In researching this question I came across some very interesting information concerning Anglo-Israelism & British Israelism.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/anglo_is.htm
Anglo-Israelism & British Israelism: “The principal belief of Anglo/British Israelism is that the British (and by extension Americans, Canadians, Australians, and others) are the spiritual and literal descendants of the ancient Israelites.”
British Israel writers developed the belief that these "ten tribes" were able to retain their identity and cohesiveness, became lost to history, and wandered far even to the British Isles. In my opinion, things get rather convoluted with the stone (Stone of Scone) used in the coronation of King David being transported to the British Isles and being used for the coronation of British queens and kings. The Anglo-Israelism belief was mostly discounted in the early 20th century, however, John Allen’s book “Judah's Scepter and Joseph's Birthright" spread the concept through the Adventist and other churches. I suspect that Mr. Allen’s book was used as more fuel to the fire of the heresy of Replacement Theology.
Several weeks ago I had a discussion with a Mormon concerning the DNA studies that disproved any linkage of a lost tribe of Israel and the Native American Indian. I recall that he mentioned something about Joseph and the migration to England. Perhaps he was referring to Mr. Allen’s book.
“The History of the Ten ‘Lost” tribes Ango-Israelis Examined” by David Baron, provides many relevant scriptures including the two cited below.
http://reluctant-messenger.com/judahs_sceptre_josephs_birthright.htm
2 Chronicle 11:16, “And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.” So representatives from the Northern Kingdom tribes relocated to the Southern Kingdom to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
This is reinforced by 2 Chronicle 15:9-15 details that numbers of the religious and more spiritual of the Ten Tribes joined forces "Judah."
The Abrahamic Covenant that God unilaterally made with Abraham is an unconditional covenant. Relevant Scriptures include:
Genesis 28:15, “And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”
Ezekiel 39:28, “Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.”
If any of the twelve tribes of Israel were to be lost it would likely have been the tribe of Benjamin. In the Book of Judges the tribe of Benjamin is nearly wiped out in what to me is a very strange series of events. Judges 19; a Levite and his concubine stopped for the night in an area belonging to Benjamin. The men of Benjamin demanded "...Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him." Instead the Levite gave his concubine to the men of Benjamin. In the morning the concubine was dead so the Levite cut her into 12 pieces, "and sent her into all the coasts of Israel."
As a result "the children of Israel" killed all but a few hundred Benjamins. "The children of Israel" asked God Judges 21:3, "And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?" Wives were found for the remaining Benjamins so they could continue, the result, no lost tribe. Great men such as the Apostle Paul and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are from the tribe of Benjamin.
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