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Fact or Fiction: Tom Hanks related to Mr. Rogers?

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Posted at 1:58 PM, Nov 21, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-21 16:58:26-05

(KGTV) - Has Ancestry.com determined that Tom Hanks and Fred Rogers are 6th cousins?

Yes!

They share the same great, great, great, great, great grandfather who immigrated from Germany to America in the 18th century.

Hanks plays Rogers in the movie "A beautiful day in the neighborhood."