Taylor Swift is distantly related to famed 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson, per a Today Show report.
Genealogy company Ancestry did the research and concluded that Swift, 34, and Dickinson are sixth cousins three times removed. Dickinson died in 1886 at the age of 55.
“Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” a rep from Ancestry told the outlet.
“Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line,” the statement continued.
Swift’s upcoming album is called “The Tortured Poets Department.” She announced it would drop on April 19 after accepting the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in February. “All’s fair in love and poetry…” her Instagram caption at the time said.
“And so I enter into evidence / My tarnished coat of arms / My muses, acquired like bruises / My talismans and charms / The tick, tick, tick of love bombs / My veins of pitch black ink,” it said on an image of what appeared to be handwritten lyrics posted after the album cover.
Fans have been obsessed with the “Lavender Haze” composer’s lyrical prowess, which led to comparisons to famous poets, including Dickinson.
The Grammy Award-winner even referenced Dickinson herself in 2022 while accepting the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International. At the time, Swift 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.”
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Followers also noticed that Swift released her album “Evermore” on December 10, 2020, which is Dickinson’s birthday. They further connected some of the lyrics to the late poet, including noticing that the Dickinson poem “One Sister Have I in Our House” includes the word “evermore.”
Dickinson lived most of her life in isolation and wrote nearly 1,800 poems during that time. She achieved international fame only after her death when her younger sister found all the writings and had them published.