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==Background==

==Background==

[[File:Omar.jpg|right|300px |thumb|Ilhan's two husbands. Ilhan is said to have married her brother in order to gain [[illegal]] entrance into the United States.<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/html/curious-case-ilhan-omar-14724.html</ref>]]

[[File:Omar.jpg|right|300px |thumb|Ilhan's two husbands. Ilhan is said to have married her brother in order to gain [[illegal]] entrance into the United States.<ref>https://www.city-journal.org/html/curious-case-ilhan-omar-14724.html</ref>]]

Ilhan Nur Said Elmi was born in Somalia in 1983. She, her father, two sisters and two brothers, fled the country in 1991 as a result of escalating violence. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995. The unrelated Omar family, which was granted three asylum spots in the United States,  allowed Ilhan's father Nur Said. It is believed, Colonel Nur Omar Mohamed, Ilhan’s father, played a direct or enabling role in the 1987-1989 racist [[Isaaq Genocide]] of 200,000.<ref>[https://somalilandchronicle.com/2025/07/25/ilhan-omars-father-and-the-isaaq-genocide-the-truth-revealed/ Ilhan Omar’s Father and the Isaaq Genocide: The Truth Revealed]. Somaliland Chronicle. July 25, 2025</ref>

Ilhan Nur Said Elmi was born in Somalia in 1983. She, her father, two sisters and two brothers, fled the country in 1991 as a result of escalating violence. They stayed in the Dadaab refugee camps of neighboring [[Kenya]] until 1995. The unrelated Omar family, which was granted three asylum spots in the United States,  allowed Ilhan's father Nur Said, her genetic sister Sahra, and Ilhan to use false names as members of the Omar family.  Ilhan's three other siblings — under their real names — received asylum in the [[United Kingdom]].  The family was split up, and Ilhan, her father, and sister Sahra relocated to Minnesota under assumed identities.  

Ilhan's genetic sister Sahra, and Ilhan to use false names as members of the Omar family.  Ilhan's three other siblings — under their real names — received asylum in the [[United Kingdom]].  The family was split up, and Ilhan, her father, and sister Sahra relocated to Minnesota under assumed identities.  

Her father's name before applying for asylum was Nur Said Elmi Mohamed.  

Her father's name before applying for asylum was Nur Said Elmi Mohamed. Her sister Sahra Noor's name before applying for asylum was Sahra Nur Said Elmi. Her three siblings, another sister and two brothers, were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (b. 1985).  In 2018 Leila Elmi became Leyla Cilmi.

It is believed, Colonel Nur Omar Mohamed, Ilhan’s father, played a direct or enabling role in the 1987-1989 racist [[Isaaq Genocide]] of 200,000.<ref>[https://somalilandchronicle.com/2025/07/25/ilhan-omars-father-and-the-isaaq-genocide-the-truth-revealed/ Ilhan Omar’s Father and the Isaaq Genocide: The Truth Revealed]. Somaliland Chronicle. July 25, 2025</ref>

 

Her sister Sahra Noor's name before applying for asylum was Sahra Nur Said Elmi. Her three siblings, another sister and two brothers, were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (b. 1985).  In 2018 Leila Elmi became Leyla Cilmi.

Ilhan became a naturalized citizen in 2001.  In 2009 Ilhan married her brother Ahmed Elmi, who had been granted asylum in the UK. Ahmed relocated to the United States. The two, along with Ilhan's common law husband Ahmend Hirsi, moved to [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] in 2009 and attended North Dakota State University for two years before returning to Minnesota. Ilhan filed papers for a default divorce until 2017.<ref>https://alphanewsmn.com/new-evidence-supports-claims-that-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother/</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/official-school-records-support-claims-that-rep-ilhan-omar-d-mn-married-her-brother/</ref>  Ilhan then officially married Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2018 - the year she ran for Congress.  

Ilhan became a naturalized citizen in 2001.  In 2009 Ilhan married her brother Ahmed Elmi, who had been granted asylum in the UK. Ahmed relocated to the United States. The two, along with Ilhan's common law husband Ahmend Hirsi, moved to [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]] in 2009 and attended North Dakota State University for two years before returning to Minnesota. Ilhan filed papers for a default divorce until 2017.<ref>https://alphanewsmn.com/new-evidence-supports-claims-that-ilhan-omar-married-her-brother/</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/official-school-records-support-claims-that-rep-ilhan-omar-d-mn-married-her-brother/</ref>  Ilhan then officially married Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2018 - the year she ran for Congress.