Dan: Previously on Relative Race... ♪ - They are coming for us.

- [gasps] Dan: A puzzling pyramid... Thaddeus: That's not right.

[buzzer] Dan: Had all four teams... [buzzer] Dan: Bent out of shape.

[buzzer] Carolen: [sighs] We did not build a pyramid.

- We timed out.

Dan: But ultimately, things came together for Team Green.

You've picked up first place on this day and the first place benefit at tomorrow's challenge.

And Team Black fell to the back of the pack.

Carolen: I was very surprised.

Tia: I did not think that we were gonna get a strike.

Dan: Nolin saw his mother for the very first time.

Leah: Oh— Nolin: [laughs] - my goodness.

Deadra: Does it look like you?

[laughs] Nolin: That looks- looks most like me.

Dan: Karen was surprised with a relative reunion.

All: [greetings] Karen: Hi everybody!

They all welcomed me with open arms for the very first time.

Dan: Tia's sister delivered some difficult news.

- So, what's Dad like?

- He passed away when he was about 47 years old.

Tia: It makes me sad.

It does make me sad.

Dan: And the joy of discovering a brother was met with bad news about Jon's mother.

- You know, she was homeless for a little while and then one day she just vanished.

Jon: Just a lot, and some of the news, it stinks.

♪ [emotionally] Can I get a moment, please?

[door shutting] ♪ Dan: DNA tells us who we are and where we came from.

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... Jon: It's gonna be right here.

Go, go, go!

Dan: To win $50,000... Nolin: We made it!

Dan: And to find their family.

[knocking] Singer: ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Dan: The sun rises over the fourth day of Relative Race, shining a light on our contestants and the changes that are happening in their lives.

Kentrelle: Three days in, emotionally, physically, I am drained.

But I am so excited to be on this journey.

Jon: Yeah, there's a lot of information on the journey, um, even three days in, kinda hits you like a truck.

But you know, last night I was able to, uh, spend some quality time with my brother, so it was a, it was a fun time.

Tia: I'm not alone anymore, you know?

I have, I have a family.

There is more to look forward to.

Karen: I feel absolutely amazing.

This was like the highlight, you know, to-to meet family that I've never met.

Nolin: I just feel so welcomed and so, so appreciated by all of my biological family.

It's very exciting and I feel like it's— we're gonna build a, a special bond.

Dan: Teams may be spread out all across the country, but they are united in purpose as they discover connections that will last a lifetime.

For Team Blue, that connection continues in Rome, Georgia as Jon spends the morning with his brother, Dustin.

Jon: This morning my brother, uh, said that he wanted to show me something that's uh, pretty important to him.

It was pretty epic.

- My most prized possession out here... Jon: Stuffed monkey?

Dustin: Uh, this was given to me by my birth mother.

I've had it since the day I was born.

Jon: Oh, wow.

- So, this would also... Jon: Right.

Dustin: Be your birth mother's.

- That's true.

You've had it for 27 years and it still looks great.

Dustin: When I handed my brother the monkey, I saw a look of bewilderment.

I wanted to share something that I found special with my brother.

For most of my childhood, other than the brother I grew up with, this was the only connection to an actual family that I had.

Jon: Sure.

Heck yeah, dude.

It's— I can tell it's important.

That brought a smile to my face, uh, made me feel wanted, made me feel a little bit important, uh, to someone.

And knowin' that, you know, maybe I'm someone worth, you know, finding, it was nice to know too.

♪ Nolin: This morning, uh, Dede and Donte brought us to the beach and there's a lot more cousins waiting to meet me.

Woman 1: Hi!

Nolin: Hey!

Woman 1: I'm Ashley.

Nolin: I'm Nolin.

Ashley: I'm your little cousin.

Woman 2: Hi, I'm [indistinct].

Nolin: Nolin.

It's so cool to me, havin' cousins that are similar in age.

It's very exciting and I feel like we're gonna build a-a special bond.

Woman 3: One big hug!

[indistinct laughing and chatting] Nolin: All of us bein' down here on the beach with that much excitement, it only made sense to just play games and have fun.

♪ Playin' all these games was just a great way to get to know them a little better.

And so it was, it was special.

It was really special.

[camera click] Dan: While Team Green soaks up the sun, Team Black soaks up every spare minute that they can with Tia's sister, Lisa.

Lisa: I'm glad I got to meet both of you.

We're definitely gonna stay in touch.

- Absolutely.

I've never had an older sibling, and so to get a sister and an older sister, I got the best gift ever.

- And I've got a little something for you for good luck, a picture of Dad and Grandma.

Tia: Oh, thank you.

Lisa: So take that with you.

Tia: I love it.

My first gift from my sister.

[chuckles] You know what, I'm just happy, I'm just grateful, and I'm gonna look towards the good of this and that's what I'll be thankful for.

[sniffs] [sighs] Lisa: Yep.

Yes, definitely.

♪ Karen: My cousin, Kathy, and I, this morning we got up and so we sat around and we had a chance to talk a little bit more about family and so that's really cool-- [kiss] really cool.

So this is Aunt Rose, Uncle Eddie, Arunde, and Kojo.

- Wow.

I wish I coulda met Kojo before he passed.

- Oh, you would've loved him.

Thaddeus: I'm feeling really happy for my mom.

It's not my journey, it's Team Red's journey and it's exciting to see her so surprised and so just in a mindset of joy.

[ticking] Hold on, we got a text.

Karen: We got a text?

Okay.

- All right.

Nolin: "Good morning teams—" - "And welcome to Day Four of Relative Race."

- "Team Black, you will be traveling to Quincy, California."

- "Team Red will be traveling to Roxboro, North Carolina."

- "Team Blue will be traveling to Birmingham, Alabama."

- You know where that is?

- Unfortunately.

- [laughs] - "Team Green will be traveling to—" Both: "Miramar, Florida."

Carolen: "Today's first place prize—" - "...is to penalize all the other teams—" - "...in tomorrow's challenge."

- "Your time starts now."

- All right, we better go.

[goodbyes] Kentrelle: Look, I got the bags.

I feel like you should go get the directions from your brother.

Jon: Your right, your right.

Kentrelle: Okay.

Karen: [sighs] Thaddeus: All right.

- Sweet.

Leah: Okay, are we ready?

Carolen: [grunts] Okay.

Tia: Teamwork makes the dream work girl.

Carolen: Don't it.

[grunts] [sighs] Karen: Let's do it!

- Make a left at the Dollar Tree.

- Left at the Dollar Tree.

- Awesome.

[record scratch] Tia: I'm gonna need your help with this one.

All right, you ready?

Carolen: Yes.

[grunts] Kentrelle: Before long, we about to go straight on that interstate.

- [whoops] Karen: Perfect.

Jon: Let's do it.

Kentrelle: Let's do it.

Tia: Ouch!

Carolen: I'm already dirty.

Tia: Did we do that?

Carolen: Probably.

Let's just act like it's dirt.

Dan: Team Black finally joins the other teams on the road.

Carolen and Tia will have to navigate to Quincy, California, complete a challenge, and find their relative, all in an allotted time of 2 hours and 20 minutes.

♪ Kentrelle: Team Green probably feels a little left out 'cause they the only ones without a strike.

You wanna— Jon: Tell them something funny.

Kentrelle: Okay.

Team Green, they'll probably be like, haha, thank you for your encouraging words.

- Be like, what?

[sniggers] [phone dings] Leah: Team Blue texted us.

- Thanks, but no thanks.

[phone dings] Kentrelle: Boring.

- Little bit.

Dan: Team Green is clearly impressing the competition, maybe not with texts, but certainly with their— ahem— first place ranking as they race to find Miramar, Florida, with an allotted time of 3 hours and 2 minutes.

Just one state above Team Green, and one strike below, Team Blue travels to Birmingham, Alabama with an allotted time of 2 hours and 18 minutes.

♪ Thaddeus: I hope we have a challenge where we have to think about something, maybe a memorization challenge.

Nothing physical.

Karen: [laughs] - Like, great googly-moogly.

Dan: Team Red is feeling all "googly-moogly" as they head to Roxboro, North Carolina.

They have an allotted time of 2 hours and 21 minutes.

♪ Carolen: This the street where we was at by the highway, Imma pull over.

Just let me see— Tia: Don't pull over— Carolen: Gimme— Tia: just drive!

- where I'm goin' Tia?

Just relax, let me help you.

We gotta help each other.

Look, uh— yeah 'cause it's only— Tia: You're micromanaging.

- Quarry Lakes.

Tia: You wanted to drive and I'm supposed to be the navigator on the map.

Carolen: This mornin', we got off to a bit of a rocky start.

Um, [clears throat] yeah.

[map rustling] Tia: So did you find it on the map?

Carolen: I did find it on the map.

- [sarcastically] Oh, that's awesome.

So while you're doing that, and we're not driving, our time is just going— Carolen: Tia, Imma ask you real respectfully— Tia: going.

Carolen: okay.

So like I said— - You're sitting here, costing us time— Carolen: I know we goin' to 80.

- because you wanna not— Carolen: Okay, 'cause you know what— it's-- [hums] Imma pray.

[map rustling] - We felt like we were under the gun a little bit.

Tensions rose a little bit.

Which way are you driving?

- I'm just drivin', I don't know.

S— be a street sign comin' up somewhere.

Tia: 'Cause I feel like you're driving north instead of south.

- So what should I do?

- Turn around and drive back towards town.

♪ Dan: While tensions rise for Team Black, Jon and Kentrelle discuss the difficult truths that they've learned over the last three days.

- I would like to meet some more siblings maybe.

I don't know if I wanna meet mom and dad so much.

Kentrelle: [inhales sharply] - 'Cause I've only met two relatives and it's already, it's already a lot.

- Yyyeah.

I know absolutely nothin' about my birth parents.

Um, the only thing I know is that I was adopted at five days old.

I feel like the worst part of my childhood was havin' to walk around and feel like everyone else knew more about my life than I did.

I grew up goin' to the same church my entire life, so everyone in the church kinda knew that I was adopted before me so, um, when I did find out it was like everyone felt like they had something to say to me and I-I don't— I didn't like that.

[dog panting] If I were to meet a parent, the first thing I'm asking is what happened?

Like, why did you give me up?

Because that's what I'm here for, duh.

You know, I don't really care about feelings and everything like that.

Like, tell me, like what have you been doing for 24 years.

So, yeah, a lot of questions.

In the car today, we had a moment to kinda reflect on our journey, and honestly, a lot of the things that we've learned have been kind of hard.

So, we just kinda have to be real with ourselves.

After listening to how my mom was pregnant with me at 14,15, like, that sounds good and all, but why would you feel so ashamed to say something?

You really could've said somethin'.

You really could've said somethin'.

But, what also gets me is she really could've gave me to an aunt or uncle or somebody, especially after hearing how all of my other cousins were raised by somebody else within the family.

Like you really could've gave me to somebody else in the family.

Like, you've done— you've probably done more hurt than harm honestly, because my life growing up, being adopted was not all that.

So, no, I'm not givin' you no hug.

No, I'm not givin' you no sympathy because all I'm feelin' right now is-is quite upset.

And I'm not-I'm not fakin' it with anybody, absolutely not.

Jon: Yeah, no I get it.

Like, I want the answers but I don't want the emotional baggage that's gonna come with it.

- I know, seriously.

♪ Dan: As teams scramble to get to their destinations... Thaddeus: I'm trusting my gut.

Dan: Team Black has made a crucial mistake.

- Feel free to look at the map.

Let us know the next road I should be lookin' for— - I did, I did.

- that'd be helpful.

Dan: But they aren't the only team struggling.

- 'Kay now it looks like we're going south, not west.

We saw a sign that says we are in Cedar Point and I was like, wait a minute, that's not, you know, west, where we need to be.

- Almost had to kick my boy out the car.

So do you know where we at, like on this map, like at all?

Jon: Um, all I see is a town.

I don't know anything else 'cause there's no signs.

- Um.

I was pretty frustrated because we lost a lot of time, um, in the place where we, you know, usually make up a lot of time.

We could hit 20— we could f— hit 20.

We just need to figure out where are we over here.

Jon: But I— there are zero signs on this road that tell me where I am.

- Do your part Jon, do your part.

- Hit me with some signs and yeah, I could.

Kentrelle: It was a good 15 minutes driving down this street and it's like, Jon, what are you doing?

- His driving stinks.

- Oh, boo.

[intense music] ♪ Tia: We're on 70.

Carolen: Oh we're on— thank you, we're on 70.

And we're takin' 70 to what road?

- To 89.

Carolen: It was a bit rocky.

We, you know, figure out where we went wrong.

We had to backtrack, but we got back en route.

- You know, I don't do well with someone takin' the reigns.

- I will chalk that up to my mistake.

- We both knew that maybe that's the way we should've been, is just go with it.

- I agree.

Tia: Yeah, don't overthink it.

I think a lot of our disagreements that Carolen and I had were like sisters.

Legit, we just had become emotionally connected, just like sisters.

You have to work through your disagreement, you know, make up and keep goin' forward and work things out.

Kentrelle: Excuse me sir, would you happen to know how to get to Alabama?

Man 1: At this light turn left, then go probably about six or seven miles.

You'll cross right into Alabama lines [indistinct].

Kentrelle: Thank you, thank you.

Man 1: Uh-huh.

Kentrelle: So once we got back on the main road, um, I wasn't mad at Jon anymore.

I mean, at the end of the day, it's about family, so if we get the strike, whatever.

Jon: Yep.

Kentrelle: This was our first minor disagreement.

- We kinked it out though.

- It won't be our last, but eh.

- We kinked it out.

- Yeah.

- I'm hopin' Team Green struggles a lot though.

Kentrelle: No, seriously.

Nolin: Whoop!

- We're here, we did it!

[slap] Now we get to rock the challenge.

[phone dings] - "Welcome to Roxboro, North Carolina."

- "Your challenge is located at—" - "the Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm."

- "Miramar Parkway."

Karen: When we arrived at the Sunset Ridge, we didn't know what to expect.

Okay, looks like this might be it.

Come on, come on, come on!

- What is this?

Leah: Here we are.

Nolin: Come on, let's go.

Leah: We drive up and we're excited because it looks like a memory game, which I like.

[paper ripping] - What do we got?

What do we got?

What do we got?

- "Welcome teams.

Your challenge for Day Four is--" - "Memory Match."

Dan: Day Four's challenge is Memory Match.

For this challenge, teams must correctly answer a series of trivia questions before turning tiles over on their board.

Each tile will feature a team from past seasons of Relative Race.

Teams start with questions at the closest table to the tile board.

This table has the most difficult questions.

If they answer three incorrectly, they move back one table with easier questions, but further from the board.

Once a team has matched eight tiles correctly, this challenge is complete.

Leah: All right, let's go.

Nolin: Let's do it.

Thaddeus: Coming to the challenge, I actually wanted a memory challenge, so I was very happy.

Leah: So we run up to the challenge and we notice that one of the matches is already flipped over.

It's Monika and Magen from Season 7 and it's because of our first place prize from yesterday.

Nolin: Mmm.

- Season of... Um.

- Any guesses?

- No, none.

Thaddeus: Summer, summer of, summer of siblings?

Karen: Okay.

[buzzer] Thaddeus: Save our ship?

Oh right.

- There's three different tables, and so we start at the hardest one.

Leah: Save us... Nolin: I don't know, I don't know.

Leah: Okay.

[buzzer] Nolin: Save our ship.

And if you get questions wrong, you move back one to the easier questions.

Both: Uh.

[bagpipes playing distantly] - Los Angeles.

- No, country.

- Oh, which country.

- I would say Scotland.

- Scotland.

[ding] - Yes!

Thaddeus: Um, see— okay.

Karen: The first tile we flip over is Jarrell and Amauni from Season 8.

Thaddeus: The-the next one.

Yep.

Karen: The second tile we flip over is the Hitts from Season 3.

We're totally wrong.

- Flip them back.

They-they don't match.

Nolin: Ireland.

Leah: Scotland.

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

It's frustrating when we have to move back to the easiest table but yet we know they are the easiest questions, so it's kind of a mixed feeling.

Leah: What are the primary colors?

[groans] Nolin: Isn't it red, blue, green?

[buzzer] Leah: Oh.

Nolin: Oh, yellow.

Nolin: The Mississippi!

[buzzer] Leah: That's not right.

Nolin: And at that time, I think we were both a little flustered.

Uh, we weren't expecting to miss that many from the jump.

[buzzer] [phone dings] - Oh, we got a text!

Jon: Dan says "Welcome to Birmingham, Alabama."

Tia: "Your challenge is located at Pioneer Park."

Jon: "3000 Jefferson State Parkway."

- Oop!

Let's go!

Carolen: From Reno to Quincy it was a breeze and we made it to the challenge without any problems.

Let's go.

Tia: Okay.

Jon: Let's do it.

Kentrelle: Let's go.

- Where was chicken-fried steak invented?

Texas, they eat a lot, right?

- Okay, flip it?

[ding] Oh my gosh!

Karen: Aah!

You were right!

Tia: In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?

Carolen: The Atlantic.

[ding] Yes!

Tia: Oh, good job.

Carolen: So I go!

Tia: Go, go, go!

Jon: Uh, where's the Great Barrier Reef located?

Um, Australia.

[ding] - You got it.

We had to hustle because we wasted so much time, we had to make up the time.

Thaddeus: Yes, that one, that one.

Yes, we got that one.

Our first match was Tiffani and Jose from Season 9.

Kentrelle: Boom.

[ding] Yes!

Jon: We flip over a match to see two guys that neither of us recognize, uh, at all.

- I guess we missed that season.

[chuckles] Carolen: [grunts] [buzzer] You got that Tia?

Tia: Yep, got it.

- You got it up there?

Tia: Yes.

Carolen: Okay.

The goal was to get eight teams matched, but it was a bit of a struggle.

Leah: I don't like trivia and it makes me really nervous and so I start to get in my head.

How many colors are in the rainbow.

Six.

[buzzer] Nolin: Ah, okay.

Who is depicted on the hundred-dollar bill?

Frank-Franklin.

[ding] Leah: And then we finally get one and I think that kinda gave us a boost.

[ding] Yes, Paris.

Yes.

[claps] - Once we had a few matches, I got really happy.

Singer: ♪ Oh, we're on fire ♪ ♪ We're gettin' ready to blow ♪ ♪ We're reachin' higher ♪ ♪ Feelin' as good as gold ♪ ♪ We're ready to rock you ♪ ♪ So let the camera roll ♪ ♪ We're on fire ♪ ♪ We're gonna steal the show ♪ Thaddeus: Oh, you were right, the sisters!

Karen: Yes.

Got it.

[ding] Thaddeus: I would like to thank Season 5 sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, for their very helpful match because now we're past the halfway point.

- We were both able to fire out answers for the trivia questions pretty easily and it was pretty easy to match them.

Kentrelle: Which one is that?

Jon: Karim and Rachelle.

Uh... Kentrelle: Try— second row, second row.

Jon: This one?

Kentrelle: Right— that one.

Try it.

Jon: Heck yeah.

[ding] Good job man.

Kentrelle: We came to eat and we did just that.

Jon: Mhm.

And we ate.

- No!

Tia: Oh shoot, I'm sorry.

[buzzer] Carolen: I saw the contestants from I believe Season 4.

It's Jerica and her brother.

They were my favorite.

But it's just a bit hard— Tia: Just— Carolen: remembering where the photos were.

- yeah, remembering, just remembering which-which one was on which line.

- I, I picked that one somewhere.

Tia: Yes, you did.

It— Carolen: That's why I was like where is it?

During the challenge, we are going to the board, trying to match the faces.

And when you get it wrong you have to flip it back over so you're strugglin' to remember who you flipped over in the first place.

- And then the one above it.

The one above it.

Oh my goodness.

Yes.

Come back, come back, come back.

[ding] Karen: Oh.

Thaddeus: Ray and Nicole from Season 6 were right beside each other.

Now, we only have one match left.

Jon: What is— what is the largest origin?

Uh, the skin.

[slaps] [ding] Kentrelle: That's you.

That's easy.

We got it, we got it!

We did it, we did it!

Leah: What animal is normally associated with delivering babies?

A stork.

[ding] Nolin: Nice.

We finished it.

[claps] Thaddeus: What animal can be seen on the Porsche, um, logo?

That's um, not a elephant— a horse.

[ding] A horse.

Karen: Yes.

Thaddeus: Uh the last one!

Karen: [cheers] Kentrelle: Yes!

[ding] Jon: Heck yeah!

Let's go man.

[ding] Nolin: Yeah!

We did it, we did it.

Come here.

Thaddeus: Season 4, yeah!

- We finished and we're excited.

We run off straight to get the address.

Alright, alright.

Let's see where we're goin'.

[paper tearing] - "Your relative lives at-- - "4714 Allensville Road."

- "River Run Park."

- "Birmingham, Alabama."

Jon: Let's do it.

Kentrelle: Let's go.

Thaddeus: All right, let's go.

Both: [laughing] Nolin: Let's go.

Kentrelle: Woo.

Jon: Okay.

Karen: Yes.

Jon: Navigating to our relative's, we learned our lessons from the previous days and hopefully, hopefully today goes well.

Leah: Do you know where River Run Park is?

We don't normally meet a relative at a park, but I'm thinking that people should know where a park is.

Leah: Four more blocks?

Man 2: Yeah.

Leah: Okay.

Karen: Oh, Allensville Road— we on Allensville Road!

Hang on, hang on, hang on.

Thaddeus: What is?

- Allensville Road, I just saw it.

I think we're on it.

We literally bumped into Allensville Road.

- The easiest address yet.

- Yes, yes.

Whoa baby!

- We still gotta find it.

- Okay.

Jon: This is 7th, 7th Street northwest, we're on 10th.

I know but is-is this gonna be 7th or this gonna be 6th?

We gotta go the other way.

Jon: Okay.

Kentrelle: Please let this really be on the grid system so we can find this address a little faster because we can't take no more setbacks.

Jon: Mm-mm.

- Absolutely not.

Jon: 10!

10!

Go, go, go, go, go!

It's right here!

Kentrelle: What's-what's the house number?

Jon: 1833.

Leah: So 9400, let me look at these buildings.

- Oh wait.

- So we're comin' up.

Slow down, slow down, slow down.

Jon: 1830— Kentrelle: Ooh!

Jon: We're right here!

Is that it, that's it, that's it!

That's gotta be it!

- We did it!

We actually found one.

Nolin: We did it!

Leah: We found a map.

Karen: Yeah, baby!

Jon: Good job, dude.

- What animal is known as a sea cow?

♪ I can't think of it.

I cannot honestly think of it.

I-I'm just, it's not, it's wrong.

But it's a— Platypus.

[buzzer] Manatee!

I knew it started with an M. Okay.

Carolen: Yeah, it was very hard.

Tia: And several times we had turned people over, but, twice, or— but just didn't remember where they were at.

Carolen: Darn it.

Okay.

Tia: 'Kay, come on.

What was the first state?

[clock ticking] Carolen: Uh... What state-- [buzzer] [thud] We did so bad.

- We just couldn't get the... Carolen: Yeah.

- We ended up timing out on the challenge.

Not completing the challenge, that may make or break us on the results.

"Your relative lives at 271— Both: Silver Creek Road."

Carolen: Let's go!

Tia: It's frustrating and it's heartbreaking but, um, we both gave 150%.

I think that's what matters.

Carolen: Here we come, baby.

♪ Dan: After a long day on the road, Team Blue finally arrives at their relative's doorstep... [ding] Nervous to meet the family that is waiting for them.

Kentrell: Walking up to the house, um, I felt overwhelmed again because when I see... when I seen these two, you know, lovely women walking up, I hoped that this wasn't my birth mom because I was not ready to see her.

♪ Hi.

- Hey.

- Hello.

Kentrelle: I'm Kentrelle.

- My name's Jon.

- I'm Josette.

- I'm Ashley.

Kentrelle: So is it safe to say that you guys are my relatives?

Both: Yes.

- So, how are we related?

- I'm your great-aunt.

- Wow.

Ashley: And I'm your cousin on your mother's side.

Kentrelle: Hello.

Ashley: Hey.

- It's nice to meet y'all.

Josette: [small laugh] ♪ Kentrelle: It was really hard for me to process and see myself, but it's like, you know, I've-I've spent 24 years of my life tryna search for my face in other people, but now it's right here and what— It's right here and I...

I can't, I can't grasp it.

♪ Josette: You, you have your mother's nose.

Kentrelle: [sighs] I've been told I have her entire face.

Ashley and Josette: Yes.

Josette: You do.

Kentrelle: I'm a dark-skinned version of her, is what I heard.

Josette: Yes.

Ashley: Her teeth... Josette: You are.

Ashley: Mmhmm.

- Yep.

- I'm so happy to meet you.

♪ Been here awhile waitin' on you.

- Wow.

Josette: You're worth it.

You are.

Kentrelle: I can't tell.

I can't tell yet.

It's been so long, and from what I've heard already, like, it, I can't tell I'm worth it.

Josette: You are.

- I really can't.

Josette: You are.

All that we can do to make up to you, we will.

You just, you just stay with us.

Just be with us.

We'll do... we'll make it up.

When I first heard my nephew, [sighs] I could kind of feel a little coldness.

But I wanted to hold him, to let him know that he belongs, and he was wanted, and he was desired.

I didn't believe it.

There's no way it could be true.

I just didn't believe it.

Kentrelle: Well, I mean, I'm right here, so.

Josette and Kentrelle: [laughing] Josette: You're just like your mama!

- I told you.

I told you she... - You're just like her.

Oh my goodness.

Kentrelle: All right, you're talkin' about her.

Where is she?

Where is she?

Josette: You'll have to find out.

You have to go on that journey and find out.

You, you'll get the love.

Trust me.

You'll get the love.

- Thank you.

- There's a lot I wanna share with you.

Are you ready to come inside and tell us a lot of things, and we tell you a lot of things?

- Please.

Josette: All right, let's do that.

♪ [clock ticking] [ding] [car beeping] Leah: So we finally find the park, and we pull up, and we see a beautiful lady waving from a bench.

Nolin: I don't think either of us know what to expect or who it is.

Woman 4: [inhales] Hello, hello, hello!

[laughs] Oh my gosh, it's so nice to meet you guys.

Leah: You too.

- Hi, I'm Jazmin.

Leah: I'm Leah.

- Pleasure to meet you.

Nolin: Yeah, you too.

I'm Nolin.

Jazmin: Hi, pleasure to meet you, Nolin.

Nolin: You too.

- Welcome to Miramar.

Nolin: Thank you.

Jazmin: You're welcome.

Nolin: So, who are you related to?

- Uhhh, this is a tough decision.

Nolin: [small laugh] - Nolin, I'm related to you.

I'm your cousin on your dad's side!

Nolin: That's nice.

[laughs] Jazmin: Nice to meet you.

Nolin: You too.

♪ My name is Jazmin Adjei and I'm Nolin's cousin on his father's side.

The first time I saw Nolin and Leah, they just looked so excited, so that made me extremely excited as well.

I was happy to share in that experience.

It's nice to see— You look just like your dad.

Nolin: Really?

Jazmin: It's uncanny.

Nolin: And knowing that she's on my dad's side, I just wanna know if she knows him, or how well she knows him.

Yeah, just to hear about him as much as I can and just find out more.

Jazmin: [laughs] Nolin: I've seen pictures of him.

Jazmin: You have?

Nolin: Yeah, yeah when he was younger.

Or, one picture when he was younger.

- Oh, don't worry, you'll see much more.

But come on over.

Let's chat.

♪ [clock ticking] [ding] Karen: Yes.

Here we are!

♪ When we pulled up to the house today and she came out, it was so amazing.

I definitely saw the family resemblance.

Woman 5: Hi!

Thaddeus and Karen: Hi.

Thaddeus: My name is Thaddeus.

Woman 5: Hi, Thaddeus.

Thaddeus: This is my mom, Karen.

Woman 5: Hi, Karen.

Karen: Hi, nice to meet you.

- I'm Cynthia.

Thaddeus: Cynthia.

- Everybody calls me Bunny.

- Bunny, okay.

And how are we related?

- I am your great-aunt.

- Great— Oh wow!

Hi!

Bunny: [laughs] - How are you?

Bunny: I'm wonderful, how are you?

You're beautiful.

Thaddeus: I'm pretty good.

You're beautiful.

Bunny: [laughs] When I saw him walk up to me, it-it was just so amazing because automatically, I felt the connection.

I don't even know how to explain it.

It's just like that bond, that connection was automatic.

It was, it was warming.

It was loving.

You know, I could feel God in the midst of it all.

All: [laughing] - And I love your hair.

Bunny: Thank you!

Thaddeus: [laughs] Bunny: And this is... - My mom.

- Hi.

♪ - You're welcome.

Karen: I know.

I know.

I know.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Karen: Bunny thanked me, of course.

She was so warm, so welcoming, and they've all pulled me in as their family.

Thaddeus: You are my great-aunt on what side?

Bunny: I'm your great-aunt on your mother's side.

Thaddeus: Mother's side.

Oh wow.

Wow.

Bunny: Yes.

Your grandmother is my older sister.

- Wow.

Bunny: Yes, yes.

- Now, is it just you two?

Bunny: Well, actually, there's three of us.

Thaddeus: Wow.

Bunny and Thaddeus: [laughing] - It's three girls— Thaddeus: Okay.

- and I'm the middle.

Thaddeus: Okay!

- Yeah.

The best aunt.

All: [laughing] - Wow.

Bunny: The best aunt, yeah.

- That's amazing.

Bunny: Your mother has been talking about you for, [sighs] we can't even remember.

- Wow.

Bunny: Um, we called you Tyambea.

That's what she called you, named you.

Um, I don't know.

We, we just didn't know where to go.

How to find you.

Thaddeus: Mmhm.

Bunny: One thing for sure, he was not abandoned.

His mother was young, um, in a difficult situation.

It's not that she didn't love him, it's she couldn't care for him at the time.

But, she's been looking for him ever since the departure.

She's a religious woman.

Thaddeus: Mmhmm.

- And, um, it's been our prayer.

So this is like a Godsend, you know.

We couldn't find you, but you're finding us.

Thaddeus: Knowing that my Aunt Bunny has been looking for me as well, created a sense of inner peace.

I've always felt abandoned, and to know that that was not the case is-is-is a, is a surreal feeling.

Bunny: What I always said to her, you know, keep prayin'.

God answers prayers.

Karen: Yes, He does.

Bunny: It's been a ongoing search.

Karen: Wow.

- But it's not on our time, it's on God's time.

Yes.

Karen: Absolutely.

- And then I have someone I really want you to meet.

Thaddeus: Okay.

Bunny: So if you come with me, I'm gonna introduce you to someone.

- I would love to.

[laughs] Bunny: Okay.

Come on, let's get started.

♪ Dan: Back on the road, Carolen and Tia are the only team still searching for their relatives.

- These addresses, they're like, sixty, somet— That's throwin' me off 'cause, like, all I'm lookin' for is the street.

We haven't passed another road yet.

- After the challenge, we were really worried we weren't gonna find the address.

But then... - Silver Creek.

Silver Creek.

Tia: Yep, this is it.

Carolen: This is Silver Creek.

What!

Tia: Okay, so, the, we're lookin' for 271.

Carolen: Oh my goodnes.

Tia: But then we stumbled upon Silver Creek Road.

What a relief.

- 271.

280.

280.

Tia: So this is... Carolen: Aaaand... Tia: Oh, oh, oh, slow down, slow down, slow down.

Both: 271.

Carolen: 271.

That's 271.

Well, we're here.

We found it.

Tia: Yeah.

♪ Carolen: When we pulled up to the house today, I saw two people.

They were smilin', they greeted us with open arms, and I was just excited to, you know, know who they were related to.

♪ Hi.

Woman 6: Hi.

Carolen: How are you?

Woman 6: Fine, and you?

Carolen: Good.

Tia: I'm Tia.

Carolen: I'm Carolen.

- My name's Renita Watson.

- Who are you related to?

Renita: Carolen.

Carolen: How are we related?

- I'm your older sister.

The dinosaur of the bunch.

Carolen: Aww.

[laughing] Renita: I'm Renita Watson and I'm Carolen's older sister.

When I first found out about Carolen, I was a little emotional.

I can't even imagine goin' through that.

You know, she missed out on 29 years of greatness.

Carolen: When I heard Renita say, I'm your older sister, I thought, you know, that was amazing.

I was, I felt relieved.

I didn't wanna stop huggin' her.

All these thoughts just came to mind.

It was, like, almost me creatin' this vivid picture of, like, what hood- sisterhood would be like, you know, with her.

It's so good to meet you.

Renita: You too.

Carolen: [laughs] And what's your name?

- Henry Watson.

Carolen: Henry Watson.

And how are we related?

- I'm your only brother.

- Ohhh!

[laughs] Tia: Aww.

All: [laughing] Carolen: Exactly.

Henry: Huggin' Carolen for the first time felt like you were gravitatin' to that new beginning, so to speak, you know?

You know, something that you had no knowledge of, and now it's not just knowledge, it's a fact.

You're embracin' another loved one.

♪ Renita: Aww.

Girl, you gonna make my eyelashes come off.

[laughs] Carolen: I'm sorry.

Renita: It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay, baby.

It's okay.

[small laugh] It's okay.

Henry: It's all right.

Renita: I'm here.

Carolen: [laughs] I did get a little emotional because I just wasn't expectin' to meet a sister today.

I don't know, it just, it made me feel...

I don't come from a big family, you know, my mom's side so I was happy to meet her.

♪ Dan: In Roxboro, North Carolina, Thaddeus's Great Aunt Bunny takes him to a special church where a surprise awaits.

Bunny: This, this is someone I want you to meet.

Thaddeus: Hi.

- How are you?

Thaddeus: I'm pretty good, how are you?

Woman 7: I'm fine!

I've been waiting for this.

Thaddeus and Woman 7: [laughing] Thaddeus: My name is Thaddeus.

This is my mom, Karen.

Woman 7: Hello.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

Woman 7: Nice meeting you, too.

Bunny: This is your great-great-aunt, which is Alberta.

- Great-great-aunt?

Karen: Wow.

Bunny: Yes.

- Oh my gosh, how are you?

Alberta: I'm good.

Oh my goodness!

- [laughing] Hi.

Alberta and Thaddeus: [laughing] Before this journey, I was just a seed.

And I am seeing so many branches branching off and getting more, and more, and more, from that one little seed.

There's so much about me, and this is only day four!

[laughs] Bunny: This is actually our family church.

Thaddeus: Wow!

That's Lawson's chapel, which was started by your great-great-great- great-grandmother— - Four greats.

Bunny: was the founder of this church.

Annis Lawson is like the founder of the family.

She, um, was given land by her slaveowner.

Not only was she given land, she um, she built a church.

She put the first nails in Lawson Chapel Baptist Church, which is— We're still operating out of that church to this day.

- Wow.

Bunny: So all of these graves out here are somehow related to you.

Thaddeus: Really?

Bunny: Yes.

Karen: Crazy, right?

Bunny: So if you wanna come with me, we could show you some of, you know, your ancestors.

Thaddeus: Please!

Bunny: Okay.

Come on, Karen.

Karen: All right.

[laughs] After I introduced him, I kinda, um, explained a little bit of the family history.

Thaddeus: And I got to see family.

I got to learn so much about my bloodline.

♪ Henry: We welcome you aboard, you know.

Carolen: [laughs] Thank you, thank you.

I really do appreciate it.

And so you're my brother.

- The only brother you have.

I have no brothers.

Renita: Make sure you remember that.

- Only one.

- That's gotta be tough, being the brother, the only brother... Henry: Yeah, the only, yeah.

- ...of eight sisters.

Henry: I watched 'em all turn from little girls to adults.

I have eight sisters now.

It just— I, I'm happy to welcome another sister.

Carolen: I played the drums while I was in high school.

- Sting drums?

A snare?

- Yes, a snare.

[laughs] - Me too.

[laughs] Carolen: Really?

Renita: Yes.

Carolen: No way.

You gotta teach me something.

Henry: Dad played the congos.

Carolen: Really?

- Uh-huh.

Carolen: Okay.

To know that I share that trait or maybe that trait did come from my dad's side, I do believe that I got my musical trait from my dad.

I really do believe that.

- This is a picture of him back in his heydays, younger days.

Look at him.

♪ Carolen: Oh my goodness.

Renita: He won so many competitions, Mr. Valverde, Mr. Olympia, Mr. World.

He used to train with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He's just, yeah.

- He got his little durag on.

Renita: [laughs] Yes.

Carolen: The bandanna under the hat.

Renita: Yes.

That's him.

Carolen: My dad used to be a bodybuilder.

It even made me more excited to look forward to meeting my dad.

How do you feel about having an eighth sister?

- I've been excited ever since I found out.

Your father felt like he wasn't there and that was it, and I had to tell him, Dad, you're beating yourself up for nothing.

How could you-- you, you didn't know.

- Yeah, that's it.

Renita: He didn't know, and it was just, you know, and he's an awesome dad to everybody.

That's just how he is.

- That's good.

I am looking forward to a very strong relationship, a very solid foundation, seeing that this is a new start.

Um, I'm looking forward to just being happy with them.

I really do appreciate you guys taking the time out to come here and meet me.

- Yes.

♪ Nolin: As we're talking with Jazmin, she takes us, um, sits us down at this little table, and then Jazmin says there's one more surprise, and at this point we just are clueless.

- Since your father wasn't able to be here in person with him being in the islands and all, I thought it would be fitting that he'd be able to speak with you tonight, so... Hey, cousin Quint!

- Hey, how you doin'?

I want you to meet your son, Nolin and his sister, Leah.

Nolin, meet your father, Quint!

Quint: Hello?

How you doing, son?

- I'm doing great.

How you doing?

[sniffs] - I'm fine, man.

Finally get to meet you.

How you been?

- I've been, I've been great.

I've been meeting so much family, and... Quint: They told me.

- It's just been incredible.

[laughs] Quint: I just got a lot of joy going through my heart right now, I mean, I've been, I've been, like I said, I've been waiting for this moment, man.

You gotta come down here to see me though.

[laughs] - I'd love to.

I definitely-- Quint: You've got to.

Nolin: that will happen.

When I first saw my father's face, it was a lot of different feelings, like, I saw myself, and I saw the similarities.

It was, yeah, it was very emotional and so exciting, and I could see that he really wanted to talk as well.

Have you known about me or did you know about me?

Quint: Yes, I did know about you.

I didn't take it serious, and when, when she was in the hospital, I got the call and she said she did it.

And I was, like, wow.

You know?

I couldn't believe it.

But, uh, I even, I even called the lawyer that she, you know, made everything finalized with.

And he said it's too late.

I feel very sorry man.

- I don't have, I don't have any hard feelings.

I'm just-- I just want you to know that I have had a great life, and yeah, now getting to talk-- Quint: That's great.

Nolin: to you and see you is incredible, and I mean... Quint: All right.

- It starts right now, and we can only, we can only move forward.

When I'm talking to my father, you can just tell how the, the regret that he had and the wanting to make things right and to build that relationship.

And that's, that's all you can ask for.

Well, thank you for being on this and talking and sharing.

I'm just grateful.

- I, I can't wait to see you in person.

Couldn't imagine.

Thank you.

♪ Kentrelle: So how are y'all?

♪ Ho— What are you feeling right now?

- [emotionally] That I missed out on a lot.

♪ [sighs] Not having in my life.

♪ I missed out on laughing, hitting you, playing with you.

I missed out on a lot.

♪ I needed y'all.

[emotionally] I r— I really did.

I re— [crying] [crying] You don't realize how many people in my life had to try and come around and be fake family, but that wasn't what I needed.

Like, I needed y'all.

I needed y'all.

I'm being around all these other people and seeing their dynamics and seeing how they all look alike and how they all play a part in each other's lives, and I didn't have that.

It was just me being an outsider.

And I'm tired of being an outsider.

I'm tired of forced relationships with people, like, I really needed y'all.

And I hate she just gave me up.

Especially after figuring out how everybody else in the family was raised by somebody else in their family, like, why not me?

Why not me?

Why?

[sighs] Josette: [emotionally] I can tell you're hurt.

Kentrelle: I'm so hurt.

[emotionally] I've been so hurt my entire life.

I've been so hurt, so hurt.

I've been so hurt and so misunderstood, and everybody just think I'm just, I was just so ungrateful for my adoptive parents, and it wasn't.

It was just they didn't understand me.

They didn't understand me.

They would never understand me.

And it doesn't matter how much I try to explain it to them.

They will never understand.

And it's not their fault, it's just no one would ever be in this predicament.

Who's been a secret for 24 years?

Who can really say that?

So, I'm hurt.

The emotions I felt earlier, just feelings of hurt because, you know, growing up, people were there for me, but they didn't realize a lot of times they were doing more hurt than harm.

How close were y'all with my mom, like, did you know?

I mean, like, did you— - No, I did not.

Kentrelle: Did you, like, see anything?

Like, did you notice anything different.

Ashley: I didn't.

I guess we were younger, so I never really paid attention like that.

But we were around her a lot.

So kinda went back and gathered a couple pictures of me and your mother, so I wanted to show those to you.

- Please.

Ashley: Okay.

This photo may be the time when she was pregnant with you.

♪ Kentrelle: Wow.

She looks like my mom.

But, I mean, even just looking at this picture, like, I'm looking at her face, and it just seems so... worried about something.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I mean, sometimes I could just do it, and honestly, like, yeah, I can see myself in her right now.

I'm really just trying to understand the situation from the pieces that I have and really looking into myself and really understanding okay, if I'm her and she's me, then I can kinda see why there's that, but at the same time that's not an excuse for anything in my opinion.

- I'm so sorry for what you have been going through.

But now let's turn this thing around.

Turn it all around.

Kentrelle: That's gonna be hard.

[emotionally] That's gonna be so hard.

[sniffs] That's gonna be so hard.

[crying] Josette: You have to remember the love that was given you.

You know, you found, you found your biological mom.

And you will find all the answers because I know it's a lot of things going through your mind and your heart.

And I— You will find all the answers.

- [sniffles] - But now you belong.

[laughs] You belong.

- [crying] Josette: You belong.

- [crying] I just want [indistinct].

[crying] Josette: You belong.

You got two families.

- Too many families.

Josette: [laughingly] Too!

Both: [laughing] [laughingly] I wanna take it back, take it back!

Take it back!

Both: [laughing] Josette: You can't go nowhere now.

[laughs] Kentrelle: [coughing and laughing] What did I get myself into?

[coughing and laughing] Josette: You're in it now.

We're serious too.

Kentrelle: I know.

That's what makes it worse.

Both: [laughing] Kentrelle: I still don't have all the answers, but at least I have my aunt, and hopefully my mother will have more for me if we meet on this journey.

Like, I can't thank you all enough, like, both of y'all, like... Josette: [laughs] - Y'all don't know how much I needed y'all.

Josette: [laughing] ♪ Dan: After a long day of racing, teams nervously wait to discover how they have placed.

Jon: I don't think it's gonna be too bad today.

Kentrelle: I'm not sure, Jon.

Thaddeus: I feel pretty okay.

Maybe second, maybe third.

- It's kinda up in the air tonight.

I feel like we'll land somewhere in the middle.

Kentrelle: We can, we can get first place on Day 10.

That's the only time it actually matters.

Jon: Yeah.

[intense music] [mouse click] Dan: Welcome, teams.

Another exciting day, and for some of you perhaps a little disappointing.

Tia and Carolen, what happened?

- Well, Dan, we got off to a rocky start again.

Tia: We got a little off course, but we got back on track, and we finished out strong.

Dan: Let's talk about today's challenge.

Leah, you do not like games that involve trivia.

How do you think you did?

Leah: Well, I like memory, but I don't like trivia.

[chuckles] Um, I was really nervous.

We ended up doing okay.

My teammate here cheered me on and made me keep my head straight.

Dan: Ultimately all that matters is you made it safely and timely to another relative.

And Thaddeus, who did you meet?

- Dan the man.

Um, today was a special day.

Um, because I met not only one, but two special people.

I met my great aunt.

This is Aunt Bunny.

And then, hold on, my great-great aunt, Aunt Roberta.

Dan: Oh my gosh.

Hi!

That's between your great-great and down to you, that's four generations.

- Yes.

Dan: Thaddeus, I'm really glad that you got that today.

Tia and Carolen, you have alternated taking turns finding family on this race, and today it was your turn again, Carolen.

Who did you meet?

Carolen: So Dan, today I had the pleasure of meeting my older sister, Renita and my brother, Henry.

- Wow.

Dan: Carolen, I can see that smile on your face.

You are just beaming.

- Well, Dan, yeah, I'm trying to take it all in.

I'm-I'm so excited.

I got a older brother and a older sister.

I just can't wait to, you know, get to know them, tell them more about me, get to learn more about them.

Spend some time, make some memories.

Dan: Team Blue, Jon, Kentrelle, you two have also swapped back and forth meeting family.

Kentrelle, today was your day.

Who was waiting for you?

Kentrelle: So, I met my great aunt J, even though she looks so young and beautiful.

And I met my cousin, Ashley.

Dan: Were they able to provide answers to questions that you have?

- Um, yeah, they were able to provide some qu— a couple of questions, and they were also able to kinda give me, um, some more pictures of my mother.

So that was really cool too.

So, uh, this is actually a picture of my mom.

Um, this is her right here.

Her name is Angela, and it's assumed that she was actually pregnant with me in this picture, so that's actually really cool.

I'm in the picture LOL.

[laughs] Dan: Kentrelle, looks like your family is a lot of fun.

- Yeah, you know, we all have beautiful smiles, so I mean, what do you expect?

All: [laughing] Dan: Nolin, Leah, what a journey the two of you have been on.

Nolin, who did you meet?

- So, I had the opportunity to meet my first cousin, Jazmin.

And that was amazing.

I also got the opportunity to get on a call with my father.

I got very emotional, which, if you know me, I don't do very often.

And I just, I just couldn't, couldn't hold back.

It was just so beautiful, so special, and I'm just so happy.

Dan: Congratulations.

Well, in the end, the times have been tallied.

And one team is about to find out who will finish in first, while another team will have a disappointment of picking up a strike.

Who finished in first place on this fourth day of Relative Race?

17 minutes over their allotted time... Leah and Nolin, it was a great day for you.

Nolin: We're still the first team without a strike.

Leah: But now I know that the target might be on our back, [laughingly] so we'll have to watch for, yeah, the other teams that are comin' for us.

Dan: Finishing one minute behind Team Green, just 60 seconds...

Team Blue.

Congratulations.

You finished 18 minutes over your allotted time, and you are safe on this day.

And so it comes down to Team Red... and Team Black.

Both of you struggled on your drives.

Both of you struggled at the challenge.

One of you is safe.

The other will pick up their second strike on Relative Race.

The difference between third place and fourth... 2 minutes, 120 seconds.

♪ Finishing 36 minutes over their allotted time... ♪ Team Red.

Team Black, you finished 38 minutes over your allotted time, and you have picked up your second strike on Relative Race.

Team Green, with your first place win, you pick up the next day benefit, which is you get to penalize the other three teams at tomorrow's challenge.

How well will they adjust?

Who will come out on top?

We're gonna find out when Relative Race rolls on.

It's Day Five tomorrow, everybody.

Get some rest and get to know your family.

Good night, everybody.

And good luck.

All: [goodnights] - [indistinct hype noise] Both: [laughing] - Wow.

Okay.

Thaddeus: [sighs] - How you feeling?

- What place did we get in?

- Third.

- [laughingly] Okay.

All: [laughing] - You didn't hear me say you made it.

All: [laughing] - [sighs] So, we picked up our second strike tonight.

- Yep.

- Um, I kind of expected it.

- Mhmm.

- But I think if we just work on, you know, communicating better, if we figure out a strategy to have in the morning when we hit the road, it'll help us get on the road.

- That Team Green though, hasn't taken an L yet.

- I'm sick of Team Green.

- They need to take three Ls in a row.

Both: [laughing] - I'm green with envy at this point.

[laughs] - That's relieving.

- Oh my gosh.

Congrats.

- [laughs] Leah and Nolin: Thank you.

- That's so exciting.

- Our second win.

And it is what a day.

No better way to end it, right?

Had to.

♪