู้สึกพี่นะ อุตส่าห์เราอธิบายแล้ว ยังสาถามซ้ำอีกรอบ เหนื่อยที่จะตอบเหมือนกัน

[@noname-bt9ky]

So they just ignore their European ancestry lmao

[@waldothewalrus294]

Were their European ancestors conjoined twins? You can honor specific portions of your ancestry on different times

[@sammie2800]

But why are they white

[@mjtruth1039]

sammie The twins married white twins.

[@waldothewalrus294]

The descendants have other ancestors who are usually white (based on the genetic makeup of Americans)

[@punyapatsuttikul5841]

This is so racist

[@waldothewalrus294]

What's racist about it?

[@trent031991]

Never like them.

[@sujalpi]

LtDan why

[@gennadirivera3464]

You didn't even know them! Wtf

[@zionstayfit920]

They owned slaves

[@mjtruth1039]

Zion Stay fit Wasn’t that common though?