In 1967, Gere graduated from North Syracuse Central High School, where he excelled at gymnastics and music, playing the trumpet. Both of his parents were Mayflower descendants Gere's ancestors include Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, Francis Cooke and William Brewster. His paternal great-grandfather had changed the spelling of the surname from "Geer". Gere is their eldest son and second child. His father, Homer George Gere (born 1922), was an insurance agent for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and had originally intended to become a minister. His mother, Doris Ann ( née Tiffany, born 1924), was a housewife. Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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