Where can you find the remnants of the ten tribes of israel now?

Answer 1

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First, there were twelve tribes of Israel.

Second, if one knows where to look, remnants of the twelve tribes can be found wherever they existed. Civilizations always leave a mark and one can find the mark of the tribes of Israel anywhere from Egypt, to Syria, to Germany. However, since the twelve tribes have now become one Jewish people, it is safe to say that the best place to look is where they now reside, in Israel.

Answer 2

The legend of the ten lost tribes of Israel refers to the Assyrian expulsion of the Israelites from Israel in 722 BCE. The Israelites never returned and simply became assimilated into the ethnic groups amongst which they now lived. Their descendants can no doubt be found among the modern Iraqis, Assyrians and others of the Middle East, and indistinguishable from them.

The descendants of the southern kingdom of Judah, traditionally regarded as consisting of the two remaining tribe, are to be found among today's Jews, who also include converts to Judaism.

Answer 3

The Tribes of Israel today are the Jewish people. The great majority of Jews today, some 80% or so, are descended from the tribe of Judah (plus converts and descendants of converts). The remaining 20% include Levites (from the tribe of Levi), Cohanim (also a part of the Levites), the entire Tribe of Benjamin, and a small percentage from every one of the remaining tribes. (When the Ten Tribes were carried off into Assyria and didn't return, some of them had already mixed into the tribe of Judah before that, through marriage and through large-scale migration [e.g. 2 Chronicles 15:9]. Also, the Talmud relates [Megillah 14b] that, one century after the Ten Tribes were exiled [and their location was still known], Jeremiah journeyed to where they were and brought some of them back to Judea. Thus, today's Jewry includes a small percentage of every one of the Lost Tribes. [See for example the Talmud, Pesachim 4a.])
As to the location of the bulk of the lost Ten Tribes, because of the lack of a continuous tradition in this particular matter, we can only speculate. Some well-known claims, such as the suggestion that the Native Americans or African Americans are the Lost Israelite Tribes, we can confidently dismiss offhand; and DNA analyses have also debunked such ideas. Other claims, such as that which has been suggested concerning the Pathani (Pashtun), are less far-fetched but must for the time being remain nothing more than a guess.

See also:

Jewish history timeline

Are Hebrews Israelites and Jews the same people?