Omar’s deleted tweet could give clue on alleged marriage to her brother

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A deleted 2013 social media post in whichRep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared to refer to her father by a different name has resurfaced as federal investigators examine questions surrounding her identity and immigration records.

“Happy Father’s Day to my aabo Nur Said, I am forever grateful to Allah for giving me the best father …,” Omar wrote in the June 2013 post, which was deleted in 2019.

Several records, including amemorial postby the Congressional Black Caucus marking his death in 2020, refer to Omar’s father as “Nur Omar Mohamed.”

But the now-deleted X post has Omar calling him “Nur Said,” a name that also appears similar to the name of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.

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Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

The congresswoman deleted the social media post the morning of Sept.19, 2019.

An archived version of the post, first reported on by the Daily Caller in 2019, resurfaced after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., residence Oct.12 as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into possible false statements on immigration and naturalization documents.Omar and her office have repeatedly denied allegations that her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother.

She has also denied wrongdoing amid the federal probe, which she has called a political attack.

This long-deleted tweet from Rep.Ilhan Omar has raised questions about her identity.( )

Somali names generally consist of a person’s given name, their father’s given name and their paternal grandfather’s given name.The similarity between names alone does not establish a familial relationship.

A statement allegedly attributed to Omar’s spokesperson and recirculated online said “Nur Said” was her father’s childhood nickname and that he maintained a public page using the name.The statement also said the tweet was deleted because Omar and her family had received threats.

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Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference Wednesday in which she blamed President Donald Trump for death threats and attacks against her.(AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Omar’s request for comment on the now-deleted social media post.

Omar’s father is referred to as “Nur Said” in some reports.For example, aNew York Poststory on his alleged military experience quoted Oxford University historian Mohamed Haji Ingiriis as calling Omar’s father “Nur Said.”

�s father’s name is Nur Said Elmi Mohamed, hisallegedname, not Nur Omar Mohamed.

�repeatedly and unequivocally denied” the “baseless, disgusting conspiracy theory” that shemarried her brother.

The spokesperson pointed to Omar’s interview Wednesday on MS NOW, in which she was asked whether her one-time husband may have been a “distant relative.”

“Not to my knowledge,” Omar replied.

Recent court documents related to the federal search warrant for Omar’s Washington, D.C.�Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.” The filing does not explain why the name appears in the document or establish that Omar used a false identity.

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Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to members of the media after a hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building in St.Paul, Minn., Jan.16, 2026.(Victor J.Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

�real name” is “Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” and not “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.”

“Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, you know it,�“It’s Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”

Omar’s marriage to Elmi ended in divorce in 2017.She later legally married Ahmed Hirsi in 2018.

�s legal name.Omar’s office has disputed that characterization.

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Hannah Brennan contributed to this report.