A dividing issue: Can the girls be separated?
And if so, should they? Past cases reveal major successes and utter failures in trying to give conjoined twins their own lives
In Pictures
The Twins
Images taken during the days and weeks before and after their birth
Video
The Birth
Video of the delivery of the conjoined twins at the B.C. Women's Hospital
Graphic
Types of conjoined twins
A graphic detailing the different types of conjoined twins
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Globe series 
Part One: Connecting with a pair of 'little angels'
Mother says girls joined at head will face pain, but with support and love. Their grandmother says maybe they'll teach others tolerance
Part Two: Mother on mission to protect her babies
Whether they face tiring medical tests or a deluge of cruel comments, Felicia Simms rises to her girls' defence
Part Three: A tight-knit clan unites in tough times
Conjoined girls belong to a large family that isn't part of Vernon society; they live in rented houses and receive social assistance
Past stories 
Girls may never be separated
Family told not to get its hopes up as experts evaluate angiogram on blood vessels
Twins await test to see if they can be separated
Conjoined twins' mom leery about separation surgery
The mother of 16-week-old girls joined at the head said she won't consider surgery to separate them unless she is certain it will be successful
Twins go home for Christmas
After weeks in hospital, conjoined sisters are escorted to Vernon by medical team
Tissue 'bridge' joins twins' brains
Conjoined infants may be able to transmit signals to each other, doctors speculate
Conjoined twins 'doing well'
Babies breathing on their own after delivery; feasibility of separating girls will take months to determine
Tears, fears for conjoined fetuses
Joined at the head, Krista and Tatiana 'very healthy in womb,' MD says

