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Birth Name: Taylor Alison Swift
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Birth: December 13, 1989
Race or Ethnicity: German, English, Scottish, Welsh, French, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Swedish
Her dad has an ancestor called Mary J Gwynn, born in N. Carolina, to Irish-born parents Francis Gwynn and Susan Davis. Swift has an ancestor named Charles G. Baldi who was born in Italy in 1860. Another ancestor named Nicolas Knapp was born in England in 1592. She has other ancestors that trace their roots back to England in the 1500s. Through one of her father’s ancestors, Charles Douglass, there is a very very distant ancestor called Olof Thorsson, born in Offerdal, Jamtland, Sweden. Married to an ‘Elice’ also from Sweden.
Taylor’s mother’s mother, Marjorie Moehlenkamp, born Oct. 5th 1928 was of German ancestry. Swift also has a French ancestor named Lewis de Reynaud who was born in the 1600s and a Dutch-American ancestor named Ariantje Emans who was born in 1733.
Source:
- http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p384.htm
- Lewis de Reynaud
- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/23763513/family?cfpid=1424918447
- http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1722.htm#i86100
- Catherine Swick
- http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p174.htm
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Jen, I find House of Names a little inaccurate at times. But i think it can sometimes be a good reference.
Paul, lol thanks for trying to get through to her. I wonder if she even knows?
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I tried asking her on Twitter about her heritage, (and I added that she was so awesome!) But she didn’t reply… =’(
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Yeah..i was pretty surprised it was German…! It didn’t look it, so I wonder if hosueofnames has made a mistake ;)
Thanks for the info, Taylor has a cool mix! I did find French in her, like you said…
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Jen and Vacha thanks for the info.
Vacha is right on the Reno name being French. It was derived in the 1600s from Lewis de Reynaud who was of French descent.
http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p357.htm#i17827
makes you wonder if Taylor has ever done any research on her own ancestry
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Hey ethnic, I think she is Irish, English, French, Italian, and Scottish. My reason is because the last name Swift is Irish, The last name Thompson is English, The last name Reno is French, The last name Baldi is Italian, and Finlay is Scottish. So I think you should edit that I think that’s pretty reasonable.
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Oh and another thing, her ancestor(reno) wasn’t born in Germany.
http://houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=reno
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http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p2.htm#i69
Her name is Josephine Reno, the surname Reno is German according to houseofnames :)
Taylor also has scottish in her by the way ;-)
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Jen, couldnt find the German ancestor. what was the name and dob?
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dude your related to famous people!
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Haha, my great-grandmother is a Duff. =)
And her Italian surname is common in Northern Italy, so any “She doesn’t look Italian lol she’s blonde xD” Are kind of pointless. :P
But she does have an awesome heritage!
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