I've Stopped Bleeding!!!

In December 2025 I bled for 27 days STRAIGHT. My period came on 12-5-25 stopped around 12-9-25 or so I thought. Between 12-10-25 to 12-15-25 I spotted, then on 12-16-25 I had period like break thru bleeding. It went on for another five days then I started to spot again until 12-26-25 when I starting to experience the same break thru bleeding bullshit AGAIN. 

In January 2026 I had some spotting, but no period, which I didn't mind after all that damn bleeding in December. 

In February 2026 I got my January period, but no more abnormal spotting! Such a relief. Well I do have some brown spotting, but that's due to my biopsy.

I visited my gyno and got an endometrial biopsy (that shit HURT) to make sure there wasn't something serious causing all this abnormal bleeding. Fortunately, it came back negative. What was it? It was extreme stress + perimenopause. My doctor suggested I get an low dose IUD that contains progesterone to help with my period/hormonal issues. Eh, I don't think I want to go that route just yet considering it can cause very heavy bleeding for 3 - 6 months after the first six months after placement.
 

Ancestry DNA Results!

 
This was my Christmas gift to myself. I've always wanted to do it, just kept putting it off.

Racial Background
Going in I already knew I was going to get a combination of Black, Indigenous and some White since my father is African American and my mother is from El Salvador.

Expectations
Even though my father is Black what I expected from his side was some White due to slavery and a good amount of Native American ancestry. Growing up, my father was adamant how much Native American blood (Choctaw) his family has. My father does look "mixed" so I believed it.

On my mother's side I was expecting a lot of European ancestry since her father's family was from Spain with a good portion of Native/Indigenous. Due to colorism/racism, no one ever admitted her mother, my grandmother was Indigenous, which is insane. Just looking at my grandmother it was fairly obvious she had a substantial amount of Native in her.

Results
I inherited the following from each parent:

Father
35% Black
14% European
1% Indigenous North American 

I literally cackled when I saw that 1% Indigenous on my father's side. If I inherited 1%, then it's a good chance he only has 2% Native American, lololol. Hey, it still can be from the Choctaw Tribe. Based on the results, I estimate my father is about 70% Black, 28% European, 2% Native American. I wasn't expecting so much European on his side, but I shouldn't be surprised since the stain that was slavery is evident in our DNA.

Mother
25% Indigenous North and Central American
13% European
8% Black
4% Jewish

Yup. That whopping 25% Indigenous is spot on based on what my grandmother looked like. If I inherited 25%, then it's a good chance my mother is 50% Indigenous, which would make my grandmother 100% indigenous. DAMN.

I'm a little surprised to see a lower percentage of European on my mothers side. Sure, it could just mean I inherited a smaller share of it, but still. I think it's funny that my Black father contributed a larger share of white than my very fair mother. But then again, would the 2% European and Eastern Mediterranean Jewish bit be considered European/White? Maybe? Looks like I'm using race and ethnicity interchangeably, which is probably incorrect. So...

Another thing I wasn't expecting was inheriting 8% Black and 4% Jewish from my mom! This could explain the curly hair my aunts and 2nd cousins inherited. My mom has bone straight hair, I have curly hair :)

Based on the results, I estimate my mom is about 50% Indigenous/Native, 26% European, 16% Black, 8% Jewish.


Who Am I?

43% African/Black
27% European/White
26% Indigenous/Native
4% Jewish

I will still call myself a Black woman, that will never change, but I can appreciate all the other parts that make me, me :)

Edited to add: Ok, since I'm lazy I asked Gemini to breakdown my results only based on race: