[Eleutheria5]

They have oriental features, due to persecutory rapes while in China, but since Jewishness is determined matrilineally, that is irrelevant to the fact of their Jewishness. But after a couple of millennia of inbreeding amongst themselves, the Chinese Y chromosomes would be ubiquitous and queer any DNA tests. My guess.

[Verginius Rufus]

Samaritans go by patrilineal descent as the Jews did in Biblical times (the genealogies in the Bible follow paternal lines). When was the matrilineal rule adopted? I heard once it was because of Jewish women being raped by Roman soldiers but that may be a myth.

Even if Chinese Y-chromosomes predominate, if the Bnei Menashe are descended from the tribe of Manasseh maybe some Israelite haplogroups would be found.