article_snippet: Russell grew up in a Christian home and later converted to Islam .
article_snippet: Russell grew up Christian in the North Kingston, Rhode Island, home of a suburban doctor.
article_snippet: Out and about: Russell, from Rhose Island, converted to Islam after meeting Tsarnaev in a nightclub.
article_snippet: Russell grew up Christian in the North Kingston, Rhode Island, home of a suburban doctor.
article_snippet: In 2010, the promising young artist and good student dropped out of college, converted to Islam and married Tamerlan, whom Zahara had met at a nightclub.
article_snippet: The young family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where The young family settled in a cramped apartment and attended prayers in a Boston Islamic center.