That doesn't mean our stories are any less valuable or important. Struggle is part of the human condition. Struggle creates many kinds of strife that may be reflected in our family trees. While some of my ancestors tried to cope with mental illness, others' trials were in the form of premature death of spouses or infants, and still others coped with privation on the frontier. Just as there was at one time love in every generation, there was also trial.
Love is the great means of exaltation and trial is the great means of humility.
In each of our lives there is both. It is important to remember that these two things do not cancel each other out, but coexist. We have wisdom and knowledge and the saving ordinances of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it has been restored in these latter days. These gifts allow us a perspective denied to most of our ancestors. Pondering on that question is an interesting exercise.