[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
 ...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
and her husband Ahmed Hirsi ‐ the father of her three children ‐ have split, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively
- Omar left her husband and has moved into a penthouse apartment in one of Minneapolis's trendiest neighborhoods
- 'Wow,' said Hirsi, when approached about the split by DailyMail.com. 'I can't comment on that. I'm sorry, I just can't say anything'
- Omar did not return calls requesting comment from DailyMail.com by deadline
- The news comes as critics are demanding Omar answer questions about whether she married her own brother in a successful bid to get him into the US
- 'Obviously we are proud that a Somali-American has been elected ‐ but we just think it is the wrong Somali-American,' a community leader told DailyMail.com
- Omar first married Hirsi in an Islamic ceremony in 2002 when she was 19, but six years later they 'reached an impasse in our life together,' and divorced
- In 2009, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen, who has been identified as her brother - but this has not been proven
- Omar had a third child with Hirsi in 2012, even though she was still legally married to Elmi - who she divorced in 2017 and married Hirsi in 2018
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