Dolly Parton’s niece reveals which Welsh town singer’s roots traced to

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17 May 2024 • 5:11 PM MYT
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Dolly Parton's ancestry can be traced to a town in North Wales, her niece has revealed.

The Tennessee-born country music legend’s roots hail from Conwy, a riverside town, Jada Star said.

Star previously claimed in an interview that her aunt had traced her ancestry to the Welsh valleys for a TV documentary that will be released next year.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4 on Friday, 17 May, Star said: "Genealogy helps unite us and kind of helps expand the world for us from where we are to where we came from."