Neighbours said that Mrs Tsarnaev – she took her husband's name – had converted to Islam and would dress in loose-fitting clothing and wear a veil over her hair, in keeping with Islamic traditions. Despite the unusual set-up in such a neat, conservative town, one neighbour Paula Gillette, 51, told The Sunday Telegraph of the delight of Mrs Tsarnaev's father, Warren who is a doctor, and her mother, Judith, a nurse, at the arrival of their grand-daughter Zahara, now three. "They were so happy to have a grand-daughter," she said, "This is terrible for them".