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Taylor Swift\u2019s parents have been there every step of the way as she\u2019s chased her \u201cWildest Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrea Swift, a former vice president at a mutual fund company, married\u00a0Scott Swift, a stockbroker-turned-vice-president for Merrill Lynch, on Feb. 20, 1988, in Harris County, Texas. The couple welcomed Taylor on Dec. 13, 1989. Just over two years later, she became a big sister when her brother, Austin, was born on March 11, 1992.<\/p>\n
The two siblings grew up on a 15-acre Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania before eventually moving to the suburbs of Nashville after the \u201cTeardrops On My Guitar\u201d singer landed her first major record deal with Sony at age 14.<\/p>\n
Within a few years, Taylor made her debut onstage at the Grand Ole Opry as a rising country star in September 2006. Andrea began to accompany her on the road as her career took off, while Scott stayed home with Austin.<\/p>\n
Taylor has since become one of the world\u2019s\u00a0highest-paid female entertainers, but family remains her No. 1 priority. The \u201cCruel Summer\u201d singer supported her mom through two cancer diagnoses, and most recently, she\u2019s been by her dad\u2019s side following his\u00a0quintuple bypass surgery.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything to know about Taylor Swift\u2019s parents, Scott and Andrea Swift.<\/p>\n
The \u201cLover\u201d singer\u2019s deep affinity for Christmas from\u00a0growing up on a Christmas tree farm\u00a0in Wyomissing, Pa. Though the family later moved to Nashville, Taylor has always spoken fondly of her memories on the farm, even\u00a0returning to pay a visit there\u00a0in 2018.<\/p>\n
She later commemorated her childhood home in her 2021 song \u201cChristmas Tree Farm,\u201d on which she sings about her happy holiday memories from growing up.<\/p>\n
Both of Taylor\u2019s parents have backgrounds in the financial industry, something which influenced the moniker they chose for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom thought it was cool that if you got a business card that said \u2018Taylor\u2019 you wouldn\u2019t know if it was a guy or a girl,\u201d she told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>in 2009, explaining that they thought an androgynous name could help reduce any potential discrimination in the corporate world. \u201cShe wanted me to be a business person in a business world.\u201d<\/p>\n Sure of her talent and drive from a young age, Taylor sought to make her dreams a reality by trying to track down a record deal. Andrea was supportive from the start, driving Taylor to Nashville to hand out demos of her singing karaoke.<\/p>\n \u201cMy mom waited in the car with my little brother while I knocked on doors up and down Music Row,\u201d Taylor told\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/em>\u00a0in 2008. \u201cI would say, \u2018Hi, I\u2019m Taylor. I\u2019m 11. I wanted a record deal \u2014 call me.\u201d<\/p>\n Upon returning from that fateful Nashville trip \u2014 where no one did call her \u2014 Taylor decided to take up guitar and focus on songwriting in order to help herself stand out. When her parents initially tried to dissuade her from starting with a 12-string guitar, suggesting that her fingers were still \u201ctoo small,\u201d she immediately set out to prove them wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t ever say never or can\u2019t do to Taylor. She started playing it four hours a day \u2014 six on the weekends,\u201d Andrea told the outlet.<\/p>\n In 2003, Taylor and her family relocated to Hendersonville, just outside of Nashville, after she became the youngest person to sign with Sony\/ATV Publishing. While the move was made in service of then-14-year-old Taylor\u2019s budding career, her parents strove to keep the pressure off of her, promising the move was \u201ca change of scenery.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI never wanted to make that move about her \u2018making it,\u2019 \u201d Andrea told\u00a0Entertainment Weekly<\/em>. \u201cBecause what a horrible thing if it hadn\u2019t happened, for her to carry that kind of guilt or pressure around.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Scott moved the financial advisory business where\u2019d he worked for nearly three decades \u2014 The Swift Group, under Merrill Lynch \u2014 to their new home.<\/p>\n Part of the reason they didn\u2019t move directly to Nashville was to offer Taylor a buffer against the trappings of fame, Andrea revealed.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we moved far enough outside Nashville to where she didn\u2019t have to be going to school with producers\u2019 kids and label presidents\u2019 kids and be reminded constantly that she was struggling to make it,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe\u2019ve always told her that this is not about putting food on our table or making our dreams come true.\u201d<\/p>\n While writing songs is primarily how Taylor processes her emotions, she opened up directly in a candid Tumblr post in 2015, informing fans that\u00a0Andrea had been diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n She explained that during a routine check-up, doctors discovered Andrea had cancer.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private, but she wanted you to know,\u201d Taylor wrote. \u201cShe wanted you to know why she may not be at as many shows this tour. She\u2019s got an important battle to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Just over a week after her cancer diagnosis was shared with fans,\u00a0Andrea joined Taylor onstage\u00a0at the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards, where the singer was being honored with the Milestone Award. Andrea shared what a \u201cproud mom\u201d she was as she introduced her daughter.<\/p>\n In a personal essay for\u00a0Elle<\/em>\u00a0in 2019, Taylor revealed that\u00a0her mom\u2019s cancer had returned. \u201cIt\u2019s taught me that there are real problems and then there\u2019s everything else. My mom\u2019s cancer is a real problem. I used to be so anxious about daily ups and downs,\u201d she said, adding that her priorities had since shifted. \u201cI give all of my worry, stress and prayers to real problems now.\u201d<\/p>\n In the same essay, Taylor shared that her dad, Scott, had also previously been diagnosed with cancer, though she didn\u2019t share specific details about his health journey.<\/p>\n While undergoing treatment for cancer, Andrea was\u00a0also diagnosed with a brain tumor, Taylor revealed in 2020 to\u00a0Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone loves their mom; everyone\u2019s got an important mom,\u201d Taylor told the outlet, going on to express how the news was impacting their family. \u201cBut for me, she\u2019s really the guiding force. Almost every decision I make, I talk to her about it first. So obviously it was a really big deal to ever speak about her illness.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that it was \u201ca really hard time\u201d for her family, explaining that \u201cthe symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor is nothing like what we\u2019ve ever been through with her cancer before.\u201d<\/p>\n The pop star first gave fans a glimpse into her and Andrea\u2019s close bond in 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Best Day,\u201d which references a handful of sweet memories the pair have shared together over the years. When Taylor released a lyric video for the track in 2021, she included adorable\u00a0never-before-seen home videos\u00a0of the duo as well.<\/p>\n Taylor later opened up about the emotional trauma of\u00a0navigating her mom\u2019s cancer diagnosis\u00a0in \u201cSoon You\u2019ll Get Better,\u201d singing, \u201cAnd I hate to make this all about me \/ But who am I supposed to talk to? What am I supposed to do? If there\u2019s no you.\u201d<\/p>\n During a YouTube Live, Taylor revealed that it was a family decision to ultimately include the song on the album. \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019m so proud of, but it\u2019s just really hard. I can\u2019t sing it. It\u2019s hard to just emotionally deal with that song,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n Andrea was also mentioned in Taylor\u2019s song \u201cthanK you aIMee,\u201d which appeared to reference her feud with\u00a0Kim Kardashian.<\/p>\n One part of the chorus seems to share Andrea\u2019s feelings about Kardashian: \u201cEveryone knows that my mother is a saintly woman \/ But she used to say she wished that you were dead.\u201d<\/p>\n After years of being criticized for not sharing her political opinions,\u00a0Taylor broke her silence\u00a0and put public support behind two Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee in 2018 \u2014 much to\u00a0the initial concern of her dad.<\/p>\n In her Netflix documentary\u00a0Taylor Swift: Miss Americana<\/em>, she and her dad discuss the social media post. \u201cI\u2019ve read the entire [statement] and \u2026 right now, I\u2019m terrified. I\u2019m the guy that went out and bought armored cars,\u201d Scott told Taylor in the documentary.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0Variety<\/em>, Taylor explained that while she understood his concerns for her personal safety, she felt she could no longer stay silent.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a situation where, from a humanity perspective, and from what my moral compass was telling me I needed to do, I knew was right, and I really didn\u2019t care about repercussions,\u201d she explained. \u201cMy dad is terrified of threats against my safety and my life, and he has to see how many stalkers we deal with on a daily basis, and know that this is his kid. It\u2019s where he comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n When hundreds of\u00a0Swifties camped out overnight\u00a0in August 2019 to catch the \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d singer\u2019s\u00a0Good Morning America\u00a0<\/em>performance, Taylor made sure none of them went hungry.<\/p>\n The singer ordered 30 pizzas to be delivered to the line of fans outside New York City\u2019s Central Park, handed out by members of her team \u2014 including her dad! \u201cFor my parents, they\u2019re like: That\u2019s my kid! People are waiting on the sidewalk to see her sing!\u201d Taylor told\u00a0GMA<\/em>\u00a0of her dad getting involved.<\/p>\n In March 2023, Scott joined his daughter as she kicked off her Eras Tour. Ahead of her opening night concert, Taylor\u00a0shared a snap of the backstage pass\u00a0she created for her dad on her Instagram Stories. The handmade card was marked \u201cD.O.H. Pass\u201d in gold lettering, with \u201c(Dad of Headliner)\u201d written below in Taylor\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n \u201cMade my Dad\u2019s tour credential,\u201d Swift captioned the photograph. \u201cWe are a small family business.\u201d<\/p>\n In April 2023, Taylor gave her parents a sweet shout-out during an\u00a0Eras Tour<\/em>\u00a0concert in Houston.<\/p>\n \u201cI love you Houston,\u201d she can be heard saying in a video posted on TikTok. \u201cYou treat us like Houston is my mom\u2019s hometown, which it is. You treat us like this is where my parents got married, which it is.\u201d<\/p>\n On Mother\u2019s Day 2023, the Grammy-winning artist paid tribute to Andrea with a performance of \u201cThe Best Day.\u201d Swift explained to the Philadelphia audience that she\u2019d surprised her mom with the track back in 2008.<\/p>\n \u201cI wrote this song just compiling these sort of core childhood memories I had of not just her as a mother, but her as a friend,\u201d she could be heard saying in a video on\u00a0X.<\/p>\n In July 2023, after a show in Santa Clara, Calif., Swift posted a TikTok of her dad\u00a0riding his Segway\u00a0backstage.<\/p>\n \u201cMy dads on his segway s\u2014 again,\u201d she wrote alongside a clip of Scott trailing behind her golf cart as they weaved through the stadium\u2019s tunnels.<\/p>\n Scott and Andrea both attended the Los Angeles premiere of Swift\u2019s\u00a0Eras Tour concert film\u00a0in October 2023. They were also\u00a0spotted in Vancouver\u00a0in December 2024, where they watched one of their daughter\u2019s final Eras Tour shows.<\/p>\n Travis Kelce\u00a0and Scott met for the first time in\u00a0Argentina\u00a0\u2014 a trip they both made to support Taylor at her Eras Tour concerts in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n While on the trip, the NFL star successfully made Scott, who is a \u201chuge football guy,\u201d a\u00a0Chiefs fan.<\/p>\n \u201cJust one by one, getting all the good ones to come on over,\u201d Kelce said on his podcast,\u00a0New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce<\/em>.<\/p>\n His brother,\u00a0Jason Kelce, replied: \u201cWhat are we doing, Scott? You\u2019re gonna let this man\u2019s devilishly good looks and relationship with your daughter sway you from a lifetime of fandom, Scott? This is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott proved his\u00a0newfound dedication to the Chiefs\u00a0in December 2023 when he joined Taylor at two\u00a0NFL games.<\/p>\n However, their football adventures didn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0Scott and Andrea were also in attendance\u00a0when the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, 2024.<\/p>\n Scott, who previously had cancer, underwent quintuple bypass surgery in June 2025, PEOPLE confirmed a month later in July. The procedure was the result of a routine check-up.<\/p>\n Scott is reportedly on the road to recovery with Taylor, Andrea and Austin by his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taylor Swift\u2019s parents have been there every step of the way as she’s chased her “Wildest Dreams.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":81188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"\nAndrea and Taylor traveled all over together<\/h2>\n
They moved to the suburbs of Nashville to support Taylor\u2019s career<\/h2>\n
Andrea faced cancer twice<\/h2>\n
Andrea has inspired two of Taylor\u2019s songs<\/h2>\n
Scott worried about Taylor\u2019s safety when she decided to speak out about politics<\/h2>\n
Scott is a hands-on dad<\/h2>\n
Scott and Andrea attended several shows during Taylor\u2019s\u00a0Eras Tour<\/em><\/h2>\n
Taylor\u2019s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, convinced Scott that he should be a Kansas City Chiefs fan<\/h2>\n
Scott underwent heart surgery in 2025<\/h2>\n