Jeyavani Vageswaran, 33, posted the photograph on Facebook on New Year’s Day, less than two weeks before apparently killing them both and taking her own life at their home in Harrow.
Today it emerged their accountant father, Sakthivel Vageswaran, 36, who found the bodies of his wife and children, had moved to England after fleeing Sri Lanka’s conflict with the Tamil population.
He is said to be “inconsolable” and too distraught to talk.
Friends paid tribute to the brothers, Anopan, five, and eight-month-old Nathiban, as they struggled to explain the mother’s actions.
Police have launched a murder investigation but they say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the three deaths.
Santhan Sivapatham, a friend of the couple who lived with them for more than two years, said: “Their first child was a very happy boy and very intelligent and always very friendly. They both were.
“Sometimes, because my room was next door, he would come into my room and play. I cried when I found out about this news because I still can’t believe it.”
He added: “They wanted to live here because of the civil war in our country and I think he also came to finish his studies here. Then his wife came
later so they could be here and enjoy life. It’s tragic. I think after the second baby they had a problem, but I still don’t know what happened.
“They were both dedicated and very intelligent people. She was a graduate from university and studied in Sri Lanka. He went to university too. They were both educated. They always seemed a happy family and she was a very good mother. It’s very sad and very strange.”
Neighbours reported hearing a young baby crying non-stop at the house in Woodgrange Close last Wednesday night. Mrs Vageswaran and her sons were found dead at about 5.20pm the next day.
A post-mortem examination found Mrs Vageswaran died from compression of the neck after she hanged herself. Post-mortem examinations on the children are due to be carried out tomorrow.
Mr Vageswaran came to England about ten years ago to escape a clampdown on the Tamils and study at South Bank University.
His wife joined him in 2010, and they bought their family home, where his firm Vaasi Accountancy was based. Neighbours suggested the couple had been having marital problems.
Tashma Brown, 34, said: “I heard them through the walls shouting a lot and they even sometimes came outside and he would walk away.
“The last time I heard them arguing was about a week before Christmas and then on Tuesday or Wednesday night the baby was crying for almost an hour … she sounded really upset and like she was telling him to shut up.”
Mahendran Sathyanarayanan 39, Mr Vageswaran’s cousin, said: “We are really feeling very sad. I’m feeling like I can’t believe it, maybe we will be able to believe it eventually.
“He is inconsolable about it and still not properly able to speak about it.”
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