{"id":5232,"date":"2004-07-27T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-27T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2021-06-09T23:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T23:10:11","slug":"is-this-passing-descendants-of-the-siamese-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2004\/07\/27\/is-this-passing-descendants-of-the-siamese-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this “passing”? Descendants of the Siamese Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAMILY: Embracing an amazing set of twins<\/a>
\nBILL LOHMANN
\nPOINT OF VIEW
\nTuesday, July 20, 2004<\/p>\n

June Bunker Klemmer Ellison was born in her grandfather’s home in the mountains of western North Carolina, but she spent most of her growing-up years in Panama.<\/p>\n

She returned to the United States for occasional visits, so she got to know her extended family.<\/p>\n

Family history, though, proved to be another matter.<\/p>\n

She was 19 before she learned her great-grandfather – and great-great-uncle – were the famous Siamese twins, Eng and Chang Bunker.<\/p>\n

“I was on vacation, visiting my relatives in White Plains [N.C.], and my uncle was telling me about the Siamese twins,” recalled Ellison. “And I said,’What?’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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