Dolly Parton celebrates Welsh roots with Wrexham gift
Dolly Parton was sent the Wrexham FC scarf by co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
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Country music star Dolly Parton has celebrated her Welsh ancestry with a gift from Wrexham FC co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The 9-5 singer recently traced her ancestry to the Welsh valleys for a TV programme, saying she was "tickled pink" about the revelation.
Parton, who was born in Tennessee, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
In a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, by Reynolds, Parton can be seen with a Wrexham football scarf sent to her by the actors, describing it as "beautiful".
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It is an advert for series three of Welcome to Wrexham, a documentary about Reynolds and McElhenney’s ownership of the football club.
Parton said: "You may have seen my recent announcement about possibly having Welsh ancestry, well I was tickled to learn that, and I was even more tickled when I received a lovely gift from the Welsh Board of Tourism and Docudramas.
"They sent me this beautiful scarf and asked if I'd say a few words about Wales."
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She is then seen opening a letter, remarking, "I hope these are not written in Welsh", before the pair appear explaining the organisation is not real, and it was them who sent the gift.
McElhenney told Parton: "You see when we found out your family might be from Wales, we thought who better to help promote our docuseries about north Wales and their beloved football club?"
A series of clips from the documentary are then shown, to which Parton replied: "Well, that is just so nice - it kind of makes me feel homesick."
The second series of the docudrama showed the Welsh football team being promoted from the National League to League Two under the US owners, with the new third series set to show the club's attempt to achieve promotion to League One, the third tier of English football.