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Meg DiPiano posted in a Taylor Swift Facebook group on Monday, Oct. 28:
"My grandmother worked for Taylor Swifts father in Wyomissing PA, when my grandmother passed we found Taylor’s birth announcement in her desk in the original envelope. Is anyone interested in this?"
The Daily Voice team wanted to know more so we reached out and got the whole story.
DiPiano's grandparents owned an interior design business in West Reading. Her grandfather passed away in 1977, and soon her grandmother wanted to sell the business. She turned to Bauer and Kegerise & Company accounting firm in West Reading for financial guidance. Taylor Swift’s father was an employee of the firm.
"Upon completion of the sale, they offered my grandmother a job in the firm as a secretary," DiPiano wrote in an emailed statement to Daily Voice.
That's how a workplace friendship developed so when Taylor was born, grandma received a birth announcement along with photos of the Swift's new baby. Of course, when their second child, Austin, was born grandma "received a similar birth announcement however no pictures were included," DiPiano explained, but noted that "This went unnoticed for 30 years."
Grandma never shared the announcements with anyone, and instead tucked them away in a draw. That is until she unfortunately passed away, and her family cleaned out her desk.
"I sat on them for several years not sure what to do with them," DiPiano told us.
"After some time I figured someone would find more importance in the announcement than I would. I figured she’s at her prime now it might be the best time to see if I could find someone who is interested in the announcement as keepsake."
That's when she decide to post the images on Facebook to see if their really was a market she could sell the announcements to. "I decided to post it on the Eras fan page, which had the most members of any of other Taylor fan page. I meant no harm by it and was surprised with all the blowback," she wrote in her email to Daily Voice.
But, Facebook users changed her mind and now DiPiano would like to know if Taylor Swift would like to have them for herself.
"I would be happy to return them to (their) rightful owner," she said. "However, as famous as she is, I hardly doubt she (saw) a little Facebook post from me, and returning the items to (their) rightful, owner is probably slim to none."
DiPiano has reach out to Taylor via a direct message on Instagram to offer them back to her. "I don’t know what else to do," she wrote.
She also was curious if Scott Swift, Taylor's dad "has a fond memory of my grandmother when they worked together."
If Taylor Swift or her team sees this feel free to reach out to jpikora@dailyvoice.com and we will work to put you in touch with DiPiano.
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