I was just wondering if you think there might be a difference between Hebrew DNA as one of the lost tribes of Israel, one of which I have read about being Native American Indians, as some Native American civilizations have had traditions of the Ancient Israelites...
Maybe there is just a difference between the religion of Judaism which has many branches currently today, Orthodox, Reform, Reconstructionist etc..and with Hebrew DNA and verifiable evidence of one of the 12 Tribes of Israel which is more of an inheritance and a culture that involves Torah and the true Israelites.
The 12 Tribes of Israel are located all over the planet so I assume that is more than the Gentile populations if DNA could of been proven since the Diaspora.
The Native Americans aren't "lost tribes" of Israel. Genetically, they are east Asian. They have nothing in common with any peoples from the Middle East, including Jews. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot.
In fact, there are no "lost tribes" of Israel. Assyrian records indicate that only 27,000 people were exiled. Most of the population was not exiled and assimilated into Judah when Judah reconquered the land of the Northern Kingdom during the reign of Josiah. Many of the rest became the Samaritans. Most Samaritans were killed over the succeeding centuries by the Jews, Romans, Byzantines and Arabs. Most of the remainder assimilated, and are one of bases for today's Palestinian population. A small number (about 600) still exist.
The 27,000 exiles from the Northern Kingdom form the basis for the Jewish communities in northern Iran, Kurdistan and Bukhara (central Asia), all of whom have traditions of being from so-called "lost tribes." Some of the rest intermingled with the Babylonian diaspora, and others just assimilated.