There is also the Tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh (of the House of Joseph) were descendants of a son of Joseph (son of Jacob and Rachel). The Jews in Mizoram in northeast India, more correctly Mizo Jews claim to descend from Manasseh. Reading further into this matter will take you into an interesting smorgasbord of words ---- raging from enclaves to exclaves, eponyms, aetiology, all manners of metaphors, including therapeutic metaphors.
Interesting read Jews Lost and found, in India<http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/india/entry/jews_lost_and_found_in> (from The Jerusalem Post). I believe many of them are now in Israel. venantius j pinto From: Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> > To: goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] Jewish Surname > (del) > It is possible some rich Jews with immovable properties > with Manases as > surnames could have converted to Christianity and become Menezes one of > whom > came to > Goa as a Christian missionary and bequeathed his surname to hundreds of > Hindu converts.