My grand grandparents: two World Wars, a financial crisis and an incipient communist dictatorship;
My grandparents: financial crisis, one World War and almost 45 years of dictatorship;
My parents: communist dictatorship, a never ending transition and this financial crisis;
Me: 15 years of communist dictatorship and 20 years of transition to the crisis time.
Really, so far I think I am luckier than the preceding generations!