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Pop superstar Taylor Swift is a descendant of three Mayflower passengers, including Stephen Hopkins.

Hopkins was once sentenced to death for mutiny but was spared and later returned to England before sailing on the Mayflower.

Other famous descendants of Hopkins include Norman Rockwell, Richard Gere and Tennessee Williams.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift is linked to a significant point of U.S. history, and it has nothing to do with her tours or album releases.

According to Boston-based American Ancestors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to family history research since its founding in 1845 , Swift is a descendant of Mayflower passengers Richard Warren, John Billington and — perhaps the most colorful of the three — Stephen Hopkins.

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