Neo-Nazi Craig Cobb: Test Shows Cobb is Part African on Live TV

Neo-Nazi Craig Cobb, who is trying to set up an all-White town in Leith, North Dakota--much to the chagrin of its residents--discovered that he has black ancestry after he was tested on the Trisha Goddard special, “Race in America,” set to air in a few days.
Neo-Nazi Craig Cobb: Test Shows Cobb is Part African on Live TV
In this Aug. 26, 2013 file photo white supremacist Craig Cobb sits on a picnic bench in Leith, N.D., where he wants to establish a white enclave. The Leith City Council has approved an ordinance that will require Cobb to install running water and sewer service in his home. Cobb says he'll do it, but the town's leaders are illegally targeting him and he's pursuing a civil rights complaint with the state. AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File
Jack Phillips
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Neo-Nazi Craig Cobb, who is trying to set up an all-White town in Leith, North Dakota--much to the chagrin of its residents--discovered that he has black ancestry after he was tested on the Trisha Goddard special, “Race in America,” set to air in a few days.

Cobb, who is a self-proclaimed white supremacist and neo-Nazi, has been trying to create a “white enclave” in Leith by buying up property despite locals protesting the move.

On Goddard’s show, it was revealed he is 14 percent Sub-Saharan African and 86 percent European. “Sweetheart, you have a little black in you,” she said to him as the audience laughed wildly, according to the Daily Mail.

“So there you go, bro,” she continued and then tried to fist-bump him. Cobb didn’t return the bump back, while looking incredulously around the whole time.

Cobb rejected the test results showing he is part African, blaming it on “statistical noise.”

“I agreed to the test because I assumed it was science.‘ Instead, he said, it was a scientifically bankrupt procedure, the product of ’craven and debased executives,‘ whose ’goal is to shock,” he told the Daily Mail in an interview.

He added that the test was “short science” that was used “by a sensationalist television show to promote multiculturalism.”

According to the Village Voice, Cobb also claimed the test was inaccurate.

“That company, AncestrybyDNA, they test for 176 markers out of, depending on how you count them, between 682,000 and 3 million [possible markers],” he was quoted as saying. “And the company went down before as DNAPrint, in part because of extremely bad reviews all over the Internet,” he added.

Cobb added that he wants to retake a DNA test.

“I’m very anxious to. I’m probably going to get one overnighted to me. I’m going to use the National Geographic test. I’m going to use Ancestry DNA, which is the one this shlock company, AncestrybyDNA, piggybacks on. They literally copied the packaging,” he said.

Last month, leaders in Leith approved a moratorium on new construction to prevent Cobb’s apparent attempts to overtake the community, according to The Associated Press.

Watch the video of Cobb’s reaction here. 

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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