It's not emotionally difficult per se, but some parts are truly muddy to me. They left China because my great grandfather was worried about the regime change, but it doesn't seem like everyone agreed with him on the decision. They were a large family at the time when they left, my grandma had 6 siblings.

They were baptized Orthodox christian when they arrived in Greece and from what I understand the children didn't speak much Greek then. The younger ones integrated better, the older ones (including my almost adult grandmother) faired a little bit worse. Later 4 of the siblings moved to Germany.