 "Is Taylor Swift related to iconic American poet Emily Dickinson? Here's how creativity flows in the family")
The multi-talented singer, performer and songwriter, Taylor Swift, who is creating history with her Eras Tour, enjoys a global fan following for her amazing lyrics and impeccable voice. And now, it seems there is a legendary reason behind the creativity of the global star as she is related to the iconic American poet Emily Dickinson.
According to genealogy company, Ancestry.com, “Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th-century English immigrant (Swift’s ninth great-grandfather and Dickinson’s sixth great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut)”.
Apparently, Taylor Swift’s ancestors “remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in north-western Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line”. So, according to this, Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins.
Emily Dickinson
The iconic American poet was born in 1930 and hailed from Amherst, Massachusetts. Regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry, Emily garnered popularity posthumously as she lived a reclusive life in a family and used to publish her pieces anonymously. In her lifetime she wrote nearly 1800 poems and passed away in 1886.
Interestingly, Taylor Swift has taken Emily’s name several times during her speeches. While accepting the Songwriter Artist of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2022, she said, “If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the quill genre.”
“The remarkable connection between Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson is just one example of the incredible things you can discover when you explore your past. Even if we don’t know it, our pasts can influence our present – and how fun to see all the uncanny similarities between the pair,” Jennifer Utley, Ancestry’s director of research, said.
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