Alien: Paradise Lost to have connection to Ripley!

While speaking to Empire about Alien Paradise Lost, Ridley had the following to say:

"In a way it is Prometheus 2. It’s exactly the same story. But it was always in the works to be called that [Alien: Paradise Lost]. Is Prometheus actually taking us off course from where I’m going, which is actually backing into the first Alien… I’ve even got connections with Ripley [in this], but I’m not telling you what.”

Read the full article on Collider.

What could this connection be?