[RitchieAprile]

Hmong are from Laos.

[littleharbour]

Here’s an article from a Georgia newspaper where her parents give more details on her background.

https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20190313/parents-of-hephzibah-woman-arrested-for-isis-involvement-still-in-shock-over-daughters-arrest

[littleharbour]

She’s Vietnamese, but the Hmong are not exclusively in Laos. Vietnam has many ethnic minorities in the borderlands with China, Laos and Cambodia. The far south of Cietnam was once part of Cambodia and has many ethnic Khmers.