Lost tribes

"The Jews were dispersed throughout the world in 721 B.C. and now genetic testing is being used to check people's links with the legendary Lost Tribes of Israel. Geneticist Steve Jones explains how genes can be used to work out patterns of kinship and human history."
"Prof. Steve Jones (University College, London) looks at the ways in which society makes use of advances in genetic science. Part 1: Lost Tribes - the use of genetics in tracing the lost tribes of Israel."
"Steve Jones travels from Israel's Plains of Armageddon to Africa's Great Zimbabwe to solve the age-old riddle of what happened to the fabled lost tribes of Israel."@en
"Steve Jones travels from Israel's Plains of Armageddon to Africa's Great Zimbabwe to solve the age-old riddle of what happened to the fabled lost tribes of Israel. Genealogists use DNA to trace the connection between a Samaritan tribe and non-indigenous Jewish groups, and to trace the ancestry of Mormons, who claim to be descended from a lost tribe. In Africa, a tribe shows anthropological evidence that its members are descendants of Abraham. 650."@en