Dolly found out she and Miley share an ancestor during an interview with Access Hollywood.
Well, it turns out the two aren't just close. They're actually related.that they're seventh cousins, once removed. According to the genealogy company, they share a mutual relative in John Brickey, who was born in Virginia in 1740 and lived in Blount County, Tennessee, until his death in 1806.The news didn't come as too much of a shock to Dolly, who was presented with and asked about the information during an interview withpublished on Monday.
Dolly and her sister Rachel Parton George were speaking to the news outlet while promoting their new cookbook,"Now, who thought that up? Is that true?" Dolly said as the reporter then revealed the shared ancestor."That's amazing," she continued."We're so close, Miley and I. I would've thought we'd at least been third cousins, 10 times removed.
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