Early life and family Hanks was born in Concord, California, on July 9, 1956, to hospital worker Janet Marylyn () and itinerant cook Amos "Bud"Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 1999 Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". His father had English ancestry,BBC program: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, January 2008 and through his line, Hanks is a distant cousin of President Abraham Lincoln and children's host Fred Rogers (whom many years later he would portray in a film role). His parents divorced in 1960.
Early life and family Hanks was born in Concord California, on July 9, 1956, to, hospital worker Janet Marylyn () and itinerant cook Amos "Bud"Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, 1999 Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". His father had English ancestry,BBC program: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, January 2008 and through his line, Hanks is a distant cousin of President Abraham Lincoln and children's host Fred Rogers (whom many years later he would portray in a film role). His parents divorced in 1960.