Hi Dominick,

Here may be another connection to the Van people. According to my Jewish friend Yair Dividiy (the link I provided to you earlier), the Israelite tribe of Zebulon also migrated into western Europe. These people are now known today as the Dutch who eventually settled in Holland, South Africa and New Zealand, and the U.S. The Deustch language is also very closely related to the Hebrew language according to Yair. If you notice in many Dutch names, the prefix "Van" is applied before their last names. In German it is "Von". This is pretty interesting, because, coincidentally, I live about 15 miles away of Holland, Michigan in the U.S. I'm surrounded by the Dutch and their "Van" names, Vanderlok, Vanoefflan, Vandercoek, Van Dam, etc. No other peoples in the world add this prefix to their names.

I strongly believe this cannot be a coincidence.

What do you think?

Kimberly