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A gift from Grandpa/Porterville Utah Cemetery

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Last year I did a ancestry DNA test, I knew most of my family history but I was still surprised when my DNA report came back with a large percentage of French DNA. I had no idea I had any French yet here I was looking at a report that showes it is what the majority of my DNA is. In doing some investigating I found that my paternal great grandmother’s family was from France before immigrating to Canada. My 2x great grandfather had changed his name from LeBlanc to White when he came to the United States and I had previously hit a wall tracing that line. As I did more investigating, I found that my paternal great great grandparents had lived and were buried in Porterville Utah. Porterville is literally next door to Milton where my maternal grandparents live and I have spent countless hours.   I decided on my next trip to Utah I would visit the cemetery. As it turns out I found myself flying to Utah to attend a funeral in March so I told my sister lets go see if we can find th