Maliyah Herrin
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About
She and her twin sister, Kendra Herrin, became the first pair of conjoined twins with a shared kidney to be separated in August 2006. After the operation, Kendra retained the kidney, and Maliyah went through dialysis before a kidney was donated by her mother, Erin, who wrote a book entitled When Hearts Conjoin about the lives of her daughters.
Before fame
For the first four years of their lives, the twins were conjoined at the abdomen and pelvis.
Trivia
The twins' remarkable story was featured on a number of talk shows after the surgery. They have garnered more than 20,000 followers on their joint herrintwins Instagram page.
Family life
Born to Erin and Jake Herrin, she and Kendra also have four other siblings named Courtney, Jeffrey, Austin, and Justin.
Associated with
She and web video star Justice Carradine were both born at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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