Tom Hanks Family Tree

May 23, 2012 | Author admin

family tree question?

this just made me think, idk
fact: tom hanks is related to abraham lincoln, they are 4th cousins
since tom hanks just had a grand child, how would the grand child be related to lincoln?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/bio
says Tom Hanks is a third cousin 4 times removed. (3C4R) (See below). That means his
father = 3C3R
Grandfather = 3C2R
Great grandfather = 3C1R
GG Grandfather = 3rd cousin.

You subtract a removed for every generation.

Going the other way, you add one removed for every generation:
Mr. Hanks’ child = 3C5R
Grandchild = 3C6R

Below: (Copied from site cited)

He is a third cousin, four generations removed, of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Their common ancestor is John Hanks (1680 – 1740), who was the great-great-grandfather of Lincoln, and the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Tom Hanks. It is commonly (albeit incorrectly) reported that they are fourth cousins, four times removed, but Thomas Hanks (b. 1819) and Abraham Lincoln were both great-great-grandchildren of John Hanks, making them third cousins. Tom Hanks was Thomas Hanks’ great-great-grandson, making his relation to Abraham Lincolns four generations removed.

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