Why Chimera “Twin Brains” Need Consideration

Consider these two cases:

• Known Chimera, Taylor Muhl, in several video interviews claims that at the very young age of 5, she began asking her mother if  she had a twin.  At the time her mother reassured her that  she did not have a twin, and questioned why her daughter was so persistent in believing she had. Taylor responded by saying that she just had a very strong “feeling” that this was the case.   Many years later a DNA investigation of Taylor’s unusual birthmark, revealed a different set of DNA than other parts of her body, indicating that she is a chimera.  So the question remains, how did Taylor come by the strong “feeling” that in the end proved to be true?  
• CBC News article on Krista and Tatianna Hogan who are craniopagus twins reveals astounding insights. — BC’s Hogan twins share a brain and see out of each other’s eyes: Joined at the head, their brains are connected by a thalamic bridge, providing them with neurological capabilities that make them unique in the world. The thalamus acts like a switchboard relaying sensory and motor signals and regulating consciousness. Krista and Tatiana Hogan share the senses of touch and taste and even control one another’s limbs. Tatiana can see out of both of Krista’s eyes, while Krista can only see out of one of Tatiana’s. The twins say they know one another’s thoughts without having to speak. “Talking in our heads” is how they describe it. They are proof, that two distinct brains can share information via their joined thalamus . It also stands to reason that an absorbed twin brain could influence the thoughts and actions of their host twin, and with that being the case, this ability could be used to communicate.

Krista and Tatiana share a brain and yet are normal achieving children.  They influence each other’s thoughts, “talking in our heads” as they call it, so it could very well be that Taylor Muhl’s absorbed twin in “talking in our heads” fashion, conveyed to Taylor that she has a twin.  Since it has been documented that complete “functioning” organs of an absorbed twin are found within their Chimera host twin, then why not too, the brain.  And so it seems only logical that “twin brains” should be investigated via DNA study, brain scans, and listening to a mode of communication —  influences of the absorbed twin over the thoughts of the host twin (as with the case of Taylor Muhl).