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With roots in Eastern Europe, both World War Ii and the subsequent advance of the Red Army and the establishment of communist regimes had a dramatic impact on the family.

While drawing roots back to World War II, the family really lived through the 60s and the youth culture that flourished then.

The family in Central Asia has lived through the collapse and breakup of the Soviet Union.

Her family comes from a rather unique religious background in rural Virginia.

The family's roots are from Northern Virginia, which is rather rare considering how many millions of people who have moved here since the 1960s.

Living in northeastern Pennsylvania, this family lived through the economic depression that swept the area in the 1970s (along with the destruction of Hurricane Agnes).

Bangladesh has seen its share of turmoil since Britain left the sub-continent in 1948, and this family has seen those events first hand.

Family has Turkish roots, but older grandparents were Russian who escaped after 1917.

Extended family originated in Germany and many relatives were involved in both world wars.

Part of her grandparents and family fought in World War II; while the other side of her family perished in the Holocaust.