[Jackie07]

[**National Geographic Channel has a special program on the migration of genes** Sunday at 8 pm. (ET?) - See Harrie's note at the end of this posting.]

Dug up this thread because I had found out that I have a BRCA1 'variant with unknown significance'. After some digging and message exchanges with Harrie and Marcia, I thought I would post the following links on the board. Then I realized there's an existing thread already!

'Legend' has it that the 10 lost tribes went East and reached Asia - possibly then migrated to the Americas and evolved into North American Indians...

In tracing the source of my BRCA1 genes (even though just a 'variant'), I have encountered some interesting information. Back in high school when I was reading Chinese history about the 'Jin' religion, I never did realize (lost in translation!) it was referring to Judaism.
(The imprint off the monument recording the history of the religion in China had been preserved and was printed on our text book explained as 'Nestorianism' ('fire worshipper'in Chinese translation - [because of the 'menorah'?])which, according to the Encyclopedia, has something to do with the Jacobites.)

The two links below explain in detail about a Jewish community that existed in China since at least the 12th Century. My Mother's last name is 'Li' (or 'Lee') which is one of the seven Chinese surnames given to the Jewish merchants residing in China. My Father's family resided in an isolated region where the 'Chiang' minority reside. I found an article talking about how the 'Chiang' people practise their religous rituals in a very similar way to Judaism. Coincidentally, both of my grandfathers were travelling merchants (My Mother's father owned a department store in the Capital of Yun-nan Province and travelled often to purchase goods from other provinces. My Father's father was only staying home several months a year) They knew each other well and that's how my Father ended up staying at my Mother's house while he was attending high school during the Japanese invasion in WWII.

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Hi Marcia,

How are you?

Found this link

http://www.haruth.com/AsiaKaifeng.html

off the webpage

Judaism 101 http://www.jewfaq.org/ashkseph.htm

Thought I would share with you.

I know you are probably too busy to reply. And that will be OK.

Jackie07

Jackie, the National Geographic channel is doing a segment on the migration of genes. I heard the commercial on that. It is either Aug 30 or 31. should be interesting.
Harrie