Taylor Swift may be known as the American songstress, but her ancestry is actually full of surprises.
The 36-year-old pop superstar is not only connected to one of the greatest poets Emily Dickinson through their common lineage, but also has Italian roots.
While the 14-time Grammy winner has never publicly discussed her Italian origins, fans on social media gained access to her ancestry documents, which revealed that Swift’s great-great-grandfather migrated from Italy to Philadelphia.
The documents quickly began making the rounds on social media, and simply put by a fan, “it appears that at the age of 14, Taylor’s great-great-grandfather moved from a village in Cilento, Campania (same region as Naples, southern Italy) to Philadelphia and settled there. His last name was Baldi.”
Years and years later, Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and her family later moved to Tennessee to nurture her passion for music.
