The babies defied the odds at first (Picture: A Current Affair/Nine Network)

A set of twins who shared the same body and head have died after 19 days of life.

Hope and Faith, who also only had one set of organs, were born with craniofacial duplication (diprosopus) on May 8 in Sydney, Australia.

The outlook from the beginning had been poor but their parents Simon Howie and Renee Young had said any time spent with them would be a plus.

Simon Howie and Renee Young (L) look over their twins (Picture: A Current Affair/Nine Network)

‘If I only get two days with the baby I only get two days,’ Young told a TV show. ‘I’ll at least have some time with her.’


Although the twins shared most body parts, they possessed separate brains, which caused a problem as they only had one skull.

‘I think there are going to be a lot of challenges afterwards related to the way the brains develop,’ added Dr Greg Kesby just after they were born.