Here we go again. Seems like every six months or so someone post a something trying to link Hmong people to the bible to further establish their faith. Now that all the speculation is done, I'll present some current information from people with PhD's in various fields of studies who, for some reason or another, seems fascinated with Hmong people.
First, a little Wikipedia about the jew harp. (disclaimer: Wikipedia is not a reliable source for academic research, but this is not an academic paper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew%27s_harpThis instrument is considered to be one of the oldest musical instruments in the world;[1] a musician apparently playing it can be seen in a Chinese drawing from the 4th century BC. [2] Despite its common English name, and the sometimes used Jew's trump, it has no particular connection with Jews or Judaism. This instrument is native to Asia and used in all tribes of Turkic peoples in Asia, among whom it is variously referred to as a temir komuz (literally, iron komuz), agiz komuzu (literally, mouth komuz), gubuz or doromb.
Now a little bit about tracing DNA.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024282Summery of this article: Modern East Asians have DNA marker is 03. Three main group share this marker. Hmong (03a3b), Han, and Tibetan (03a3c). This suggest they share a common origin. (Sorry, bubble burst. Hmong are not Southeast Asians or Northeast Asians (Koreans))
Inverview with Ayouduo from youtube account niam txiv . He has some interesting videos. Look him up.
"Archeologists and historians have suggested that the proto-H-M might be linked with the Neolithic culture in the Middle Reach of the Yangtze River in southern China (Fei 1999), including the Daxi Culture (5,300–6,400 YBP) and the Qujialing Culture (4,600–5,000 YBP). Haplogroup B5a, which is very homogeneous and shows a star-like phylogeny, accounts for 11% of H-M mtDNAs and exists in most of the H-M populations. The estimated age of B5a in H-M is 6,000 ± 2, 000 YBP. Another lineage, the motif 16129–16189–16217–16261, is strongly H-M–specific and is present in 8 of the 17 H-M populations. The estimated age of this lineage is 3,560 ± 2, 050 YBP. Furthermore, 23 D4 mtDNAs from 10 H-M populations share the same motif ,19092–16223–16362, which is very rare in other populations. Coalescence time of the D4 mtDNAs with this motif is estimated at 4,000 ± 2, 000 YBP. All these estimations are well in line with the age of the two aforementioned cultures excavated in southern China. The study of ancient DNA from the Daxi Culture and Qujialing Culture would be of great importance to verify the possible affiliations of H-M and these Neolithic cultures" (Bo Wen et al, 2004)
"A high frequency of O3d was only found in Daxi Culture. O3d is very rare in modern populations; Hmong-Mien populations have been found to contain a small proportion of O3d (Feng 2007). Among those Hmong-Mien populations, She and Bunu were found to have the highest frequency of O3d (Su et al. 1999). Since O3d occurs at low frequency in the Hmong-Mien, the ancient people of Daxi Culture might be the ancestors of the modern populations of Hmong-Mien. The absence of O3d in the historical examples from the Daxi site (it might not have been found because of the small sample size), and the migration of modern Hmong-Mien populations to the southwest might
indicate that the prehistoric population in the Three Gorges area has been replaced." (Hui Li et al, 2007)
A little history of the Hmong time in Laos. Older article but very accurate.
http://www.akha.org/content/drugwar/mccoy/23.htmCreation to the Flood
Creation: 4000 B.C. (we don't know how long Adam and Eve lived in the Garden before their exile.)
Adam: 4000 B.C. – 3070 B.C. (Genesis 2:7; 5:5)
Methuselah: 3350 B.C. – 2350 B.C. (Genesis 5:21; 5:27)
Noah: 2950 B.C. – 2000 B.C. (Genesis 5:29; 9:29)
Flood: 2350 B.C. (Genesis 6-9)
Read more:
http://www.compellingtruth.org/Old-Testament-timeline.html#ixzz2zeqy4MZqDaxi Culture (5,300–6,400 YBP)
Daxi predates the old testament by approximately 2400 years. This means that something had already created the Hmong 2400 before God created Adam and Eve, therefore, Hmong can't be Jews.