Taylor Swift
Birth Name: Taylor Alison Swift
Place of Birth: West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 13, 1989
Ethnicity: German, English, some Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and 1/16th Italian, as well as distant French, Swedish, Dutch, and Belgian Walloon
Taylor Swift is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for the songs “Love Story,” “You Belong with Me,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space,” “Bad Blood,” “Look What You Made Me Do,” “Cardigan,” “Willow,” “All Too Well,” “Anti-Hero,” and “Cruel Summer” (2023). She has appeared in the films Valentine’s Day, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, The Giver, Cats, and Amsterdam, and the documentary Miss Americana. She has recorded in the genres country, rock, electronic, synth-pop, indie folk, alternative rock, and chill-out. Taylor has sold over 200 million records worldwide, and has been the most-streamed female artist on Spotify. She advocates for artists’ and women’s rights. She has also been credited as Nils Sjöberg. She is 5′11″.
Taylor is the daughter of Andrea, a marketing executive, and Scott Swift, a stockbroker. Her brother is actor Austin Swift. She was raised partly in Wyomissing and Reading, Pennsylvania, the latter on a Christmas tree farm, and Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Taylor is descended from a number of German immigrants to the United States, in the 1800s and earlier. Some of her ancestral lines also trace back to Colonial America of the 1600s, and to English immigrants of that time period. Aside from other German and English lines, her ancestry includes Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, one sixteenth Italian, and distant roots in France, Sweden, The Netherlands, and Belgium, with Walloon ancestors.
Taylor’s Swift lines traces to a William Swift, who was born, c. 1593, and lived in Bermondsey, England.
Taylor’s paternal grandfather was Lt. Col. Archie Dean Swift, Jr. (the son of Archie Dean Swift and Bernice Maude Thompson). Taylor’s grandfather Archie was born in Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania. Taylor’s great-grandfather Archie was the son of Charles Julius/James Fox Swift and Josephine Reno; the Reno line originates with French ancestry. Bernice was the daughter of Willis Wilbur Thompson and Barbara Maria Jane “Jennie” Kingsley.
Taylor’s paternal grandmother was Rose Baldi Douglas (the daughter of Charles Gwynn Douglas and Louise Eurindine Baldi). Rose was born in Pennsylvania. Charles was the son of Charles Douglass/Douglas and Mary Gwynn. Louise was the daughter of Charles Carmine Antonio “C. C. A.” Baldi, an Italian man, born in Castelnuovo Cilento, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy, and of his wife, Louisa/Louise Eurindine Sobernheimer, who was born in Pennsylvania, to German parents, Frederick Sobernheimer and Catherine Louise Hammel. Thus, Taylor Swift is of 1/16th Italian ancestry. C. C. A. Baldi was a community leader, who organized a bank and owned a daily Italian-language newspaper, among other businesses.
Taylor’s maternal grandfather was Robert Bruce Finlay (the son of Lancelot George “Lance” Finlay and Eleanor A. “Ella” Mayer). Robert was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Lancelot was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, to a Scottish-born father, George Finlay, and to an Irish-born mother, Emma Lynch. Eleanor was born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua, New York, the daughter of German parents, Julius Mayer, from Bavaria, and Delia Gunther.
Taylor’s maternal grandmother was Marjorie Finlay (born Marjorie Moehlenkamp, the daughter of Elmer Henry Moehlenkamp/Molencamp and Cora Lee Morrow). Marjorie was born in Tennessee, and was an opera singer and television personality. Elmer was the son of Henry J. Moehlenkamp and Emma Bruns, who were of German descent. Cora was born in Arkansas, the daughter of Sanford Hewitt Morrow and Sallie Wells Faulkner.
“The Silence Breakers” won Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2017, women speaking out about sexual harassment/abuse. Taylor was one of six persons chosen to represent that title on the magazine’s cover, along with Isabel Pascual, Adama Iwu, Ashley Judd, Susan Fowler, and a woman who chose to remain anonymous. Taylor was, in a solo context, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2023.
Taylor is a first cousin, once removed, of Charles Douglas III, who was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire, from 1989 to 1991. She is also a great-great-niece of politicians Charles Baldi, Jr. and Joseph Baldi.
Sources: Genealogies of Taylor Swift – http://famouskin.com
http://familypedia.wikia.com
https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
http://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogies and obituaries of Taylor’s paternal grandparents, Lt. Col. Archie Dean Swift, Jr. and Rose Baldi Douglas – http://www.findagrave.com
Taylor’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Charles Carmine Antonio “C. C. A.” Baldi and Louisa/Louise Eurindine Sobernheimer, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Biography of Taylor’s Italian paternal great-great-grandfather, Charles Carmine Antonio “C. C. A.” Baldi – http://www.baldims.org
Obituary of Taylor’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Charles Carmine Antonio “C. C. A.” Baldi – http://www.pennsylvaniaburialcompany.com
OMG tehy couldnt find another picture she LOOKS HORRIBLE IN HERE!!!
i know i not liking it either,
Well I am glad she has some Italian blood which is what makes her civilized. The person who said she is biracial because she has some Italian in her is unbelievably ignorant since Italians are white I mean do I even have to say that what kind of an idiot doesn’t know that. It is too bad though that she also has some blonde Germanic barbarian traits.
she’s distant german & italian and mostly of English ancestory get it right
she looks to have black or jewish,her hair is very curly.
Don`t be silly she has small lips and no curves like all black women she is slim and skinny.You need to get with the demographics of this page its great i have a brand spanking new insight to life and race amazing.
whites have fucking all shapes of hair! straight, wavy, twisted and curly now go and educate yourself :)
why not just say she is white. or european we do not need all this stuff. Irish, british is not a race its is a nationality. smh
People from different parts of Europe look different whether you realize or not
ermm no I wouldn’t dream of calling myself european I’m from England therefore I’m English . so stop being lazy and ignorant.
I’ve heard that her grandfather was half chinese. And she DOES have asiatic look.
LMAO NO, JUST NO. She doesn’t look remotely Asian whatsoever. There are white people with eyes like her. She looks like a rat, don’t insult Asians like that. LMFAOOOOO.