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From: Vincent Vizachero <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Ashkenazim or Sephardim: tribal identity?
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:39:58 -0500
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If you can tolerate a little uninformed speculation on the topic,
there is also the possibility that a Jewish family chose to adopt the
Asher surname when necessity dictated the choice of one even if they,
themselves, had no direct Asher tribal affinity.

There are plenty of Italians with the surname "Nanni" who do not
pretend to trace their direct ancestry to John the Baptist.

Vince


On Dec 1, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Donald Chesnut wrote:

> 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

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