Extinguishing a Family Line

For many years, I thought I knew what ‘extinction’ was. I was so, so wrong! I lost a person very dear to me some years ago. Fortunately, he left two children to continue him. But then, the all-mighty Time decided to snatch that two children too…Death followed Death followed Death…And, suddenly the whole family line was wiped out right in front of me: Isn’t that what happens in extinction...without any opportunity for continuity? How does any one even start to make sense of this kind of loss?