No, there's no verified evidence Ilhan Omar married her brother.
She legally married Ahmed Elmi (a British citizen) in 2009 while in a prior religious marriage to Ahmed Hirsi, divorced Elmi in 2017, then legally married Hirsi in 2018. Omar denies the sibling claim as "absurd."
Investigations by Minneapolis Star Tribune (2019), Snopes, PolitiFact, and others found no birth records, DNA, or documents proving it—only circumstantial details like naming conventions, deleted social media, and tax irregularities (filing jointly with Hirsi while married to Elmi). FBI/ICE reviews led to no charges.
The allegation persists from Somali community sources and critics but remains unproven.
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