NEW YORK (VINnews) — Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson ignited severe backlash during a February 20, 2026, interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee by suggesting widespread DNA testing for residents of Israel to verify biblical ancestry claims tied to land rights.
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In the podcast episode titled “Tucker Confronts Mike Huckabee on America’s Toxic Relationship With Israel,” Carlson proposed genetic screening as a means to determine “who Abram’s [Abraham’s] descendants are,” referencing promises in the Book of Genesis. “Why don’t we do genetic testing on everybody in the land and find out who Abram’s descendants are? … We’ve cracked the human genome. We can do that,” Carlson said.
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Then the DNA obsession.Carlson floats the idea that Jews in Israel should take DNA tests to prove they are “descendants of Abraham.”
He even questions whether today’s Jews are the same people described in the Bible.Huckabee responds:
“If they speak the same language,… pic.twitter.com/hfL4hvwlda— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) February 21, 2026
The remarks came amid a broader discussion on Jewish identity, historical claims to the land and comparisons to Palestinian ancestry. Carlson argued that some Palestinians may have deeper genetic roots in the region than certain Jewish immigrants from Europe, questioning the basis of Israel’s demographic policies if ancestry is invoked theologically.
Huckabee pushed back, expressing unease with basing rights on “blood” and stating, “I have no idea what that would prove… I’m comfortable with secular nation states where it’s none of this is done on the basis of blood. I’m uncomfortable with that.” He defended Jewish historical continuity through archaeology, scripture and faith, without supporting the testing idea.
Critics, including pro-Israel activist Laura Loomer, accused Carlson of promoting eugenics-like concepts and antisemitism, claiming the proposal amounts to forcing “every single Jew to take a DNA test.”
Loomer described Carlson as a “rabid Jew hater” in social media posts. Others linked the comments to Carlson’s past statements, such as a December 2025 interview where he noted restrictions on commercial DNA testing in Israel due to privacy and identity concerns, though such tests are regulated, not banned, in the country.
Carlson has not directly addressed the eugenics allegations but has faced broader scrutiny for the interview, which also included now debunked claims of brief detention at an Israeli airport, a detail Huckabee dismissed as routine security.
Carlson should be forced to take a test to see if his lineage traces back to the baboons.
This is just Nazi language in another form
Genetic testing has already been done on a mass scale to Jews, both in and outside Israel, and the consensus of modern genetic research is that Jews are primarily descended from residents of ancient Judea and their Israelite predecessors. Tucker could figure this out if he just typed in “Jewish genetic studies” into Google.
This imbecile, a poor excuse of anything sane, should get tested to determine human ancestry !!!
Tucker should be tested if he is descendent of Adolf Hitler.
Maybe Carlson should have his DNA tested to see if he’s related to any famous Nazis
maybe somebody should test him for dinosaur dna – after all the qatari petro-dollars he’s been feasting on…
I’m happy to take the test if Tucker pays for it. The Y-chromomosonal Aharonic Gene tested widely by Kohanim in Israel goes back to Elazar ben Aaron HaKohen (recall sample from kever in Giebea/Awarta in Shomron) – so WAS indeed genealogical proven.
Tucker, is nuts.
DNA has nothing to do with citizenship or land rights. Modern states are based on law and sovereignty, not biology. Introducing genetic testing would be scientifically meaningless, legally destructive, and incompatible with any democratic system.
He gets most of his clicks from Jews who get triggered.
Anyone who wants to be relevant just has to say something antisemitic and all the Jews will platform him.
On the same level, we should check his genealogy if he stems from Hitler
So only Jews should show DNA? Besides, we also have many converts .
Vile serpent
So has does that work?
Many of the sepharadim has been in the land of Israel for generations, especially the ones in the Arab countries surrounding EY.
Also, why does it depend on ancestry? How come the US can hold onto Texas? Wasn’t it part of Mexico?
Maybe Tucker needs to test his own lineage to see if he originates from the Native Americans before he can claim the USA as his home.
Let him first check US Citizens to see if they are Native American and kick him the heck out of the US.
Let’s take a poll Tucker vs. Josef Goebbels, Let’s say Tucker grew up in Germany and in the 1930’s he was in his 40’s and Hitler had a choice between Tucker and Goebbels for propaganda minister whom would he pick?
If thumbs up it’s Tucker thumbs down it’s Goebbels.
Me thinks it’s an easy pick but I can’t vote on my own poll.
Maybe Tucker should be tested to verify his ancestry of traveling circus clowns