Jean Libbera (1884-1936), AKA "The Double-Bodied Man"

Jean Libbera (1884-1936), AKA "The Double-Bodied Man"

Despite their separate bodies, both twins shared a blood circulation and nervous system, making them inseparably connected.

When one body touches another, the sensation is instantly transferred to the other, and vice versa for weather and temperature changes.

Jean and Jacques often dressed in white shirts, trousers, and tailcoats for their performances as circus performers.

Jean Libbera , AKA "The Double-Bodied Man," had his brother, Jacques Libbera, connected to him from his chest-stomach area. He was born in Rome.

 

Jean Libbera (1884-1936), was the 4th of 13 children in his family – -14 if you count the small parasitic twin sprouting from his ribcage. The little brother (they named it Jacques) had fully functioning nervous and circulatory systems, and a rudimentary head that was buried in the host brother.

According to the ballyhoo, the family’s 3rd child was born with the same condition as Jean, but didn’t survive. A native of Italy (born in Rome), Jean toured the U.S. with sideshows many times, performing with Barnum and Bailey, and the Dreamland Circus Sideshow, among others. He was to marry and have four children of his own, all perfectly normal

 The parasitic twin was alive and could move as well. An X-ray showed that there was a head embedded within Jean with a circumference of about six inches. He got married and had four normal children