[sevenbak]

Yes they were, indeed. I have no doubt but that they came here long before Columbus.

But as to the genetics of the tribes of Jacob, we know what Judah’s descendent's were like 2000 years later, but not the rest of his children, from different mothers. One can only guess.

Read pages 36 and 37 of this book, Indians in the Americas, the untold story. It’s quite interesting, and it’s not LDS, but has many many accounts of similar encounters with white skinned, light hair Indians.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Obgdz8auwkMC&printsec=frontcover

[Elsie]

One can only guess.

I've noticed.