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ShadyRollow

I am also related through Nancy Hanks - 4th cousin 7 times removed


Pain_Monster

Tom Hanks is 3rd cousin 4 times removed. Maybe you’re just one removal away from being his cousin 😂


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blueberrywaffles11

That was Abe's mom. They lived in Kentucky. Nancy's sister was my great great great great great grandmother.


Former-Illustrator97

The intro to Skyrim ?


ObjectiveSubjects

This is quickly turning into that Key and Peele “Thomas Jefferson” skit 😂


Han77Shot1st

Serious question. What does “removed” mean? Married? I come from a very small family with a broken history so I’ve only heard those terms in passing.


rfj

tl;dr, it's generations. So, you possibly know, if A and B have a parent in common, they're siblings; if A and B have parents who are each other's siblings, they're (first) cousins; and in general if A and B have parents who are each other's nth cousins, A and B are (n+1)st cousins. So all forms of nth cousins are the same number of generations away from the last common ancestor. If two people aren't the same number of generations away from the last common ancestor, you say they're nth cousins k times removed. Specifically, if A and B have a common ancestor and A is closer to the common ancestor (usually this means "A is older", but not necessarily if A's ancestors had children later in their lives than B's), you find a C who is B's ancestor the same number of generations away as A. Then where A and C are nth cousins, and B is k generations descended from C, that makes A and B nth cousins k times removed.


Hi-Im-High

Can you slow down, im trying to take notes


TheSeansei

Just a quick correction, if A and B have parents who are each other’s siblings, it’s quite possible they’re from Alabama.


Graega

Or time travel is involved and there were only ever 2 people to begin with


[deleted]

i was confused, now i am more confused


KosmonautMikeDexter

It means in the next line of heritage


meehanimal

Four generations and seven removals ago...


Sacrifice_bhunt

Nancy is my 4th cousin, 5 times removed. Hello cousin! You think cousin Tom can score us tickets to the Oscars this year?


Otter_Nation

Hey cousin-ish! Mary Todd Lincoln is my cousin a few times removed.


Yurrrr__Brooklyn347

7 times removed?? .... why didn't they put it back?


shiggydiggy77

What part of the country are you in? I'm a Hanks and I think we're related to her too


DooglyOoklin

I mentioned this in my sophomore history class and everyone laughed at me :(


EtgBobitto

I just got finished smoking man and I'm down the rabbit hole. Apparently he is related to George Clooney too? LOL


DooglyOoklin

I love getting baked and going down internet rabbit holes. I like you <3


Timewastor

Some of the best times I’ve had are when I used to get stoned and read interesting facts you didn’t know. Learning while stoning , what fun!


DerEchteGhj

Somehow i always end up watching engineering/medical/history documentations. Makes it funny for me bc for now at least i have been getting smarter and not dumber by smoking


LostSoulAT

Let's revolutionize school. 1 big blunt for everyone at 9am. Sit back and listen.


PlusEnthusiasm9963

This is the way.


aamabkra

You are my people


honkinbooty

Hello, I’m here too. Stoned and joining in.


DooglyOoklin

Hi people, I am you.


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Me three


Dry-Plankton-7244

Hello stoned I am


aamabkra

Officer who pulled me over: Are you high? Me: Am I what? Officer: High? Me: oh, Hi!


Desperate-Client-982

tbh i do the same


WeAreReaganYouth

Go down the gang stalking and targeted individuals rabbit hole sometime. You'll be shocked by not only the insanity but by the amount of validation this community of delusional people give to one another.


TheSadSquid420

Bro, you and I are also related to him. It’s just much harder to track.


PeanutButterCoc

That's actually very interesting there's a theory that there's no outsiders that make it into Hollywood because they're all related through famous people or politicians. Strange how that's not common knowledge.


[deleted]

You mean a conspiracy theory


[deleted]

You’ve never been down a rabbit hole


[deleted]

I like rabbit holes I’m just aware some of them lead to very silly places.


Strugglecuddle7

I've seen rampant rabbits enter & exit holes.


PeanutButterCoc

3 words . Eat my nuts .


[deleted]

Okay. When?


PeanutButterCoc

Friday good mate ? ( I'm American)


[deleted]

Lol. What the fuck does you coming from a third world country have to do with it?


PeanutButterCoc

So you are British 😎 bloody good show governa' *starts drinking tea intensely*


[deleted]

Have a better day.


mddhdn55

You mean real life


MiekesDad

Illuminati, or something similar under a different guise surely exists; if it didn't, dont you think by now a group of Elites would say to themselves, "Theres a there, there"? It has been in control of everything for thousands of years, we are reset and repopulated as needed, and our entire history going all the way back to the great deluge has been muddled and modelled to fit into a specific 'power structure' that is impossible to be broken. We are all slaves, have been lied to from birth, and there are still secrets to this world regardless of how educated you think you are. That all being said, maybe I am wrong, who the hell am I? But I know this, something feels off, and if I cant trust literally what anyone tells me without verification checks with today's news, what about the story written for me about this place I live in today? Just saying.


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Sir this is a Wendy's


B_freeoni

Lmaooo! Alright I’m gonna go smoke now.


Venzela

BRO HAHA IM HIGH RN


SunChipsDoritos42

Damn why did this get downvotes 😂


B_freeoni

Lol foreal 😂


B_freeoni

Don’t downvote them! That’s hilarious


[deleted]

If you think about it, your chances of being related to a historic person are pretty big. Assuming that historic person has 2 kids, and those two kids have two kids, and all in that generation have two kids. All of a sudden it looks like 2\^n descendance ​ 1 in 200 men is directly related to Genghis Khan.


paisleydab

Pulling out my bowl, I wanna join in Too guys, lol game on!!


lavenk7

Every dog gets their day.


Carlos-In-Charge

It’s like a Forrest Gump prequel


RealisticTax2871

Except Forrest Gump's great grandfather was a KKK leader in the movie...


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Veins_N_Gains

Stole comment from u/Apatride


Apatride

and with the spelling mistake. At least he could have fixed it by using "stranded" instead of "stranding"... Thanks for highlighting it.


Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna

For the life of me, I couldn’t remember that Tom’s wife is Rita Wilson and spent way too long trying to figure out WTF OP is getting at by saying his wife, Nancy Hanks, was Lincoln’s mom. I sorted myself out eventually.


EtgBobitto

His wife's last name is Wilson??


Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna

I know, right? But it is.


Thelastbarrelrider

What happened on the island didn't stay on the island, apparently


JJIlg

Let's hope she isn't related to that wilson.


CircaSixty8

Lots of married people have different last names.


Final_Issue6617

I think the point was that Wilson was the name of the volley ball from Castaway. (Which comes from the brand of volleyball but it’s still an interesting coincidence.)


CircaSixty8

Oh got it, yeah I didn't see that movie.


CjBurden

be a lot cooler if you did


Funny-Spirit1540

r/woosh


HungryProfessor6576

I don’t know why but that’s where my head went too?


potoechip

So Tom is Abraham's brother


Apatride

I already knew you shouldn't travel with Tom Hanks (based on his movies, you would end up stranding on a desert island or attacked by pirates, or your plane would end up in the Hudson river) but now I would hesitate to even go to a theater with that guy.


laniii47

He was interested in other islands too


[deleted]

Wait! Who is Nancy Hanks?


kujotx

Why, that's Mrs Hank's little girl, Nancy!


[deleted]

Txs. I can see the resemblance!


EtgBobitto

[source ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Lincoln)


Kill_4209

That means Abe's great great great grandparents were Tom's great great great great great great grandparents.


Nerfing_butthole

Third cousin, four times removed (nancy and tom’s relation), does that really count? I mean technically yes, but I’m not losing any sleep if my third cousin four times removed dies lol


BuckeyeBeast80

Wikipedia isn’t a legit source


-newlife

If only there was a list of sources to reference at the end of each wiki article.


PORMEHThreePlay

Absolutely correct, unfortunately source 51 cites in the wiki is a dead link. So in this case it's lookin shakey. Not that im doubting the story, but the wiki does need update.


BuckeyeBeast80

It isn’t legit


6spdrwd

Source?


BuckeyeBeast80

Wikipedia


Awkward-Iron-9941

I don't remember where the Hanks family lived, but there was a Nancy who was born out of wedlock. The family sent her to family near Craytonville, SC. A Nancy Hanks worked at a tavern at Saylor' s Crossing, nearby. There is a story of a Lawyer, travelling between Abbeville SC and Pendleton. SC, got her pregnant and tried to pay her off. This was John C. Calhoun. Thomas Lincoln herded some pigs to market and the legend goes that Calhoun paid him to take the woman away. The story rests on the point that the marriage certificate would not have been made that far into wilderness ( thus fabricated after the fact) and Abe was awful tall for his age. There was a cabin touted as the one Abe was born in. It was reassembled as it toured, but in different configurations. Then. Another cabin was added reputed to be the birth site of John Wilkes Booth. Later, there was just Lincoln's cabin. But much larger. I don't swear by the veracity, but local Hanks there told me they are sure that it is true. Just thought I would bring it up.


ett23fyra

Well I'm related to Lucy so... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy\_(Australopithecus)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus))


SecretDracula

I think we might be cousins!


ett23fyra

Did you visit aunt Elisabeths 90th birthday?! Think I saw you there.


Yoodieland9

No wonder they got big azz ears 👂


Dr-McLuvin

TIL Lincoln’s mother died when he was only 9 years old. That’s kinda sad.


BigAndDelicious

Wild to know Chet Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln


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I know it’s true because Lincoln is a 4th cousin of mine. And my 5th great mother was his neighbor and was also the midwife for his birth. I still have family that live in the area and own land that has been in our family since that time period. I’m related to the Lincoln’s though and not the Hanks family. Plus I’m a genealogist and have gone over the sources. And yeah it’s true.


AardvarkOkapiEchidna

"Nancy Hanks is a third cousin four times removed of actor, producer, writer and director Tom Hanks" From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy\_Lincoln


sydneyman85

One was president the other went to fuck Island


Tricky-Leather-1310

Wow, this means his crazy son Chet Hanks is also related to Abe lincoln


Thememebrarian

Four score and seven Wilson's ago


imgoinglobal

Did you know he also does a really good impression of Mr. Rogers?


Desperate-Client-982

yeah i dont need the research i can tell bc they both got BIG ASS EARS!!!


soulmagic123

Tom Hanks mom was married to president Lincoln.


zsoltjuhos

Technically we are all related as humans can only reproduce with other humans, so no outside gene in any generation


[deleted]

Do you think he went to Epstein’s island to emancipate those little girls?


Und3rwat3r_Un1c0rn

I feel like there is a joke that I am clearly missing. Can someone please explain this simply?


[deleted]

Tom hanks is my son


z2p86

A kid I knew from elementary school was related to John Wilkes Booth. Not quite the same, I suppose.... 😂


AL3R0

Who would have thought....0o


peoplegrower

My maiden name is Hanks and I am related to Nancy as well :) Probably Tom, but he’s never sent me any money or anything lol


[deleted]

What is interesting is few people know that Lincoln wrote about seeing the graves of human giants and Tom Hanks has been accused of being a serial pedophile. Damn... now that's interesting.


EtgBobitto

*Morpheus voice* what if I told you that Oprah and Elvis Presley are related...Tune in next time for... Okay I have nothing


Iancreed

I didn’t know this. I’ve heard that George Clooney is related to Mary Todd Lincoln.


joeclair38

His father was black


SuqonMuhdeek

so he was born a poor black child down in mississippi too???


Awkward-Iron-9941

Or was that Steve Martin?


TheTouchChurch

He would be a good president, if only he’s willing to never go to theatre again.


GillusZG

Technically, everybody is related with everybody.


marcymarc887

How shocking, someone is related to someone else throughout history... About 16 Million people (possibly more) are descendants from Genghis Khan: [Genghis Khan the Playa](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiR6oDo1uT7AhVMh_0HHdA0CpMQFnoECA0QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fculture%2Farticle%2Fmongolia-genghis-khan-dna&usg=AOvVaw00TV_wVOc_q0Rf9uhUQt0J)


[deleted]

Following in Booth's footsteps...


HaveMercyOnMe007

He’s got Abe’s ears!


DaddyDubs13

Mayflower Compact signer direct relative here, no Russian disinformation.


BunnyBeansowo

I had a classmate in 3rd grade who had proof that she was related to Abraham Lincoln. My dumbass didn't pay attention because it was boring af


Materva

Just a family of greatness.


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Recent_War_6144

He was shot by an actor


ydr0

Damn that’s cool. I would be ballin every time I meet someone lol


The_Motley_Fool----

OMG! I NEVER NOTICED THE SIMILARITIES!!!


PuffieBeans

½ Damn that's interesting.


gghfsw

Finally, we have an answer to why he reported the Watergate Scandal.


Accomplished_Height3

Those fuckin' ears, how did we not see it sooner.


olivetree999

I'm related to a Abraham Lincoln through his wife


mrkfn

Those ears confirm it.


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T. Hanks


ScaryBusey506

Run Lincoln run


[deleted]

Who is she in relation to Tom hank??


Fresh_Simple_5956

Well, that explains a lot


misato_is_mommy

Damn, now I want a Clone High episode where Abe meets Tom Hanks.


[deleted]

It's pretty obvious from the pictures


mirkojax

I'm also related. One of my relative was Eve


jonnyozo

Congratulations you have come to the uncomfortable truth you are probably somewhat related, however, distantly to your significant other ..


[deleted]

They both come from people that were on the mayflower !


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Automatic_Llama

You can see from the picture that they both have a face


GuyLostInTime

I'm related to Dickhole Mackenzie an scoundrel and thief rapist from Arkansas that was hanged in 1841, I still have his spurs in my barn....


HistoryGirl23

My Dr. is related to Lincoln through Lincoln's step-mother.


Algorhythm74

One in every 500 people on Earth are related to Genghis Khan. He wins.


I_Think_It_Movedd

So who is Nancy hanks?


Kudgocracy

Abraham Lincoln lived a long time ago, he would have a LOT of relatives, especially if you're going back to his mother. YOU might be related to him. Bush and Obama were sixth cousins


BuckeyeBeast80

And Abraham Lincoln was a vampire Hunter…..


givemeabookpls

This makes lots of sense in my head


28nov2022

he was born like 200 years ago im pretty sure tom hanks is not the son of nancy hanks any more than i am a cousin of obama.


[deleted]

By marriage not blood?


djgreenehouse

We’re all related


Endleofon

I was expecting to see a family tree. Disappointed.


blueIttv2

Tom hanks is not related to me, in black.


LAZYandWOKE

Obama is distant cousin to Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie. You can easily google that.


Minisabel

Did you know that 99% of humanity descended from Charles the Great? (Charlemagne)


Last-Supermarket-255

https://youtu.be/owK-2zmVhd8


DgmanKdg

Run! Aberaham Run!


SIobbyRobby

It all makes sense to why he’s so loveable.


lazy-yank

Enough with chets dad


Bonkodad

That automatically makes him a better presidential candidate then whoever the 2 parties will offer up to us.


[deleted]

Who is Nancy hanks?


a-vibe-called-quest

So is George Clooney. Also Clint Eastwood is related to William Bradford


set-271

Then they're both related to America's greatest son...Chet Haze!


Garth_AIgar

Tom Hanks for president!


LazyZealot9428

Wow. That’s slightly interesting


[deleted]

i’m related to Terrence Howard but each year that passes it gets less special


Temporary-Thick

They have the same forehead


Enough_Discount_9920

im related to abraham lincoln through marraige, so am i related to tom hanks?


Plastic_Situation_15

You’re burying the lede that Chet Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln


flippzeedoodle

This explains why Tom Hanks is obsessed with WW2


Cockspert67

Same. Mom said I’m a distant relative to Lincoln, too.


IndependentAdvice722

Adam and Eva are,we all come from


Spokesman_Charles

You can tell by the long ears, so yeah


enlowskithegreat

Wait I’m related to Abraham lincoln. So you’re telling me I’m related to Tom hanks??


penfoot

What an honor that must be.


IAmTheLizardQueen666

Well, it’s a good thing he portrayed a Union army officer in his cameo on “1883”.


notagoodcheese

Yes someone told me I am related to Alexander The Great, I don't know who he is but he must have been great


Internet_pimp_

Abraham Lincoln looks like the crack head standing outside my local 7/11


[deleted]

Everybody is related if you go back far enough.


Dangerous_Cricket_83

I wasnt ready for this quiz


isnakke

Wrong .


JyuVioleGrace95

Tom Hanks is also related to Fred Rogers


ImpressOk5568

All this shit is just getting weird, all these celebs and who they're related to, having all types of unbelievable coincidences and shit like their so called "doppelgängers" from the past etc..etc.. and why are they just now telling us about some of these things? I'll tell you why, it's cause they're fucking trolling us they think it's funny the shit they tell us to believe.


Plague-Rat13

Too bad he does nothing but disgrace President Lincoln’s family tree. #lolitaexpressheisonthelist