Taylor Swift

LOS ANGELES – FEB 08: Taylor Swift arrives to the Grammy Awards 2015 on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA photo by DFree/bigstock.com

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.

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.

Swift in 2011, kathclick/bigstock.com

“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

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  1. wendyned says:

    FROM EUROPE

    I DON’T THINK ANYBODY EVER SAW A REAL ITALIANS, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR EVER BEEN TO ITALY OR EUROPE AT ALL

    THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SAY OR WANT TO BELIEVE THAT ITALIANS AREN’T WHITE ARE ENVY PEOPLE .

    WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT, 80 % OF WHAT EVERYBODY CALL “ITALIANS” AROUND THE WORLD ARE FROM SICILY AND OTHER SOUTHERN ITALIAN REGIONS. SICILY IS AN ISLAND LIKE HAWAII IN AMERICA THAT BECAME PART OF ITALY IN 1861. SICILIANS ANS SOUTHERN ITALIANS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM NORTHERS ITALIANS

    SINCE IN THE PAST THE MAJORITIE OF “ITALIANS” WERE COMING FROM THE SOUTH, THEY CREATED A BIG CONFUSION AROUND THE WORLD IN REGARD ITALIANS. AND NOW THAT INTERNET IS AVAILABLE ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL IN ITALY
    BUT SOME ENVY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET ADVANTAGE OF THIS OLD AND FAKE LEGEND ABOUT ITALIANS SINCE THEY KNOW THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE USE THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY OR ANYTHING IN REGARD OTHER COUNTRIES. SO THIS ENVY PEOPLE KNOW THAT ITALIANS ARE EVEN MORE WHITE THAN THEM BUT THEY TRY TO GET ADVANTAGE OF THE IGNORANCE OF MOST PEOPLE

    ITALY HAS 20 DIFFERENT REGIONS WITH 20 DIFFERENT CULTURE, DIALECTS, GENETIC, HISTORY

    NOW CHECK ON YOUTUBE OR YAHOO THIS NORTH ITALIAN PEOPLE

    FEDERICA FONTANA, ALESSIA MARCUZZI, PAOLA BARALE, ANTONELLA CLERICI, MADDALENA CORVAGLIA, ILARY BLASI, MARA VENIER, PAOLO BONOLIS, GABRIEL GARKO, BARBARA D’URSO, PATTY BRAVO, CARLA BRUNI, MONICA BELLUCCI, FLAVIA VENTO,

    NOW CHECK ON YOUTUBE THIS GERMAN, “JOACHIM LOW”

    NOW CHECK ON THE WEB “RACIAL REALITY WHITE AMERICAN GEOCITIES”

    CHECK ON THE WEB “RACIAL REALITY ITALIANS GEOCITIES”

    CHECK ON THE WEB “BEN FRANKLIN ON STUPID SWARTHY GERMANS”

    CHECK ON THE WEB “GERMANY REDISCOVER ITS ROMAN ROOTS

    CHECK ON THE WEB “ARE THE FINNS THE MONGOLIANS OF EUROPE”

    ANGELA MERKEL ISN’T BLONDE BUT SHE HAS A DARK HAIR AND SHE IS HALF POLISH
    HITLER WAS SHORT WITH BLACK HAIR

    CHUCK NORRIS CAMERON DIAZ, KIM BASINGER ARE ALL BLONDE BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY ALL HAVE A CHERONEE INDIAN ANCESTRY, SO THEY AREN’T PURE WHITE

    WHITE IS A COLOR OF THE SKIN NOT THE HAIR, YOU CAN CAN HAVE BLONDE BROWN BLUE HAIR AND RED BLUE BLACK EYES BUT IF YOU HAVE AN ANCESTRY NOT PART OF CAUCASIAN YOU AREN’T PURE WHITE

    ITALIANS ARE PART OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE. THE ROMAN EMPIRE RULED AND CONQUERED EUROPE FOR 1000 YEARS, UK AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND FRANCE SPAIN EVEYBODY WHERE PART OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

    ITALY IS PARTLY ALPINE AND PARTLY MEDITERRANEAN

    CHECK ON THE WEB THIS NORTHERN ITALIAN PLACES ”

    CHECK ON THE WEB “ITALIA – Spotlight On – The Alps in ItalY”

    CHECK ON THE WEB THIS NORTH ITALIAN CITIES “SOUTH TYROL, VALLE D’AOSTA, MILAN, COURMAYEUR, MONTE BIANCO, ITALIAN ALPS, DOLOMITE, SESTRIERE

    ITALIANS ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST EUROPEAN ANCESTRY IN AMERICA, ALL THIS PEOPLE BELOW HAVE AN ITALIAN ANCESTRY BY MOM, DAD OR BOTH ITALIAN PARENTS

    JOHN TRAVOLTA, LINDSAY LOHAN, LEONARDO DI CAPRIO, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, LADY GAGA, KYLE CUOCO, VIN DIESEL, ROBERT DE NIRO, AL PACINO, MADONNA, STALLONE, JOE PESCI, SUSAN SARANDON, PARIS HILTON, BRITNEY SPEARS, TAYLOR SWIFT, HAYDEN PANETTIERE, FRANK SINATRA,

    NOW ARE AMERICANS WHITE IF ITALIANS AREN’T WHITE? LOL

  2. I See How It Is says:

    Lulz at these jealous bitches hating.

  3. Mafia888 says:

    Taylor Swift is ugly. She looks like a rat. Italians look Latin. That Italian blood in her is weak. She looks too Nordic. Taylor is not hot at all.

    • wendyned says:

      YOU ARE WRONG . ITALIANS ARE NOT LATIN. LATIN IS A LANGUAGE NOT A RACE

      I AM ITALIAN FROM MILAN, I AM TALL AND MY SKIN IS EXTREMELY WHITE I BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I SAW MANY GERMANS FRENCH SPANISH AMERICANS JUST ENVY MY PALE SKI

      TAKE A TRIP IN NORTHERN ITALY. IT WILL BE FUNNY FOR YOU MEET REAL ITALIANS AND NOT SICILIANS AMERICANS LIKE YOU THAT PRETEND TO BE ITALIAN WHEN YOU AREN’T
      I DON’T THINK YOU EVER SAW A REAL ITALIANS, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR EVER BEEN TO ITALY OR EUROPE AT ALL

      THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SAY OR WANT TO BELIEVE THAT ITALIANS AREN’T WHITE ARE ENVY PEOPLE .

      WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT, 80 % OF WHAT EVERYBODY CALL “ITALIANS” AROUND THE WORLD ARE FROM SICILY AND OTHER SOUTHERN ITALIAN REGIONS. SICILY IS AN ISLAND LIKE HAWAII IN AMERICA THAT BECAME PART OF ITALY IN 1861. SICILIANS ANS SOUTHERN ITALIANS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM NORTHERS ITALIANS

      SINCE IN THE PAST THE MAJORITIE OF “ITALIANS” WERE COMING FROM THE SOUTH, THEY CREATED A BIG CONFUSION AROUND THE WORLD IN REGARD ITALIANS. AND NOW THAT INTERNET IS AVAILABLE ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL IN ITALY
      BUT SOME ENVY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET ADVANTAGE OF THIS OLD AND FAKE LEGEND ABOUT ITALIANS SINCE THEY KNOW THAT NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE USE THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCH HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY OR ANYTHING IN REGARD OTHER COUNTRIES. SO THIS ENVY PEOPLE KNOW THAT ITALIANS ARE EVEN MORE WHITE THAN THEM BUT THEY TRY TO GET ADVANTAGE OF THE IGNORANCE OF MOST PEOPLE

      ITALY HAS 20 DIFFERENT REGIONS WITH 20 DIFFERENT CULTURE, DIALECTS, GENETIC, HISTORY

      NOW CHECK ON YOUTUBE OR YAHOO THIS NORTH ITALIAN PEOPLE

      FEDERICA FONTANA, ALESSIA MARCUZZI, PAOLA BARALE, ANTONELLA CLERICI, MADDALENA CORVAGLIA, ILARY BLASI, MARA VENIER, PAOLO BONOLIS, GABRIEL GARKO, BARBARA D’URSO, PATTY BRAVO, CARLA BRUNI, MONICA BELLUCCI, FLAVIA VENTO,

      NOW CHECK ON YOUTUBE THIS GERMAN, “JOACHIM LOW”

      NOW CHECK ON THE WEB “RACIAL REALITY WHITE AMERICAN GEOCITIES”

      CHECK ON THE WEB “RACIAL REALITY ITALIANS GEOCITIES”

      CHECK ON THE WEB “BEN FRANKLIN ON STUPID SWARTHY GERMANS”

      CHECK ON THE WEB “GERMANY REDISCOVER ITS ROMAN ROOTS

      CHECK ON THE WEB “ARE THE FINNS THE MONGOLIANS OF EUROPE”

      ANGELA MERKEL ISN’T BLONDE BUT SHE HAS A DARK HAIR AND SHE IS HALF POLISH
      HITLER WAS SHORT WITH BLACK HAIR

      CHUCK NORRIS CAMERON DIAZ, KIM BASINGER ARE ALL BLONDE BUT GUESS WHAT? THEY ALL HAVE A CHERONEE INDIAN ANCESTRY, SO THEY AREN’T PURE WHITE

      WHITE IS A COLOR OF THE SKIN NOT THE HAIR, YOU CAN CAN HAVE BLONDE BROWN BLUE HAIR AND RED BLUE BLACK EYES BUT IF YOU HAVE AN ANCESTRY NOT PART OF CAUCASIAN YOU AREN’T PURE WHITE

      ITALIANS ARE PART OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE. THE ROMAN EMPIRE RULED AND CONQUERED EUROPE FOR 1000 YEARS, UK AUSTRIA SWITZERLAND FRANCE SPAIN EVEYBODY WHERE PART OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

      ITALY IS PARTLY ALPINE AND PARTLY MEDITERRANEAN

      CHECK ON THE WEB THIS NORTHERN ITALIAN PLACES ”

      CHECK ON THE WEB “ITALIA – Spotlight On – The Alps in ItalY”

      CHECK ON THE WEB THIS NORTH ITALIAN CITIES “SOUTH TYROL, VALLE D’AOSTA, MILAN, COURMAYEUR, MONTE BIANCO, ITALIAN ALPS, DOLOMITE, SESTRIERE

      ITALIANS ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST EUROPEAN ANCESTRY IN AMERICA, ALL THIS PEOPLE BELOW HAVE AN ITALIAN ANCESTRY BY MOM, DAD OR BOTH ITALIAN PARENTS

      JOHN TRAVOLTA, LINDSAY LOHAN, LEONARDO DI CAPRIO, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, LADY GAGA, KYLE CUOCO, VIN DIESEL, ROBERT DE NIRO, AL PACINO, MADONNA, STALLONE, JOE PESCI, SUSAN SARANDON, PARIS HILTON, BRITNEY SPEARS, TAYLOR SWIFT, HAYDEN PANETTIERE, FRANK SINATRA,

      NOW ARE AMERICANS WHITE IF ITALIANS AREN’T WHITE? LOL

  4. ihatemostpeople says:

    She looks like a retarded rat btw.

  5. ihatemostpeople says:

    Overrated shitty singer.

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