# Jewish Dispersal question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707 "2001-09-20T00:37:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707/1 "2001-09-20T00:37:16Z")

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We are studying Jewish history [I home school my son] and Billy asked me if there were any of the ‘tribes’ left. I said that I thought after the dispersal that there weren’t any, but that I would check.

So, experts, are there any of the twelve families left, if so, who are they? If the answer is ‘no’, then do you know when/and who the last families were?

Thanks ahead of time,

Judy

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707/2 "2001-09-20T01:21:47Z")

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[What’s up with the ten lost tribes of Israel?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtentribes.html)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707/3 "2001-09-20T01:37:18Z")

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Dex is pretty cool, but he ain’t the master.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707/4 "2001-09-20T01:46:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by bibliophage \*  
> \*\*Dex is pretty cool, but he ain’t the master. \*\*

He speaks for the master. He is Bodhisattva.

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**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dispersal-question/82707/5 "2001-09-20T03:50:38Z")

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Thanks, Lumpy. So much for trying the search engine first. I should have just put ‘tribes’, I’d have had better luck.