[ApplegateRanch]

Daughter of Zedekiah, taken along with her two sisters, and the Holy Relics, to Egypt by Jeremiah and his scribe, Baruch, when Jerusalem was sacked by Babylon.

Jeremiah, Baruch, 2 daughters, and Jacob's Pillow go from Egypt to Gibraltar.

Spain to Ireland.

Next step was Scotland.

You Tube: Stone of Destiny (67 minutes)

Amazon: paperback of same title, by the same author as above

NOTE: poster neither fanatically believes nor denies the historical veracity of the content, but they are an intriguing presentation that is at least somewhat plausible.

[SunkenCiv]

My guess is, the reason for this DNA survival is a common ancestor; one of Tut’s female ancestors came from Indo-European stock (she was a foreign princess, from what is now Iran), and they have origins in common with (most) Europeans. Europe also has one of the most turbulent histories and prehistories, with migrations, invasions, conquests, forced relocations, etcetera. It results in weird things, such as an apparent descendant of Genghis Khan is also an apparent descendent of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Attila, the Biblical Aaron, and has ancestors in common with Hitler. :’)

[justa-hairyape]

That was interesting and an entire new aspect to what I have read in the typical stories and legends. If true however there must be a DNA link between the Scottish/Irish and the Israelis ? Or was the Judah line almost nearly wiped out from the Levant after the Babylonian invasion ? And thus there would be divergent DNA with the lost 10 tribes (assuming they are now the dominant DNA within Israel).