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The Welsh are not Jews nor are they middle eastern.....those supposed folks in the book of mormon were supposedly JEWS from the middle east.

Since WE HAVE ACTUAL PROOF that the Vikings were in North America and they were fair haired....most likely the folks mentioned in this article were likely to have been NORTHERN EUROPEANS or WELSHMEN. I have even read that St. Brendan, the Irish Saint, came to the NEW WORLD in the 5th or 6th century.

The Vikings were great explorers...even went to Constantinople in the 3rd or 4th centuries, I think.

No, it's not true. Early in America's history, immigrants saw themselves as the "new Israel." The Old Testament was taught and studied a lot more in their churches than it probably is today. The Book of Mormon comes out of that way of thinking. However, that is not to say that Jews did not come here early on. They were scattered and I personally believe that early peoples took to the seas a lot more often than we would believe possible today. There is a cave in KY which has Roman coins supposedly dated from the 2nd century AD believed to have been brought here by escaping Jews. I have not researched that to know whether or not further research supports that or has been "proven" to be a hoax. Freepers seem to be well-read on this subject and hopefully may enlighten me on the findings. I do believe that Madoc was here and Brendan may have been as well. And who knows who else?