Lost Tribes of Israel

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1. Ten tribes that were relocated to Assyria after the conquest of Israel in 722 b.c. Although their ultimate fate is unknown, the tribes have been identified with various peoples of Arabia and other areas of the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Japan, and England.

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Early Christian theologians in New England often referred to the native peoples they encountered as the Lost Tribes.

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Many Igbos believe they have Jewish heritage as one of the so-called 10 lost tribes of Israel, though most are not practising Jews like Mr Yaakov.

From BBC

According to Igbo Jewish tradition, the community descends from one of the so-called 10 Lost Tribes of Israel which are said to have disappeared after being taken into captivity when the northern Israelite kingdom was conquered in the 8th Century BC.

From BBC

Shavei Israel, a Jerusalem-based organization which has been locating descendants of the lost tribes of Israel and bringing them home, has previously called the Bnei Menashe's return a miracle.

From Reuters

Yacobi says that community members are descended from the Tribe of Ephraim, one of the ten lost tribes of Israel, and he hopes that analysing the members’ DNA will help them to be recognized as Jews.

From Nature

Mr. Stoudemire also hosts an internet course on the popular legends of the biblical Lost Tribes of Israel.

From New York Times