Tirunesh is married to 2004 and 2008 Olympic 10,000 meter silver medallist Sileshi Sihine and they have a son, Nathan Sileshi, born in March 2015."Tirunesh Dibaba Gives Birth To a Boy In Atlanta Georgia". EthioSports, 28 March 2015. She gave birth to a second child named Allon, at an unspecified date but announced the birth on her Instagram profile in January 2020. She had a third child in 2021.
