Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson aren’t just acclaimed writers. They’re distant relatives
It seems Taylor Swift’s knack for writing runs blood deep — all the way back to poet Emily Dickinson. The “Karma” singer and the “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” author are distant relatives, specifically “6th cousins, three times removed.” Genealogical site Ancestry.com revealed on Monday that the two writers descend from “a 17th century English immigrant” who settled in Windsor, ...
by Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times
Mar 04, 2024
2 minutes
It seems Taylor Swift’s knack for writing runs blood deep — all the way back to poet Emily Dickinson.
The “Karma” singer and the “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” author are distant relatives, specifically “6th cousins, three times removed.” Genealogical site Ancestry.com revealed on Monday that
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