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TALK ABOUT GETTING
INTO CHARACTER!
ACTOR TOM HANKS
JUST FOUND OUT
SUNDAY THAT HE'S
RELATED TO FRED
ROGERS - THE MAN
WHO PLAYED MISTER
ROGERS ON THE
CHILDREN'S TV
SHOW.
ANCESTRY-DOT-COM
DISCOVERED THE
TWO ARE SIXTH
COUSINS.
HANKS IS PLAYING
MISTER ROGERS IN
THE UPCOMING FILM,
"A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD."
PREMIERING
NOVEMBER 22ND
HANKS SAYS HE
DIDN'T KNOW THEY
WERE RELATED
WHEN HE TOOK THE
ROLE.
THE ACTORS SHARE
A FIFTH GREAT
GRANDFATHER --
WHO IMMIGRATED
FROM GERMANY TO
AMERICA IN THE 18TH
CENTURY.
LIVE FROM YOUR
NEWS LEADER THIS IS
