Yes I knew that an Ancestor of Tom Hanks was Abraham Lincoln the American President. I can trace my family tree to his successor U S Grant and other Presidents such as F D Roosevelt. I am a Canadian and my Grandfather was Joseph Henry Cherrington. He was Born in England and arrived in Canada shortly after the sinking of the Titanic where they threw Flowers into the Sea.
My Grandfather wrote a few Books of Poetry and was once called "Canada's Poet Laurier" by American edgar Guest both men being born in Birmingham England.
One of his Books "Portraits in Rhyme" were well recieved by the Queen Mother and Sir Winston Churchill as well as John F Kennedy that wrote to him with letters of appreciation.
I believe he died in Hamilton Ontario in 1985 and is burried in Whitelawn Cemetary