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From: Donald Chesnut <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Ashkenazim or Sephardim: tribal identity?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:22:07 -0500
References: <5.0.0.25.2.20071130122049.01327e90@mail.insightbb.com><5.0.0.25.2.20071201085150.01326cd8@mail.insightbb.com>
In-Reply-To: <003f01c83430$99236f50$6501a8c0@Richard>


At 10:41 AM 12/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:


>The "Lost Tribes" were effectively dispersed by the Assyrians and apparently
>assimilated by the local populations wherever they were sent. No one knows
>exactly where that was. It could have been anywhere within the large
>Assyrian Empire, which included much of the present-day Middle East.
>
>No, I don't believe the tribe of Asher was able to maintain its identity.
>
>Rich

Rich,
Thanks for the info about the dispersal of the Lost Tribes.
Don

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