Taylor Swift is related to Emily Dickinson, genealogy company claims

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),” the genealogy company told Today.

Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts to a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. She spent her life living as a recluse in her family’s home and published her work anonymously when she was alive.