The timeline 👁️👇 Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (also known as Ahmed Aden before U.S. citizenship; sometimes referred to as “Southside”) is the father of Ilhan Omar’s three children, including Ilwad. Key public facts • Relationship with Ilhan Omar: They entered a religious (Islamic faith-tradition) marriage around 2002 when Omar was 19. They applied for a Minnesota marriage license but never completed the civil process. They had two children (Isra ~2003, Adnan ~2005), separated in their faith tradition in 2008, reconciled by 2011–2012, and had their third child (Ilwad, born June 2012). They legally married in January 2018 and divorced in 2019 (Omar cited irretrievable breakdown; joint custody sought). • Overlapping marriage period: During Omar’s legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (2009–legal divorce 2017), public records (traffic citations, addresses, etc.) place Omar and Hirsi at the same Minneapolis/Cedar Riverside addresses at times. They also filed joint tax returns for 2014–2015 while Omar remained legally married to Elmi. Omar has described the Elmi marriage as ending in faith tradition in 2011 and has denied claims that Elmi was her brother.