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Frank Lentini, born with a parasitic twin had 3 legs, 4 feet, 16 toes, and 2 functioning sets of genitals (1884-1966).
Pictured here is Francesco "Frank" A. Lentini, an Italian-American showman who was born with a parasitic twin. The twin was attached at the base of his spine and consisted of a pelvis bone, male genitalia, and a full-sized leg extending from the right side of Lentini's hip, with a small foot protruding from its knee.
Lentini joined the sideshow business as "The Great Lentini" with the Ringling Brothers Circus. His career spanned over forty years, his peers often called him "The King". He worked with every major circus and sideshow there was including Barnum and Bailey and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
In 1907, he married Theresa Murray and they had four children: Giuseppina (Josephine), Natale (Ned), Francesco (Frank) Junior and Giacomo (James). When the couple separated in 1935, he spent the rest of his life with Helen Shupe. Lentini died of lung failure on September 21, 1966, at the age of 77.
