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The real African Jews believed to be a lost tribe are still in Africa

Do you mean the Ethiopian Jews? They were flown out of that country by the Israeli government (it was a difficult operation because surrounding countries are very hostile to Israel) and brought to live in Israel. They do face some racism, but their lives are much better than in Ethiopia.

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I can't remember exactly. When were they flown out? I've seen one television documentary on them and read a couple of articles, one in National Geographic. I think one of the articles was on the group in Ethiopia. The ones in the National Geographic article are high priests who have guarded something very sacred for thousands of years, supposedly the Ark of the Covenant.

I think the lineage is supposed to come from an alleged son of King Solomon with the Queen of Sheba.

The TV show said another group, not in Ethiopia, has always claimed to be part of the lost tribe but that claim has never been proven. Some scientists went in and took DNA samples from them and compared them to Jewish rabbis in Israel. They had the same markers so it was proven in their case.