u/WHiskWell

Hello, this is my first time in this sub. I wanted to reach other indigenous folk because I want desperately to reconnect with my ancestral cultures. As a bit of background, I'm from Southern California, born and raised, and come from a white/hispanic family. I grew up knowing that, in some form, my hispanic heritage did trace back to indigenous lines, though I never got to know what specific cultures. I have direct, linear, connections to the people who introduced this blood as opposed to like, a distant relative. I was gifted an ancestral DNA test for my birthday this year and finally got to see which tribes are mine! My father's father descends from Quechua and his mother's mother descends from Mixtec — Quito and Puebla regions to be specific. Unfortunately, both family members have since passed and no one else in my family has any sort of connection to the history of our family. I want to mend that bridge for myself and really connect to my ancestors, but as someone who grew up in a 100% western, predominantly white mindset, I have NO clue where to even begin. Because this is essentially dead history to my family (my dad has no interest in our origin either), I don't have any support who can guide me. I want to ask others here in this community what is the best, or easiest start I can focus on? Or how others reconnected to their ancestral homelands? Thank you.

hey all! so, first off, i know these fishies are prone to bloating. my dwarf has been looking especially plump today, so I'm deciding to fast the tank for a few days starting tomorrow. I do want to ask though, is it possible for a gourami to be constipated while having active bowel movements, or does the presence of a bowel movement cancel out the constipation? I've noticed her have small poops - 3 to be exact - since I noticed the bloating, but I want to make sure on this. do you guys still deem your fish to be struggling regardless of the presence of poop, or does the fact she's able to go mean it should clear up pretty fast? thanks!