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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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James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

12th cousin
via Robert Hicks

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Robert Hicks

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

10th cousin
via Richard Warren

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Styles Bridges

63rd Governor of New Hampshire

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Penn Jillette

Magician

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Penn Jillette

Magician

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Gov. Thomas Mayhew

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Jackson Browne

Singer and Songwriter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Bangs

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Jackson Browne

Singer and Songwriter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Nicholas Snow

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James B. A. Robertson

4th Governor of Oklahoma

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Fitch

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Dewey F. Bartlett

19th Governor of Oklahoma

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Nicholas Snow

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Jonathan Shaw

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Nicholas Snow

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Stephen Hopkins

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Adlai Stevenson III

U.S. Senator from Illinois

10th cousin
via Richard Warren

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Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

12th cousin
via Rev. John Mayo

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Jennifer Coolidge

TV and Movie Actress

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Eva Marie Saint

TV and Movie Actress

9th cousin 3 times removed
via William Collier

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Eva Marie Saint

TV and Movie Actress

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Jane Clark

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Roger Nash Baldwin

Co-Founder of the ACLU

9th cousin 3 times removed
via William Collier

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Roger Nash Baldwin

Co-Founder of the ACLU

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Jane Clark

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Roger Nash Baldwin

Co-Founder of the ACLU

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard

Medal of Honor Recipient
U. S. Civil War

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Warren

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