Taylor Swift is possibly related to the 19th century poet Emily Dickinson.
Swift, 34, and Dickinson share a relative from the 17th century.
“Swift and Dickinson are descended 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),” Ancestry.com told “TODAY.”
“Taylor Swift's ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her side of the family finally settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they intermarried into the Swift family line.”
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Taylor Swift and Emily Dickinson are distant cousins, according to Ancestry.com. (Getty Images)
Swift once mentioned Emily Dickinson while explaining the different compositional categories she believes her letters fall into: Quill lettering, fountain pen lettering, and Glitter Gel Pen lettering.
“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 “Midnights” singer said while accepting the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade award. from the Nashville International Songwriters Association in 2022.
A representative for Swift did not respond to Fox News Digital's immediate request for comment on her possible parentage.
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Taylor Swift began her international leg of “The Eras Tour” in February. (Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
Swift's ninth studio album, “Evermore,” also apparently includes references to Dickinson.
The album was announced on December 10, 2020, Dickinson's birthday.
The title is also similar to a word used in Dickinson's poem, “A Sister I Have in Our House.” The poet used the word “forever.”
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Taylor Swift released “Evermore” and sister album “Folklore” in 2020. (Buddha Mendes)
Swift surprised fans with an earlier streaming release date for her “Eras Tour” concert film. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” became available for streaming beginning February 14 at 9 pm ET.
The film opened in theaters on October 13 and grossed $92.8 million in its opening weekend.
It's easily the biggest opening of all time for a concert film and, without accounting for inflation, surpassed the $73 million that “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” earned in 2011. In today's dollars, that would be about of 102 million dollars.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
