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The claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, which originated on small Somali forums in 2016 and was amplified by right-wing blogs and commentators.
Major fact‑checking organizations rejected the claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother by pointing to the lack of primary documentary or biological evidence tying Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to Omar as...
Fact‑checkers and major news organizations trace the “ married her brother” rumor to a small, anonymous Somali‑diaspora internet forum in 2016 that was subsequently amplified by conservative blogs and...
The man in question, , is reported in multiple accounts to have left the (or ) and “moved home to ” after his faith-based split from around 2011, and several of Omar’s siblings are separately reported...
The long-running claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother is unproven: public records confirm she was married to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi from 2009 to 2017, but authoritative fact-checkers and major ...
The brother‑marriage allegation about Representative Ilhan Omar circulated for nearly a decade through a mix of anonymous forums, partisan blogs and high‑profile political actors, repeatedly amplified...