Tom Hanks' daughter grew up under her mother's roof. She just shared a tragic truth about her childhood.

Tom Hanks was just 21 years old when he became a father.

The actor shares two children, Colin and Elizabeth, with his late ex-wife Samantha Lewes, and two other children, Chet and Truman, with his current wife Rita Wilson.

In a November 2019 interview with the New York Times, Hanks said his children with his first wife grew up with a different version of ‘dad’ than his two younger children.

“My son Colin was born when I was very young. As well as my daughter, but that means we have this gestalt understanding because they remember when their dad was just a guy trying to, you know, make the rent. My other kids, they were born after I had established a beachhead in every way. And so their lives were just different.”

Parenting is not easy, he said. But his love for his children knows no bounds: “The only thing really, I think, eventually a parent can do is say I love you, there’s nothing you can do wrong, you cannot hurt my feelings, I hope you will forgive me on occasion, and what do you need me to do? You offer up that to them. I will do anything I can possibly do in order to keep you safe.”

But according to Elizabeth, who is known as E. A. Hanks professionally as a writer and actor, her childhood was not as safe as her father would have hoped for her.

In her new memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, Elizabeth has accused her late mother, Samantha, of abuse following her divorce from Tom.

"My dad came to pick us up from school and we're not there," Elizabeth wrote in an extract published by People. "And it turns out we haven't been there for two weeks, and he has to track us down."

The Hanks Family. Image: Getty.

"Eventually a divorce agreement was settled, and I would visit my dad and stepmother (and soon enough my younger half brothers) on the weekends and during summers," she added, "but from 5 to 14, years filled with confusion, violence, deprivation, and love, I was a Sacramento girl."

Elizabeth wrote of the tumultuous home she shared with her mother in Sacramento and even referenced a case of physical violence during her time there.

"As the years went on, the backyard became so full of dog s**t that you couldn't walk around it," she added.

"The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not, and my mother spent more and more time in her big four-poster bed, poring over the Bible. One night, her emotional violence became physical violence."

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Elizabeth spent the first half of her childhood living with her mother, until a change in her custody arrangement occurred midway through seventh grade. The new agreement flipped her living situation, allowing her to relocate to Los Angeles permanently while maintaining regular visits to Sacramento during weekends and school holidays throughout the summer months.

As a child, Elizabeth appeared in movies alongside her father. In Forrest Gump, she played a girl who didn't allow young Forrest to sit next to her. Later, she also appeared in That Thing You Do! and Anchorage.

Hanks also has three sons: Colin, who is Elizabeth's brother, as well as Chet and Truman Hanks.

Here's everything we know about his sons and their lives.

Colin Hanks.

The eldest of the Hanks children, Colin, 47, was born to Tom and Samantha Lewes when Tom was 21 years old.

Colin has followed in his father’s acting footsteps, appearing in films including Orange County, King Kong and the Jumanji series, plus TV shows like The Good Guys, and Roswell.

Samantha Bryant and Colin Hanks. Image: Getty.

He has been nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his role in TV series Fargo.

Colin dated Busy Phillips in college and the pair are still close friends, holidaying together with their respective families.

In 2010, he married former New York publicist Samantha Bryant, and they share two daughters: Olivia Jane Hanks, and Charlotte Bryant Hanks.

Plus, he owns a handkerchief company with the best name possible: Hanks Kerchiefs.

Chet Hanks.

Chet is Tom and Rita Wilson's first child together.

The 34-year-old has been sober for several years, after struggling with addiction.

Truman, Elizabeth, Chet, daughter Michaiah and their parents at Rita's Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling. Image: Getty.

In 2018, Chet told Entertainment Tonight about how the impending arrival of his daughter Michaiah, who was born in April 2016, was the wake-up call he needed to take sobriety seriously.

"It was the prospect of having a kid, and I knew that in nine months there's gonna be a baby here," Hanks said.

"That gave me the motivation to be like, 'OK, I've had my time now, and I need to move on... For me, it took something drastic happening, like becoming a father, for me to make the change."

He said his famous parents "couldn't be more supportive".

"Every step of the way… They've always been there for me and I'm really lucky."

Chet is a rapper and like this father, an actor too. He has appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shameless, and most recently, Running Point on Netflix.

He also worked alongside his father in World War II film Greyhound.

Earlier in 2021, Chet was blasted online for sharing an Instagram video about "white boy summer".

"I just got this feeling man, that this summer is about to be a white boy summer, take it how you want," he began the video.

"I'm not talking about [Donald] Trump, Nascar-type white boy summer. I'm talking about me, John B, Jack Harlow type white boy summer," he added, referencing a character from the Netflix show Outer Banks, and a popular DJ. "Let me know if you guys can vibe with that, and get ready, because I am."

He also captioned the video, "Is it 'bout to be a #WhiteboySummer or am I trippin ???? Tag a REAL vanilla king #Respectfully."

Of course, the people of Twitter were quick to respond.

It's not the first time Chet has caused a stir on social media.

In March last year, he shut down rumours on Instagram that he's part of the Illuminati after getting an eye tattooed on his chest.

"I got this f**king tattoo because I'm extremely spiritual," he explained at the time.

"You mother f**kers are going to believe what you want 'cause you're already so f**king committed to your weird Internet conspiracies."

Truman Hanks.

Truman, 29, is the baby of the Hanks family, and seems to prefer his time behind the camera rather than in front of it.

Image: Getty.

He was a production assistant on 2019's Charlie's Angels and 2018's The Cloverfield Paradox, a cinematographer on 2019's short film The Ice Queen Society and a camera utility for 2020 drama News of the World.

According to his father, Truman also has a degree in mathematics from Stanford.

This article was originally published in 2021 and has since been updated with new information.

Feature Image: Getty.