Loretta Lynn's granddaughter Emmy Russell, 25, is expecting a baby with Tyler Ward, 40, after American Idol fame
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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. The father is her boyfriend Tyler Ward, 40, who is also a singer.
![[Loretta launched her career in the early 1960s, and her songs reflected her pride in her rural Kentucky background. 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]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/26/20/81741225-13128109-_I_was_thinking_about_my_grandma_but_I_was_also_like_Emmy_she_s_-a-31_1708980014448.jpg)
'Y'all, Tyler and me are expecting a baby girl,' she said during the podcast. Ward came on stage and touched his girlfriend's tummy. 'I'm so excited that right out of American Idol – I didn't know. So, you know, that's kind of been the journey,' she said. 'I'm so excited.'.
![[Russell thoroughly impressed the American Idol judges during her audition]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/26/20/81741845-13128109-The_granddaughter_of_late_legendary_country_singer_Loretta_Lynn_-a-29_1708980014315.jpg)
Russell competed in season 22 of American Idol and made it to the Top 5. She covered her late grandmother Lynn's hit song Coal Miner's Daughter. 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.
![['Growing up, I sang music my entire life,' Emmy told the panel. 'I don't really sing out as much anymore, but growing up I sang on the road with… my grandma's a country singer']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/26/20/81741843-13128109-_Growing_up_I_sang_music_my_entire_life_Emmy_told_the_panel_I_do-a-27_1708980014212.jpg)
Loretta launched her career in the early 1960s, and her songs reflected her pride in her rural Kentucky background. 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.
![['She's one of the biggest country music singers of all time, but to me she's just my grandma, and growing up on the bus and all that was very normal to me.' Emmy added]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/26/20/81741855-13128109-_She_s_one_of_the_biggest_country_music_singers_of_all_time_but_-a-26_1708980013919.jpg)
Loretta launched her career in the early 1960s, and her songs reflected her pride in her rural Kentucky background. Her biggest hits came in the 1960s and '70s, including Coal Mine's Daughter, You Ain't Woman Enough, The Pill, Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind), Rated X and You're Looking at Country.
![[She then wowed the judges with her dulcet tones and her emotional lyrics like 'Haven't eaten in days/ God I hate how you made me]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/26/20/81742227-13128109-She_then_wowed_the_judges_with_her_dulcet_tones_and_her_emotiona-a-30_1708980014320.jpg)
