Dolly Parton says she has Welsh ancestry: “It feels like family”
nme.comDolly Parton has Welsh ancestry.The ‘9 to 5’ singer’s niece, Jada Star, told The Sun that Parton had traced her ancestry to the Welsh valleys and will be visiting the country for a TV special set to air next year.
Star told the outlet: “Dolly is exactly as you would imagine her as an aunt.”Parton was born in Tennessee and resides on the outskirts of Nashville.
She has previously told her fans about her link to Wales. Back in 2008 at one of her shows at the Cardiff International Arena, the icon reportedly told fans in the crowd that she had Welsh ancestry.“Some of my mother’s people, the Owens, are from there (Wales),” Parton later told Wales Online (via BBC News). “I’ve been there about three times and it always feels good because it feels like family.”Elsewhere, Parton recently shared a new rousing cover of Tom Petty‘s 1985 classic, ‘Southern Accents’.The newly released cover will feature as part of an upcoming country tribute album honouring Petty.
The late singer’s estate took to social media to announce the album, titled ‘Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty’, and the LP is due for release on June 21.
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