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Born in Somalia in 1982, she and her family fled that country’s civil war when she was 8. They spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the United States, first moving to Arlington, Virginia, before eventually settling in the Cedar­-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis in 1997.

if she was not required to reveal it by law, she would have been claiming 21 years. Most of these women who claim 21/25 are actually over 30.


Now that we know this girl's age and how she looks, we will compare her age to every girl that looks her age. I will definitely use it as a comparison template.

I don't get why they want to claim to be younger?

That means that you will have to work for much longer when you are in your 60s. You will never be eligible to claim pensions. You have to work into your 70s.

It's a dumb ass move.

How about the ones that found themselves at opposite end of the spectrum? I am talking about here some flight 13s maryooleys who for some reason or another had to lie about their age and in some cases isku dhiibey twice as their actual age. I know of few Skinnies barely in their forties and they are already collecting social security for old age. Some of them are frequently complemented by their case workers as amazingly young looking pensioners.

My 16 year old sister and I get mistaken for twins all the time. I would feel really weird claiming I'm in her age group though.

This lady here can pass of as 21. Good genes coupled with the affinity of Somalida beentood and indho adeegnimo. Niminkeena dhib baa heysto. Good luck trying to ascertain the real from the fake.

I see Ilhan in the Cedar-Riverside area all the time, she has a faaat ass mashallah

She looks like she's in her mid-30s.This lady looks closer to her reported age. I'm normally good at determining the age of Somalis. I have been fooled before, though. I have met Somali families where the oldest daughter is in her mid-30s and looks younger than the youngest who is in her mid-20s. Some people just age better than others, even in the same family.