Taylor (Alison) Swift most known as Taylor Swift was born on December 13,1989 in a place called Reading,Pennsylvania. Her mother Andrea(Gardner )Swift was a homeworker and her father Scott (Kingsley)Swift was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. Taylor was named after the singer/songwriter James Taylor. She has a younger brother Austin ( Kingsley) Swift, an actor .Taylor spent her early years on a Christmas tree farm ,which her father purchased from one of his clients .Taylor is a Christian. She attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School ,run by the Bernadine Franciscan sisters before going to The Wyndcroft School . The Swift family moved to a rented house in the Suburban town of Wyomissing Pennsylvania ,where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High school.