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Guatemalan twins born joined at the head are settling into their own private hospital wing and will soon move into a new house.

The twins–Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez and her sister, Maria de Jesus–returned home as heroes Monday, five months after doctors in Los Angeles surgically separated them.

When the girls are strong enough, they and their parents will move into a house donated by the Guatemalan Pediatric Foundation.