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Taylor Swift

Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter


Who is Taylor Swift?

Taylor Swift is an American country music singer and song-writer born on December 13, 1989, in Pennsylvania. She is said to be the youngest song-writer ever hired by the Sony/ATV publishing house and in 2008 she received a Best New Artist nomination at the Grammy Awards for her first album. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift's second album Fearless won the Album of the Year award making her the youngest ever to receive that award. The album was also the first in history to receive the American Music Award, Academy of Country Music Award, Country Music Association Award, and Grammy Award for Album of the Year in the same year. She has also added acting to her resume with appearances in both movies and television episodes.

Famous Kin

Taylor Swift has a number of famous kin. One of the more interesting is fellow singer Bing Crosby. Bing is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century with over a half a billion records in circulation. Taylor Swift is also a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren and has a number of presidential kin including Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt. She has connections to the Old West through her kinship to Wild Bill Hickok and Laura Ingalls-Wilder.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Taylor Swift

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Jonathan Shaw

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Maj. Gen. George Owen Squier

Inventor of Muzak

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Allison Janney

TV, Movie and Stage Actress

10th cousin
via Mark Snow

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Nicholas Snow

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Charles K. Williams

20th Governor of Vermont

4th cousin 7 times removed
via George Watson

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Horatio Collins King

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Jonathan Shaw

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Horatio Collins King

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

9th cousin
via Thomas Tupper

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Roger B. Chaffee

Apollo 1 Astronaut

8th cousin 1 time removed
via John Kingsley

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Horatio Collins King

Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Stephen Hopkins

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Samuel Mayo

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Burgess

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Walter F. Lansil

American Painter

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Nicholas Snow

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Walter F. Lansil

American Painter

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Gov. Thomas Prence

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Walter F. Lansil

American Painter

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Jonathan Shaw

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Walter F. Lansil

American Painter

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Samuel Mayo

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Matthew Modine

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Andrew Warner

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Hoyt Vandenberg

2nd Director Central Intelligence

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Jonathan Shaw

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Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

10th cousin
via Richard Warren

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Hoyt Vandenberg

2nd Director Central Intelligence

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Nicholas Snow

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Orson Bean

TV Actor

9th cousin 2 times removed
via William Sabin

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William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Peter Worden Jr.

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Stephen King

Author of The Stand

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Frank W. Woolworth

Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company

9th cousin 3 times removed
via John Warner

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Taylor Swift photo by Eva Rinaldi (CC BY-SA 2.0)