in 1967 yunus studied at vanderbilt university. he met vera forostenko, a student of russian literature there. vera is the daughter of russian immigrants to trenton, new jersey in the united states. they were married in 1970. yunus marriage with vera ended a few months after the birth of their baby girl, monica yunus (b. 1979 chittagong). vera returned to new jersey and said that bangladesh was not a good place to raise a baby. after some time, yunus married afrozi yunus, who was a researcher in physics at manchester university. she was appointed as a professor of physics at jahangirnagar university. their daughter deena afroz yunus was born in 1986.