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why are siamese cats called siamese cats?
why are siamese twins called siamese twins?
and which came first?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I can answer the second bit. The first 'famous' conjoined twins came from Siam (as it was then) I think in the late 1800's. Since then conjoined twins have been called Siamese. I think they were called Ying and Yang, or am I just getting confused with that tear drop circular symbol thing? Presumably Siamese cats originally came from Siam as well.
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