The West Philly family initially was advised to consider terminating the pregnancy to avoid potentially life-threatening complications for Shaneka and her two boys, Amari and Javar. Conjoined ...

Philadelphia couple Tim and Shaneka Ruffin are thrilled that their 1-year-old twins, Amari and Javar, are home from the hospital at last. “Seeing them each in their own beds was an indescribable ...

“Seeing them each in their own beds was an indescribable feeling,” Amari and Javar Ruffin's mom said in a statement Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE. His work has ...

Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery.Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia ...

Amari and Javar Ruffin shared part of their sternum, liver and more. Twin brothers who were born conjoined, sharing part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver, recently celebrated ...

PHILADELPHIA - A family in West Philadelphia welcomed home their miracle babies—conjoined and now separated twins Amari and Javar Ruffin. "It’s really a blessing," said mother Shaneka Ruffin.

On Aug. 21, a surgical team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with more than two dozen specialists operated for eight hours to separate Amari and Javar Ruffin, who shared part of their ...

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023. The brothers — who shared part of their sternum, diaphragm, abdominal wall and liver ...

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023. The brothers — ...

Amari and Javar Ruffin celebrated their first birthday on Sept. 29, just one month after undergoing an eight-hour surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to separate their bodies and ...