 Former Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is Ansari's uncle.Ansari's younger brother is Sibagatullah Ansari and his elder brother Mukhtar Ansari is a well-known criminal, jailed for more than a decade.Former governor of Odisha, former Member of Parliament from Bidar and career diplomat Shaukatullah Shah Ansari and former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Faridul Haq Ansari, were forebears of Ansari.