Dolly Parton & Goddaughter Miley Cyrus Are Related by Blood, Ancestry Reveals
The genealogy-tracking website revealed Monday (Sept. 23) that the 78-year-old country legend and 31-year-old pop star are distantly related, with the pair connected by a man named John Brickey. Born in 1740, Brickey was a Tennessee resident who lived about 20 miles away from what is now Parton’s theme park, Dollywood, before he died in 1806.