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It turns out that Taylor Swift’s upcoming album release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” might have a more personal meaning than usual. Genealogy company Ancestry discovered that the mega pop star is related to famous American poet Emily Dickinson. TODAY reported for the first time. They are sixth cousins, three times removed.
According to Ancestry, Swift and Dickinson are descendants of Jonathan Gillette, a 17th-century immigrant and early settler of Windsor, Connecticut. Gillette is Swift’s ninth great-grandfather and Dickinson’s sixth great-grandfather.
“Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her side of the family finally settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line,” Ancestry told TODAY.
Before the latest revelation, Swift referenced Dickinson several times while sharing and talking about her music. Swift released her ninth studio album, “Evermore,” on December 10, 2020, which is Dickinson’s birthday. Fans also drew parallels with Swift’s album title and Dickinson’s poem called “One Sister Have I in Our House,” which includes the word “forever.”
While discussing the cover of her eighth studio album, “Folklore,” Swift said Entertainment Weekly had an idea for “this little girl sleepwalking through the woods in her nightgown in 1830,” which is the year Dickinson was born.
In 2022, fast made reference to the 19th century poet while receiving the Composer-Artist of the Decade award from the International Association of Songwriters in Nashville: “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.” .