Rep. Ilhan Omar reportedly appeared to refer to her father by a similar name to her former husband in a since-deleted social media post from over a decade ago — as federal investigators probe 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 June 2013, according to the site Web Archive.
The Democratic Minnesota congresswoman — who arrived in the US as a refugee from Somalia in 1995 — scrubbed the post on the morning of Sept. 19, 2019, Fox News reported.
However, several records, including a memorial post by the Congressional Black Caucus from 2020, refer to the “Squad” member’s late-father as “Nur Omar Mohamed.”
The name “Nur Said,” as referenced in Omar’s since-deleted post, appears to be a similar name to that of her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
A decades-old claim alleges Omar married her brother when she wed Said Elmi in 2009 because she was trying to secure him a green card — which never came to fruition.
The since-deleted post, first reported by the Daily Caller in 2019, resurfaced after federal agents raided Omar’s Washington DC home on Oct. 12 as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into possible falsified statements on immigration and naturalization documents.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-NY) referred to her father by the name “Nur Said” in a tweet from 2013 that was deleted six years later. James Keivom for NY Post
Omar’s late father is also known by the name “Nur Omar Mohamed.” Facebook
Omar deleted the Father’s Day tweet in 2019. X/ Ilhan Omar
A motion filed Wednesday by the US District Attorney for the District of Columbia seeking to prevent the federal search warrant of Omar’s home from being unsealed, referred to the congresswoman as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
The filing does not explain why the name appears in the document or establish that Omar used a false identity — and she told the publication on Friday that her “real name” is “Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” and not “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.”
Somali names typically consist of a person’s given name, their father’s given name and their paternal grandfather’s given name, according to the outlet, which noted that the similarity between names alone does not establish a familial relationship.
Omar has denied allegations that she married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (pictured).
A previous statement allegedly attributed to Omar’s spokesperson that circulated online, claimed “Nur Said” was the congresswoman’s father’s childhood nickname, the publication reported.
A spokeswoman for Omar labeled the allegations as a “baseless, disgusting conspiracy theory,” in a statement to Fox News Digital Thursday.
The statement also said Omar’s scrubbed tweet was deleted because she and her family had received threats.
Omar did not completely deny that she is related to her first husband during an interview with Chris Hayes on MS Now this week. MS NOW
The congresswoman and her office has repeatedly denied accusations that her ex-husband is her brother.
In a recent interview with MS Now, Omar called the allegations that she got hitched to her brother “insane.”
When asked by host Chris Hayes if there was any “weird kernel of truth” to the marriage allegations, Omar responded with: “Not to my knowledge.”
Homeland Security Investigations agents carrying a box out of Omar’s DC home during a raid on Oct. 12, 2026. Andrew Thomas/CNP for NY Post/Shutterstock
Two people familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital that “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi” may be Omar’s legal name — but her office has disputed that characterization.
Omar divorced Said Elmi in 2017 and later legally married Ahmed Hirsi in 2018.
The Post reached out to Omar’s office for comment.