There’s another reason that Dolly Parton will always love Brandi Cyrus and Miley Cyrus.
And that’s because the country superstar is actually related to the two, which Brandi was delighted to learn at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards in Nashville Sept. 26. (Click here to see all the red carpet fashion.)
The 37-year-old, who sparkled in a short silver dress, pointed out that Dolly has always felt like family and that was only confirmed after learning her half-sister Miley is seventh cousins with Dolly—a connection that even the “Jolene” singer was thrilled by.
“She’s Miley’s godmother,” Brandi exclusively told E! News cohost Keltie Knight on the red carpet, “so I always say she’s mine by association.”
The musical families share a mutual great-grandfather named John Brickley, who lived in Blunt County, Tenn., in the early 1800s. And since they’re now related, Brandi is already thinking about how she and her newfound cousin can work together.
“There should be a Brandi and Dolly collab,” the DJ mused, “maybe next year. That sounds right to me.”