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Tom Hanks is a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln — Honest Abe meets America’s Dad.

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Genealogical research has suggested Hanks is a distant cousin of Lincoln, often framed as a many-generations-removed link. Claims like this depend on family-tree reconstruction and can be sensitive to which historical records are accepted.

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