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Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell, 25, is expecting a baby with Tyler Ward, 40, after American Idol fame


The granddaughter of late legendary country singer Loretta Lynn is pregnant with her first child.

Emmy Russell, 25, shared the happy news on Thursday during a live taping of the Got it From My Momma podcast with her mother, Patsy Her biggest hits came in the 1960s and '70s, including Coal Mine's Daughter, You Ain't Woman Enough, The Pill; Loretta pictured in 1972 After Luke pressed her on the singer's identity, Emmy stunned them by disclosing that her 'memaw' was none other than the Grammy-winning hitmaker of such hits as You Ain't Woman Enough and Coal Miner's Daughter.

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