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Sisters Find Home In Utah After Somali Civil War Made Them Refugees

Annie and Randall Johnson have two teenage daughters who came to Utah as refugees from the Somali civil war. Since meeting, they've learned about both cultures all while becoming a family.
Annie Johnson and her daughters Fatuma Abdullahi, 14, and Maryan Osman 15. Fatuma and Maryan were refugees from Somalia's civil war, but found a family and new life with Johnson, their dad Randall, and their little brother Roscoe.

Fatuma Abdullahi and her sister Maryan Osman are originally from Somalia, but when they were little girls, their parents died during the civil war happening in the country and both girls became refugees.

Since then the girls, who are now teenagers, have found a stable home with Annie and Randall Johnson, a young couple from the area near Salt Lake City,

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