♪ Dan: Previously on Relative Race.

Trinesha: Game face on.

Andy: Let's do this, baby.

We got this.

Lizzy: The entire interstate is closed!

♪ Dan: Teams were all tangled up with a braidy challenge.

Andy: We got to move everything down one.

Mitchell: All the way over here, yup.

Callie: We did it, we did it, we did it, we did it!

Dan: Mitchell met his first biological relative.

- One of the greatest days of my life.

I got to meet my aunt for the first time.

I'm just so happy that now I get to start a new chapter in my life.

Dan: Callie was surprised with a relative of her own.

Doug: We're cousins.

Callie: Oh my word.

Someone showed up.

Someone came.

[crying] It was this beautiful moment of, this one belongs to me.

♪ Dan: Andy met a little sister and learned more about his father.

- I could see it in his eyes.

He just lit up.

He just kept staring at their pictures.

Andy: [whispering] Oh wow.

Dan: Geselle met a niece and also learned of her sister's passing.

- [tearfully] And I miss her so much.

Geselle: I'm grateful I met NicKeya today 'cause it feels like she's the representative of my sister standing before me.

♪ Dan: By the end of the day, Team Black took first place and the ultimate prize of immunity.

- Get outta here!

Dan: And Team Green earned their second strike, leaving them only one strike away from elimination.

Andy: I think, you know, anything can happen.

♪ Dan: DNA tells us who we are and where we came from.

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... Taquida: Woo!

[honk honk] - Are you kidding me?

Patrick: [snorts] Dan: to win $50,000... Mitchell: Go!

Go, go, go, go, go.

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: Four days down and all four teams are still competing to find family and the chance to win $50,000.

So far, Team Blue and Red are flying under the radar with no strikes.

Mitchell: We're feelin' good today, ready for the day ahead.

We'd love to come in first, but as long as we don't come in last, that's all that matters.

Taquida: Team Blue and Team Red have no strikes, but every day we're hopin' just a little bit more that they may get a strike before we do.

Dan: But today Team Black and Green wake up with two strikes, leaving them dangerously close to elimination.

Andy: 'Course no one ever wants to get two strikes, uh, this early in the game, but it is what it is.

- Yeah.

Dan: For Team Black... - Nooo!

- ...the pressure is on after they picked up the mystery prize of immunity yesterday.

Patrick: Starting the morning with immunity is quite a bit different.

Callie: It's awesome.

- Yes, much more relaxed.

Don't wanna get too relaxed 'cause tomorrow is not the same story.

♪ Dan: Before heading out on the road, Geselle takes a walk down memory lane with her new niece, NicKeya.

NicKeya: This morning I have somewhere special I want to show Geselle, which is a house we grew up in.

So this was Lenora's house, your sister, and we used to stay here, uh, 2017 till 2019.

So stayed for like two years.

Geselle: As soon as she said, um, that this is the house where my sister lived, and they ran their business, I began to just reflect on what was shared on yesterday.

And the feeling that came over me was excitement with some sadness.

NicKeya: Used to have customers, was in there serving plates, you know, working hard.

But it was fun.

It was fun, I ain't gonna lie.

You know, I was kinda little hesitant to come 'cause you know, like, you know, It's a lot of memories here.

Good memories here, but... yeah.

[tearfully] It's really hard.

♪ [sobbing] But she was amazing, you know.

And she was a very, like, [sniffs] amazing woman, like, uh, I miss, uh, miss my best friend, you know?

And I can still, you know, feel her right here.

[sobs] [indistinct] [crying] Geselle: As I'm, I'm watching, uh, my niece and she's beginning to share the story and I just wanted to guard-- safeguard her in that moment and just let her know that she was in a safe space to share her emotions.

NicKeya: I'm grateful that I met Geselle because I really did need an auntie.

It just, like, put the cherry on top of the cake, like, I really do, like, need a strong person, strong woman, you know, to be there for me.

And I feel like God sent her to me.

♪ And the best gift I've ever... [sniffs] I miss her so much.

And I know she miss me too.

Taquida: It brought up a lot of emotions inside of me because it takes a lot to come back to a home that has so many memories and you don't have that person that helped you create those memories there anymore.

And to be able to have the heart to do it for her aunt, you know, and it takes a lot because those memories that she has been suppressing herself and she didn't wanna relive it, but she did it, just to share this with her, with Geselle.

- First of all, thank you for sharing your faith with me.

NicKeya: Yeah.

- Thank you for sharing my sister with me.

And this right here, it's something I, I'm sure I'll be coming back to New Orleans just, just to kinda sit here like, like in that moment by myself and just really just, you know, reflect on those things that you told me.

- Yeah.

Geselle: And um, I'm just grateful for this opportunity.

- You're welcome, no problem.

Geselle: Yeah.

- You just sit atill and just pray, tell her she gonna be right alongside of you.

Geselle: So thank you.

Thank you for sharing with-- NicKeya: No problem.

I hope you come back and see it again.

Geselle: I will.

I felt like standing here on this ground that my sister was in the midst of that hug between us today, but now it's given me a greater perspective that I have to live out the dream that my sister wanted.

♪ Andy: We sit down for breakfast and we get to enjoy this ama-a-zing French toast, incredibly tasty and definitely another trick of hers that I'm gonna have to take home with me.

♪ Would you like the last piece?

Angalynne: Um, mmm no.

Andy: You sure?

- Mhm.

- Okay.

You guys know that if you leave it there, I'm gonna eat it.

Robin: Eat it.

[text chimes] Robin: I said eat it, eat it.

Andy: Sorry, guys.

I think we just got a text.

Angalynne: Okay.

Oh, it's Dan already.

Ooh.

- "Good morning teams and welcome to Day 5 of Relative Race."

- "Team Red will be traveling to... Geselle and Taquida: Slidell, Louisiana."

- "Team Blue will be traveling to..." Both: Nashville, Tennessee."

- "And Team Green will be traveling to Girard, Pennsylvania."

- "Your time...

Both: starts now!"

- [exhales] 'Kay!

Taquida: Okay.

NicKeya: All right, y'all better go!

Bye, love you.

Taquida: Yesss.

NicKeya: Be safe.

Taquida: All right, love you too.

All right.

Jessica: Ohhh.

- Yes.

Trinesha: Oh my gosh, I can't wait to get back with you.

Jessica: Have a safe trip.

Mitchell: Yes, we will.

♪ [text chimes] - [breathing heavily] "Good morning, teams, welcome to day 5 of Relative Race.

Team Red...Team Blue..." Hey, Pat!

- What?

Callie: Mm.

We're going to Rockford.

- Rockford...where is that?

- I dunno.

[clears throat] Patrick: Our clock going?

Callie: Sure!

- Cool.

Callie: [grunts] Immunity's the best.

- So happy to have you as my sister.

- Thanks, I'm so happy to have you as my brother.

- Ohh.

Trinesha: [laughing] Gotta go.

Mitchell: Come on, gotta go.

Trinesha: We did get our text from Dan this morning saying that we are going to...

Both: Nashville, Tennessee.

- We've driven through it so I'm excited.

Mitchell: Yeah, oh yeah.

- I'm excited to get there.

Taquida: So text comes in and we're going to Slidell, Louisiana.

But the only trouble that we're thinking about, our challenges, may be the traffic.

[door squeaks] Andy: Yep.

Lizzy: All right, got it?

Andy: Got it.

Robin: How cold is it?

Andy: It's chilly.

Lizzy: I've got the jackets, though.

[laughs] Robin: Okay.

- As we're running to the car, all of a sudden, my, uh, step-mother, Robin, starts yelling... - 79 North.

- Awesome, thank you!

...Which was a huge help.

♪ Dan: In no rush to start the day, Callie spends a few extra minutes with her cousin, Doug.

Callie: I sat out on the back porch and I wrote Doug a Callie "Cheat Sheet," if you will, kind of, like, Cliffs notes to take home with him and kind of fill in the family about who I am and fun facts about me and stuff that he can just take home and have a little bit more of an understanding about who I am as a person.

Doug: Hey, Callie?

- Hey.

Doug: I know you guys gotta get goin' but just had a couple more things I wanted to share with you if that's okay.

Callie: Yes, I would love it.

Doug: Okay.

[grunts] We talked a little bit last night and I shared with you a little bit about your mom's dad, your Grandpa Virgil.

So, he did a lot of canning.

So this is his pickle recipe and some lady, some friend of his, um, shellacked it to this plate.

And again, I don't even know why and how I ended up with it, but, anyway it's just, it's his recipe for pickles.

Callie: Oh wow!

Thank you!

Doug came out and sat next to me and had a plate with my Grandfather's pickle recipe on it, uh, and we're a pickle family.

Patrick: Mhm.

- We love pickles.

- This is true.

- This is awesome.

Yeah so— Doug: Isn't it cool?

- My dad used to, um, make pickles from our garden.

- Oh!

Callie: And we lo-- I, I have no idea what that recipe ever was.

Doug: Okay.

Callie: So this is actually really, really awesome.

- Now you got a recipe.

- I appreciate that so much.

Doug: You're welcome.

Callie: I will treasure this.

So, this is something that I'm gonna be able to hang in my kitchen and have and be able to make my Grandpa's pickle recipe!

♪ [intense music] ♪ Patrick: I got the door, I got the door.

We're used to gettin' out the door fast and getting in the car.

- And I stopped and said, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute... Whoa, hey.

Pat.

Slow down.

Patrick: Yeah, yeah.

Callie: We have nowhere to be.

- Okay.

Callie: It's another perk.

Patrick: And I realized I forgot my chapstick, um, so I had to run back in and get that.

Doug: I know what sh-we, you know, we need to do.

Callie: What do we do?

- We need to do a little dance.

Callie: Morning dance party!

So I'm outside with Doug and waiting for Patrick and he looks at me and says, You know what we should do while we wait?

Family dance party.

Doug: All right, ready?

Callie: Ready?

Here we go.

Doug: Let's see what you got.

[groovy music] ♪ - Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, look at those moves!

Callie: Get it, get it.

Doug: [laughing] Callie: And we get it, Doug.

And we get it, Doug.

And we get it, Doug.

Yes, yes, yes, mm.

And we like it.

And we like it.

So he danced with me, I love that, I love that we share that in common that we just love to dance and be fun and... it was a good time.

- All right now go get 'em.

Callie: Okay, I'm goin.'

I'm goin.'

[laughs] Doug: [laughs] Go, go!

Ah, that's right.

You guys don't have to hurry.

Callie: All right, thank you so much!

Doug: Love you, guys.

Callie: We'll see you soon.

♪ Geselle: So my fear is that we're gonna hit a pocket of, uh... - Traffic.

- ...traffic right here.

And then the other— - Shh.

Geselle: Okay.

- [whispering] Don't speak it.

Geselle: Okay.

Now watch me just— - Just don't say it.

Both: [laughing] Taquida: She started speaking of traffic and I had to just, shhh, just let it go.

We're not claiming that, we're not speaking that today.

Dan: Not speaking of any traffic, Team Red is leaving the streets of New Orleans and heading to Slidell, Louisiana.

And they have an allotted time of one hour.

Lizzy: Any of the bridges will get us where we wanna be.

- Okay.

Well then, let's go over a bridge.

♪ Tra-la-la-la-la.

- I'm really excited 'cause it, it, I did a good job.

- You did a great job, baby.

Lizzy: Our atlas really came in handy today because it has a detailed map of downtown with all of the streets we need to get on the major thoroughfare to get on 79 North, directly where we were going.

Dan: Thanks to their handy-dandy atlas, Team Green is racing from Pittsburgh to Girard, Pennsylvania.

Their allotted time for the day is 2 hours and 22 minutes.

♪ Trinesha: Remember that game we tried to play and it was like, you have to, like, count to three and you would try to see if we were on, like, the same, like, brain-brainwave?

There's this road game that we love to play where you try to say the same word at the same time.

- Yeah, that didn't work.

One, two, three, Mitchell: country.

Trinesha: Trees.

[beep] - Two, three, south.

- Rock.

[beep] - Three, Mitchell: truck.

Trinesha: Roads.

- Ah, close.

Dan: Testing their mind reading abilities is Team Blue, Mitchell and Trinesha.

They're departing Chattanooga, Tennessee for Nashville.

Andy they have an allotted time of 2 hours and 37 minutes.

- [yawns] Patrick: The drive itself, she wouldn't know 'cause she was dozin' off, but I mean... Callie: [snoring] Patrick: It's just nice knowin' that, you know, we can really start takin' our time.

Dan: [yawns] With the help of immunity and some extra z's, Team Black is traveling worry-free today from Peoria to Rockford, Illinois.

And their allotted time is 2 hours and 21 minutes.

Geselle: The Green Team sent us something this mornin.'

Taquida: Oh?

Geselle: Let's see what they say.

- Good morning, fam.

I thought I'd send you your blessing this morning.

It's a Irish blessing.

As we're on the road, I start thinking about how the Red Team has been sending us daily prayers and I thought, how appropriate that since Andy learned recently that he is Irish, let's send them an Irish blessing.

♪ May the road rise up to meet you ♪ ♪ May the wind be always at your back ♪ Geselle: So Team Green's text message was a, a song from the Irish.

And, uh, it was very encouraging to us today.

- ♪ Hold you in the palm of His hand ♪ [speaking] Have a good drive, everybody.

- Have a good one, guys.

- We love you.

[tense music] ♪ Patrick: Well, there's Girard.

Mitchell: Ah!

Trinesha: Woo!

- We made it!

Trinesha: Yay.

Mitchell: Let's go!

[text chimes] Geselle: We just got a text from Dan.

- Okay.

- It says... - "Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee."

- [clapping] - "Your new challenge is located at..." - "436 Walnut Street, Girard, Pennsylvania."

- Ay, let's go.

- Ooh, okay.

♪ Andy: Oh, we got a flag!

Lizzy: There's a flag!

Mitchell: Go this way, this way.

- Oh, I see it.

- This way, this way.

Callie: What is this?

Geselle: [laughing] Callie: Even though we do have immunity, we wanted to make sure that we're putting our best foot forward on the challenge.

♪ You're so much better at this than I am.

Patrick: We wanted to sort of stay in game mode for that.

You know, we're not gonna... - Slack off.

[paper tearing] Patrick: These things are like, indestructible.

- We also completed the challenge because we don't wanna look stupid on television.

- No, that's not something we really wanna do.

Or it doesn't open.

Callie: Don't rip the card.

Patrick: Oh I did.

[paper rustling] Callie: Got it.

Dan: The challenge for Day 5 is Picture Plank.

In Picture Plank, teammates must slide 15 giant planks together to create the perfect picture.

But beware, this picture has two sides and two distinct personalities.

Once the picture is perfectly clear, and I do hope you like it, this challenge is complete.

Geselle: Here we go with this cardio again.

Taquida: [laughing] I'm reading the challenge card and I'm thinking this should be a fairly easy task.

- We always feel good about puzzles, so I think we're feelin' pretty good.

Mitchell: All right.

Yep, just go ahead and grab it.

Patrick: Yeah, you know what it is, don't ya?

Callie: It's gotta be... Patrick: It's a picture of Dan.

Callie: We decided to start at the top of the head and work our way down.

Here, we're gonna start with the head.

Patrick: Okay.

Andy: Let's start from the bottom up.

Lizzy: Yep, right there, right there.

All the way in.

Mitchell: Yep, nice.

The original idea was to get all the pieces up first and then try to arrange them as we went along.

That don't look right, but it's cool.

For right now we're not gonna waste a bunch of time.

Geselle: Our strategy was to start with the, the facial part of the picture and work our way up.

This should go right here.

Put that maybe a little too far up.

Patrick: They're really close.

Let-- we're just gonna-- I think we just have to put it in and we'll see.

Callie: So the planks are out of order.

We can only take one at a time.

- The most challenging aspect of this puzzle is being able to pay attention to the smaller details.

Lizzy: Look, this is not even.

Flip it around.

Now that matches up.

Andy: Look at you being brilliant.

- No, it's just like— It's the other piece.

- It is the other piece?

Trinesha: Yes.

- Oh, well I was wrong.

Okay, sorry.

Trinesha: Here, take it out.

Go put it back near the other ones.

Taquida: Bottom, bottom.

Where you goin'?

Bottom.

Geselle: That's not the bottom part, though.

Callie: What a dapper Dan.

Of course, we knew immediately.

Patrick: Yeah, we knew it was Dan right away.

- Dapper Dan!

- Yesss.

- One side is— - Smiling Dan.

- and the other side is frowning.

- Frowning Dan.

- Is frowning.

- Yep Taquida: So on the happy side we got Dan the Man and on the sad side we got Dan Bummer-ham.

♪ At one point, we were tryna scoot the puzzle down and we didn't notice that we had pieces that were crooked and upside down.

It was just a total mess.

It's crooked.

Geselle: Yeah it is.

Wait, you got 'em upside down now.

♪ Trinesha: I do think everyone probably had a challenge today.

- Everybody but Team Green.

- No, flip it, flip it, flip it, that's too bright.

Mitchell: I guarantee she caught that background before anybody else did.

Lizzy: I think the sad background is duller than the happy background.

One of the things we notice is the edge.

If that's not lined up, you know you have something wrong.

Andy: Uh, looks like it's lining up to me.

- Honey, look at where his shoulders are.

Patrick: Oh you're right, you're right.

Good call, good call.

Patrick: Both sides are really close.

He's got two different backgrounds but it's hard to notice.

♪ - So we get the whole picture up and it's still not right.

[buzzer] What's off, what's off?

So now, we have to try to regroup and see where we're messed up at.

[buzzer] - What's wrong about it?

- I dunno.

Tinesha: Oh, no, hold on.

Mitchell: What, you see something I don't see?

Taquida: 'Cause, see, I'm lookin' at the blue on here, there's no blue down here to match this, you see what I'm sayin'?

Geselle: But look— but look at this.

Look, it go right into it.

- Check on the other side, is what I'm tryin' to tell you.

Mitchell: There's no way this is not right.

How?

Taquida: The de— now details.

- So, the background was crucial that we pay attention to that.

Wait!

No, flip it!

Patrick: Yeah, yeah, it's not just his face, we gotta match the pattern around him too!

- Yeah.

That was key, that's really was a guiding point for us to make sure that we had everything in the right order and on the right side.

Patrick: I don't like this one!

Callie: I don't like it either.

- Out it goes!

Callie: Wait, no, put it back, put it back!

Patrick: And back it goes!

♪ Lizzy: Is that right?

Andy: Yes, I think so.

Lizzy: Yeah, yeah.

♪ Callie: I think we should flip it.

Mitchell: I don't know what we're missing!

Geselle: This piece right here is getting on my nerves.

Callie: Except for a couple of slabs, we were, we were pretty dead on!

Lizzy: Is that right?

Andy: I think so.

Lizzy: I think that's right.

Andy: Yep!

Lizzy: I think we're done!

[ding-ding-ding] Yep, we're good, we're good!

Let's go!

♪ Callie: I like it!

Patrick: Okay!

Both: Is it correct?

[ding-ding-ding] [whooping] Callie: Yes, let's go!

Andy: "You will find your relative at 11066— Callie: Machesney Park, Illinois!"

Patrick: All right, let's go!

Callie: Yes!

Numbered streets are the best!

Dan: Teams Green and Black head off to find their relatives, leaving Blue and Red behind and totally stumped.

[buzzer] Mitchell: It looks perfect!

What are we missing?

Trinesha: Are there— You see any color differences or anything?

Is there a different way to look at it?

Look at the background, not him.

Look at the background.

Taquida: There's something in the background that's going straight up.

You see what I'm sayin'?

'Cause whatever that brown thing is in the background is just not linin' up.

You see what I'm sayin'?

Does this line up with that brown piece?

Geselle: That lines up.

Mitchell: Trinesha noticed that the trees weren't lining up, especially on the right-hand side.

Once we realized that, we tried to rearrange the pieces in the right order.

Trinesha: Yeah, but whatever's goin' on right here?

What else is right there?

Whatever it is, it's over there.

Mitchell: The tree.

The tree is wrong.

Look, look at the tree.

Right here.

Look right here.

Trinesha: That's what I'm sayin'.

Mitchell: So flip the whole top three.

Trinesha: Yeah.

Mitchell: So get on the other side.

Get on the other side.

Get on the other side.

Trinesha: It was linin' up with the front.

- Once our frustration level got to a certain height, it just, everything just became a blur and I just stopped paying attention to minute details.

We did get the trees lined up but it, by then it was a little too late.

Trinesha: And we timed out.

[buzzer] [smack] ♪ Mitchell: I don't know.

The shirt matches, the zipper looks good.

Trinesha: I thought the zipper looked good.

Mitchell: The chin too, just like the smile.

Even the hair matches up.

Trinesha: Well... Mitchell: Whatever, let's go.

Geselle: The key to this puzzle is noticing the background details, and not just Dan's face, but unfortunately, we didn't notice it in time.

Mitchell: I'm, I'm more than frustrated.

I'm, I'm definitely upset because I should've did better.

When we get frustrated, that's when it goes off the rails.

Geselle: The time out, it feels frustrating.

It was a little agitating.

Taquida: We just have to let it go.

And get ready and get our heads in the game to be able to meet our relative.

All right.

"You will find your relative at 1604..." Mitchell: "Raymond Street, Nashville, Tennessee."

Trinesha: With Team Black having immunity, that also means that we have even a bigger chance of getting a strike so we really need to kick it into gear and get to our relative's house as quick as possible to make up for that lost time.

Dan: With the challenge now complete, Teams Blue and Green start the race to find their relatives with some instant good luck.

Mitchell: We've been getting unparalleled luck with the local people— Trinesha: With people.

Mitchell: that live in the area.

Lizzy: I'm really worried that we're not gonna be able to find a place to look for directions.

Andy: It's a municipal building.

Lizzy: Yeah, are they open?

Andy: Uh, let's see.

Lizzy: And we think, perfect.

Dan: However, for Teams Black and Red, theirs is a very different story.

Taquida: We stopped at one store, we didn't get any results.

Geselle: Do you happen to know where 10th Street is?

Man 1: I dunno.

Geselle: 10th— Okay.

Thank you.

Taquida: Stopped at a tire shop, and they told us that the street that we were lookin' at was 3rd Street.

This is 3rd Street?

That was not the case.

Patrick: We had immunity— Callie: [singsong] Immunity!

Patrick: You know, we weren't like super on our game, I guess.

I hope that's what we'll blame.

We find the street... - What does that say?

Patrick: I, I cannot see.

Callie: 76.

So we gotta turn around.

We are driving back and forth and back and forth.

- Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see the zero.

Callie: 75— What is going on?

Patrick: 7429.

Trinesha: We headed right for our destination right off the bat.

Mitchell: Right?

Trinesha: Oh, we'll see it?

Oh, okay, cool.

Trinesha and Mitchell: Thank you.

- A lovely, lovely lady took us into her office, took us up to a giant map, ran us through step by step what we had to do, and we hop back in the car and off we go.

Taquida: Do you wanna stop?

Geselle: Yep, uh... Taquida: Yes or no?

Yes or no?

Geselle: Yes, yes, yes, yes.

The last guy that we stop at gives us directions and it felt like being in a bad remake of Zootopia with the sloth and the bunny.

Man 2: You'll run into a major light where you'll see a um, uh, it's a weird thing.

- [sighs] Geselle: Front street to Fremaux.

Man 2: Yes, ma'am.

Geselle: Okay.

Thank you.

♪ Callie: We are about to head back a fourth time, and finally I look across the street.

Oh, it's on the left side of the street.

What am I talking about?

It would be on the left side.

We've driven past it three times.

We are— This is why we lose.

Patrick: That was brutal.

Callie: How embarrassing.

Patrick: We're on the wrong side!

- That's the dumbest thing we've done on this trip so far.

Patrick: Yeah.

So far being the key word.

- So far.

Mitchell: Right lane.

Take a right.

Right here.

Get in the right— [groans] Trinesha: I'm good, I got it.

Mitchell: Slow down.

Slow down, slow down.

- 15.

Right there.

Mitchell: 15.

[claps] Done.

Trinesha: Right there.

♪ [doors click] - Who is that?

♪ [doors click shut] ♪ - Hi.

Woman 1: Hi, welcome.

Mitchell: Hello.

Trinesha: How are you doing?

- I'm good, how are you?

- My name is Trinesha and this is my husband, Miitchell.

- Nice to meet you.

Woman 1: Nice to meet you.

I'm Mackenzie.

- Which one of us are you...

Both: Related to?

- I'm related to you, Trinesha.

I'm your cousin.

- Oh, you're my cousin.

Mackenzie?

Mackenzie: Yes.

- Oh, nice to meet you.

Can I give you a hug?

Mackenzie and Trinesha: [laughing] Mitchell: Ohh!

Trinesha: Oh my gosh, you're so pretty.

Mackenzie: Thank you, so are you!

Mitchell: Yes, that's what you say right from the first-- It's like, she's so pretty.

Trinesha: Oh, nice to meet you.

- Well, it's nice to meet you, hi!

Mckenzie: It's nice to meet you, too.

You're family, too.

Mitchell: Yes.

Everybody's so nice and welcoming.

Trinesha: Wow, [indistinct] that we need it.

Mitchell: Ohh.

- Is that what, a Southern thing?

I believe it, I believe it.

- [laughs] Mackenzie: I'm Mackenzie, and I'm Trinesha's cousin.

When they got out and came over, um, just like, immediate warmth.

Immediate connection.

I'm so overflowing with like, you know, just like joy for her to be able to know all of us, um, and there's just, there's so many of us.

Oh did you, you saw some pictures from my, my uncle.

My uncle, David.

Mitchell: David, okay.

The smile.

- Aww!

Mitchell: it always gives it away.

The smile, it always gives it away.

- Yes!

Trinesha: So David is my cousin who I actually met before her, and I found out today that David's actually her uncle.

Mackenzie and Trinesha: Yes.

- Nicest guy ever.

Mackenzie: I'll tell him you said he's amazing.

Mitchell: Super sweet.

- He'll be very pleased, very pleased.

Mitchell: Oh man, yes.

- So, before this journey, I was literally going from zero and my small circle is just expanding day by day.

I can't wait to learn so much more about you.

- Well, would you like to come in?

- Yes.

Mitchell: Yes, we would.

Mackenzie: 'Kay.

Let's do it.

♪ ♪ Both: 1606, 1604.

♪ Geselle: Walking up from the car, as soon as I saw his face, I saw, that is a reflection of me.

Immediately.

- Hi, I'm Taquida.

Man 3: I'm Lequal: - Hi, I'm Geselle.

- Nice to meet you.

Lequal: Same to y'all.

Geselle: And whose relative are you?

- Yours.

Geselle: And how are we related?

- I'm your nephew.

[chuckles] ♪ My name is Lequal Royal and I am Geselle's nephew.

Geselle: And when he hugged me, he hugged me with a lot of feeling.

Lequal: [sighs] - Wow.

- That's crazy.

Geselle: It is.

- You look exactly like my mama.

You like her twin.

Both: [laugh] Lequal: My mama, she passed away like two... two, three years ago and, like, Geselle felt like family immediately.

Like instantly.

Your eyes, cheekbones, your mouth, just your whole face.

[chuckles] Geselle: Whole face.

Wow.

As I begin to approach him and we begin to interact, there was just moments of silence between us 'cause I think we were both kinda just vibing with each other.

I'm seeing my sister.

I'm seeing the features.

I'm seeing the eyes, you know, the lips, like I'm lookin' at, at her but I'm lookin' at a male version.

- [laughs] Yeah that was my twin.

Geselle: Yeah.

So y'all was real, real close.

Lequal: Oh yes.

Yeah, I was her baby.

Geselle: I think if we would've met we would've been, like, best friends.

You know what I'm sayin'?

- Oh yeah... Geselle: Yeah.

Lequal: When we first started talkin', like an instant, you know, connection.

It felt like I been knowing her.

- My heart is happy right now.

Lequal: Right, right.

Yeah, I feel the same way.

Geselle: Yeah.

Tell me about you.

Like... - I like to do music.

- I do music, too.

- Oh, that's good.

Runs right through the family.

Geselle: Yeah, it has to run through the family.

As we begin to interact, I learned that, uh, we basically have the same careers and hobbies happening at the same time.

There's a lot of deep threads in this family bloodline.

It felt like I was looking at a mirror, but it also felt like I was lookin' at a piece of my sister.

He is her twin so just to be able to look at him felt like I had her alive for that, for that moment.

- Well, you wanna go inside?

Geselle: Yeah, let's go.

Lequal: All right.

Geselle: This is crazy.

♪ Andy: 11066!

We're here!

Lizzy: This one right here?

Andy: Yep, 11066.

Lizzy: McDonald Drive.

McDonald, honey!

McDonald Drive!

It's this one right here?

Andy: it is!

♪ The moment we pull up and walk to the house, there's this cute little old couple standing there with their arms wide open, waiting for us.

- Well hi, there.

- Hello!

Man 4: Hi.

- Andy: Uh, my name is Andy and this is my wife, Lizzy.

- I'm John.

Family all calls me Junior, and I'm your cousin.

- Oh, fantastic!

Good to meet you.

Junior: Good to meet you!

Andy: Ohh!

Junior: Good to meet a, a new stranger.

Andy: There you go.

Lizzy: [laughs] - A new, new family member.

We need, we need more family members.

There's only 14 of us.

- Oh, well then.

Lizzy: [laughs] Junior: We've been anxious for the last couple weeks about him comin'.

And yeah, I was, I was happy to see him here and, yeah, it was worth a good hug.

Lizzy: [laughing] - I'm Guy's brother that was down there.

- That's excellent!

Well, Guy's a great man and we had a wonderful time spending, uh, the day with him.

Lizzy: Yeah.

Andy: It is an amazing feeling, knowing that I am a part of something so big and so beautiful and so loving as the McDonald family is.

- And this is my wife, Gale.

Gale: Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Lizzy: Thank you for having us.

Gale: Yes, thank you for coming.

This is great.

Andy: Gale, correct?

Gale: Yes, yes.

Andy: Oh, Gale, it's great to meet you.

Gale: Nice to meet you too.

Andy: Aww.

Gale: Good to see you.

Very good.

Lizzy: Well, Junior, that is a great shirt.

Gale: [laughs] Andy: I love that.

Lizzy: Yes.

- She orders things on the mi— on the... Gale: Computer.

- The computer thing.

Lizzy: We love it.

Andy: That is awesome.

- It's such a blessing, because I know how excited the rest of the family is to meet him.

Because once you are part of this family, you're part of it.

Why don't we come on inside and look at the pictures and we can discuss things and be a little bit warmer, so.

Andy: Oh, fantastic!

Gale: Come on inside, how's that?

Andy: Thank you so much.

♪ Callie: Right here.

It's gotta be right here.

Patrick: 7518?

Callie: Yay!

Huzzah!

We are, we are ridiculous.

♪ - Oh my gosh, yay!

[clapping] Yay!

I'm not even out of the car and I know who it is.

I'm sitting there clapping— Patrick: Yeah.

- in the passenger seat.

I was so excited.

[car doors close] - Hi.

Patrick: Hi.

I'm Patrick.

- I'm Callie.

Woman 2: I'm Lindsay, your sister.

Patrick: Yes, I know.

Callie: [clapping] ♪ ♪ Patrick: The smile.

Callie: Hi, it's so nice to meet you.

Patrick: These last five days have changed everything.

I've already met one amazing sister and now I get to meet the second one.

- I'm your sister, Stephanie.

Patrick: Stephanie, yes!

Callie: [crying] Patrick: I knew that one right away.

- Seeing him felt surreal.

It's just so strange to see the resemblance.

Gosh, it's so strange to see your eyes.

You look so much like my dad.

- I know, I keep hearing it.

- [laughs] Patrick: I keep hearing it.

Callie: We love your family so much.

Patrick: Yes.

Callie: [laughs] - He would've been in your life forever if he had known about you.

Patrick: Yes, yeah we know that.

We definitely know that.

We definitely know that.

They do want me to be a part of their life and I've just gotten another family.

It's amazing, it's overwhelming, it's everything.

So, as soon as you walked through— I knew.

Callie: immediately.

- It is that, yeah.

Callie: [laughs] - I wanna know about, uh, what your life has been like.

Patrick: Well, it's only about thirty minutes up the road, so uh yes, not too far from home right now.

Lindsay: Right.

- Yeah.

- I feel like anyone who's adopted feels— deserves to know who they came from and who they're related to.

- It doesn't matter how many times I do this, it's always... - I love that.

- amazing every time.

Every time I do it.

♪ - Do you wanna come inside and we can talk more?

- Yes, I do.

Lindsay: Yeah, let's go.

♪ ♪ Dan: After a long day on the road, Patrick finally sits down with his sister, Lindsay.

- Thanks so much for having us.

- I'm glad you could be here.

I'm glad we could meet.

My parents told me that they had been contacted about-- [laughs] my dad having a son.

I, uh, for a very long time didn't believe it.

I thought it was a joke.

- Mhm.

Lindsay: 'Cause it was just so unexpected.

When I found out that I had an older brother that we never knew about, I was very eager to meet him.

I felt like I wanted to find him immediately.

Dad had a girlfriend in high school.

One day my dad went to meet her and she was with a different guy.

Patrick: Ooh.

Lindsay: Um, and, so then they broke up and, uh, months later the rumor was that she was pregnant and once she was noticeable enough, um, dad went up to her and said, Is that, is the baby mine?

And she said, No.

Patrick: Oh.

Lindsay: So he dropped it at that point.

Um, she was, you know, seemed convincing enough and he would've thought that it was the other guy's.

Um, so, so yeah.

They never talked again.

- Wow.

- Mm.

Lindsay: And graduated high school right after that.

Um, and then, yeah, she gave you up for adoption.

But if he would've known... - I do know that, yeah, if he woulda known, I would've been up there with you.

- Is it disappointing that you're biological mom didn't tell him?

Maybe she didn't— I mean, she really might not have known.

- Um... ♪ I'm gonna have to sssssay right now, I mean, disappointing but I, I had a good life, so I don't wanna be like, I would wanna, like, do a swap but to say that would be... Lindsay: Yeah.

- Yeah, would, no.

- Don't hold bad feelings about it.

Patrick: Yeah, I do not.

I do not.

Callie: It's crazy how, like, one decision can just... one person's decision can just... Lindsay: I know and to a scared teenager.

Callie: Right, right.

Patrick: Exactly.

Callie: Kids.

Patrick: Exactly.

Yes, yes.

Lindsay: Makes hard choices.

- Realizing how my story could've gone is bittersweet.

I could've grown up with my dad but then Callie would've never been a part of my life.

- Hmm.

- However, I have even more sisters now and I am looking forward to making up for lost time.

- This is not a lie, I always wanted a big brother.

I always, my whole life, um.

- [emotionally] Well, you're getting one of the best.

- [chuckles] Lindsay: [crying] - [crying] Lindsay: Yeah, um... ♪ [sniffs] That's just crazy that you were here this whole time.

Patrick: Yeah, not too far away, really.

It was not... Lindsay...said she always wanted an older brother.

Something that she'd always wanted, and now she has.

And I really wasn't sure about doing this show.

And... [phew] am I glad.

Am I glad.

Because if Callie meeting Doug, me meeting all the Reichenbergers, I mean, it was meant to be.

Lindsay: Always asked my parents for a brother.

[laughs emotionally] A big brother.

I love my sister, but... Callie and Lindsay: [laughing] Lindsay: For some reason I wanted a brother.

So it's cool to meet you.

Patrick: Aww, well come 'ere.

I'm gonna give you another hug.

Come 'ere.

I do like to hug.

[exhales] Callie: [laughs] Lindsay: Me too.

[laughs] The rest of my life with Pat in it just involves us getting together.

I wanted him to know that he was wanted.

♪ Dan: In Girard, Pennsylvania, Andy sits down with his cousin Junior, to learn more about the McDonald's side of the family.

Andy: We spent a little time with Guy, uh, the other day and, uh, told us a lot of great stories about the family.

Gale: There's 14 of them all together.

Seven girls and seven boys.

Junior: You've got a lot of relatives.

- I guess so.

Junior: I see so many families that aren't close together.

'Course I was brought up with 14 kids, you know.

We're always tryna come up with reasons to do summin' to-together.

- How often do you guys actually come together?

- Once the year for the reunion.

Gale: This was the original sign to the McDonald Picnic Pavilion.

When we started the McDonald Reunion, we were in Albion at the fair grounds and we got too big for that.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Gale: They shut that down.

- Wait, hold on.

The McDonald family was too big for a fairground?

Gale: Yes, yes.

So, he's like, we've got the land and we got the property, so we built our own pavilion to hold us down here.

In 1990, John McDonald and his brothers built the pavilion for the family reunion.

Lizzy: And how many people are we talking at this family reunion?

Gale: I think it averages anywhere from 150, 170s, depending.

Lizzy: [laughs] Gale: Depending.

- Depending.

Gale: Depending.

Junior: It ain't as big as it used to be.

Gale: No, because— Lizzy: [laughing] What!?

'cause the older ones are, are— Junior: A lot of the older ones and some of the young ones ain't comin' around like they should, you know.

- And that's smaller than it used to be.

Gale: Mm, a little bit.

- 150.

- [laughs] Gale: It, it can range that far.

This got bent much to my chagrin but thi-this is kind of an example... [laughing] of the family reunion.

- Oh wow.

That is a lot of folks.

The family reunion is craaaazy.

They have over 150 people show up for four days of fun and festivities starting with cookout, a pizza night, a corn roast, and a big ice cream social.

And all 150 people have an amazing time getting together and just catching up on all the things that are important to the family and uh, all the things that make this family special.

- Well we'd like to give you this in hopes that you, too, will make your way back here sometime and so— Andy: Oh.

Oh!

"McDonald Family Corn Roast and Reunion.

"Your entire family is officially invited to attend."

Junior and Gale were incredibly kind and slipped me an envelope.

Uh, opened it up and inside was an invitation to this year's reunion.

Not only for me but for everyone in my side of the family.

Ah that's amazing, yes.

I can't wait.

Thank you so much.

Gale: You're very welcome.

He's family now.

There's no gettin' out of it.

Once you're part of this family, you're part of this family.

Would you like to take a walk over and see where the whole thing happens?

We'll take you over to the pavilion.

It's close.

Andy: Oh, that sounds amazing, yeah.

- We'd love to do that.

Gale: Why don't we head over.

Andy: Let's do it.

Lizzy: Let's go.

Gale: All right.

Andy: We walk from Gale and Junior's home down to the pavilion that they built for the family reunion and there are two of his brothers and one of his brother's sons is there waiting for us.

Junior: This is my brother, Percy.

Percy: I've never met you before.

Andy: No.

Gale: Nope, none of us have.

This is new for all of us.

Junior: Yeah.

Andy: Well, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.

It's so incredible to sit by the fire with this amazing family, which is my family now, and just uh, really learn more about the history of McDonalds and how much they love me.

Lizzy: I felt like it was a small taste of what's to come in the family reunion this summer.

♪ Trinesha: Thank you so much for agreeing to meet me and I'm so excited to get to, to get to know everything about you.

Did you know anything about me at all?

Or did you— - No.

I— me— our family's big.

Trinesha and Mackenzie: [laughing] - I've heard.

Mackenzie: So, yes.

And like, you've met some people but, but no I didn't know.

I, I found out about you like a, a short while ago and, um, and I was really excited to be able to, like, be— Trinesha: Yay.

- a part of this and kind of like help figure out the mystery and, like, kind of find out where you fit in— - Yeah.

- and um, and I'm like a little bit of a genealogy nerd so this was like— Mitchell: Really?

- the perfect, uh, project for me.

Trinesha: Wow.

Mitchell: Mm.

- Yep.

They reached out to the right person.

[laughs] Just someone reached out to me who was a genealogist and she said, uh, there's someone who is a cousin of mine.

I was kind of excited, um, and so it was like this big mystery of, like, we built a family tree together to try to figure out, like, who do we have in common, and um, you know, narrow down people.

But I was happy to find her.

Trinesha: I am just so happy to do this journey because I, um, I didn't grow up with a large family.

I didn't even know I had a large family.

I basically grew up as an only child with my grandparents and so just being on this journey and finding out that I have as big a family— [laughs] Mackenzie: Me too.

Trinesha: —and everyone's just like, oh, it doesn't stop there, I'm like... - [laughing] It doesn't.

Mitchell: That's what all of them say.

Trinesha: I don't even know what— I am— I just went from such a small circle to such a big circle in such a small amount of time.

And my mind is blown every day.

Mackenzie: Good.

- Every day.

And it's such— It's so fun.

It's amazing how similar our personalities are.

Mackenzie is so upbeat, she's so lovely, just like I am.

And it's almost like every time I get to meet a new family member, the DNA just keeps getting stronger.

Mackenzie: There's a lot of cousins out there but, like, in my little immediate family, like, I was also the only child and so I think, I think only children kind of have, like, a way about them and, you know, like we self-entertain and... Mitchell: Mm, Mhm.

Trinesha: [laughing] Yeah.

- [laughs] So that's probably, so there's probably some of that connection happening too.

Sometimes I like mumble to myself or... Trinesha: Yeah, I think we definitely have a connection but I, it's, yeah.

I can tell.

We're— - We'll dig into it.

Trinesha: Oh yeah.

Mackenzie: [laughs] - I can't wait for Mackenzie to be a bigger part of my life.

She's amazing and I love her so much.

Yeah, thank you so much for meeting me and giving me this opportunity to do so.

Mackenzie: I'm happy to do it.

Trinesha: [laughs] ♪ Dan: After spending yesterday with her niece, NicKeya, Geselle now gets to spend time with NicKeya's brother, Lequal.

- When I met NicKeya and, and she was, you know, she was sharin' with me that I had a nephew and a niece— Lequal: Mhm.

- I was like, well where they at?

[laughs] - [laughing] right?

Right.

Geselle: But, you know, I knew everything happened in time and so, like, the moment we walked up, I'm lookin' at you and I'm like, I'm seeing a tall version, male version of my sister.

- Right.

Facts, facts.

Geselle: Yeah.

And I just wanted to just run up to you and forget all the other stuff.

Lequal: Right, right.

Geselle: And just, just grab you, just hold you, you know what I'm saying.

'Cause it was like, um, another piece of my sister.

Lequal: Right.

Geselle: Being given to me today.

- Lookin' into Geselle's eyes... To be honest, I was trying not to cry.

[laughs] It was, uh, like a relief.

Like you could finally, like, exhale.

Geselle: to know what you, your voice sounded like, you know, to, to hear you laugh, even— You know what I'm sayin,' just to hold you and feel your heartbeat and, like, I'm, I'm grateful.

Lequal: Yeah, me too.

- I felt like I met my twin in my, my sister's son.

Geselle and Lequal: [laughing] Geselle: The male version of me, you know?

- Right.

Geselle: So, um, your mom, my sister.

What, like, tell me, like, from your perspective, what was it like?

- My ma was like the, basically like the best ma she could be.

Gave us anything we want.

You know, everybody liked my mom so you know, like, she could sing.

Like, beautiful, beautiful.

Like, to the point where she'd even make people, like, cry when she sang and stuff.

She, I know first of all, I know soon as she woulda saw you, she woulda hugged you and started cryin.'

Just like how NicKeya would be... with that soft heart.

And I, she would just probably, you know, want you to know that she love you, she watchin' over you, and basically, like, she happy that, you know, we finally bein' able, like, to meet each other.

Geselle: Halfway through this journey, my heart is... [chuckles] Is trying to process a lot.

It's filled with gratitude.

It's a beautiful place to be in.

Lequal: That's my oldest, Lanaya.

That was her first day of school this year.

Geselle: So much personality.

Taquida and Geselle: [laughing] Geselle: I can't wait to meet her.

Lequal: [laughs] Yeah, that's a picture of my ma.

She used to, like, always like, you know, do her makeup.

Geselle: They literally look like twins.

When Lequal started showing pictures of his kids, you could see the proud father.

You could also see the happiness, to be able to share that moment with me.

Beautiful family.

Taquida: Mhm.

Lequal: I hope that we keep in contact, you know, and just make up for all the time that we missed from not, you know, meetin' each other.

Geselle: So it's kinda like bittersweet for me.

Lequal: Right, right.

- Because I get to have a piece of her in both of you guys.

Lequal: Facts.

- And then your sister when, you know, whenever I get the opportunity to meet her.

- Right.

Geselle: And I'm, like, I'm grateful for that.

Like, she left you guys behind for us to have, you know, whatever that relationship or connection is gonna be.

It felt like another piece of my sister was given to me today.

It's a celebration.

You know, an opportunity to really just love all you guys.

♪ Dan: As the sun slowly sinks over the horizon, teams anxiously are waiting for today's results.

Geselle: I'm really not too sure about this call.

Andy: Black has immunity today which means that we're really only competing against two other teams.

Lizzy: Right so it has to be pretty much perfect.

Patrick: Not a bad day... - Right.

- But we have immunity.

- [singsong] Immunity.

Patrick: So that doesn't really matter.

Trinesha: I think them having immunity really made it easier for us to get a strike.

♪ All: [greetings] [triumphant fanfare] Patrick: Well, hello.

Andy: Welcome to the party!

Patrick: How are you all doing?

- Hello.

Geselle: The team that slept all day.

- See I was thinking, with immunity, you guys just pulled over to the side of the road and, like, got twelve hours of sleep.

Mitchell: That's what I would've did.

- Right, what'd you do?

Patrick: Not happening.

None of that's happening.

Geselle: Well, I mean, at least you don't have mosquitos.

Those, those are bigger than mosquitos, yeah.

Callie: I liked the challenge today.

I thought the challenge was really fun.

- I didn't.

- Agreed.

Geselle: Nope.

Callie: [laughs] - Nope.

Patrick: Oh no.

- Mm-mm.

Callie: Mitchell says no?

Andy: Whoa, hey Dan!

- Hey, everybody, how you doin'?

All: [greetings] Dan: You've made it to the halfway point of Relative Race!

You guys sound like you're all BFFs already, but how do you feel about Team Black?

Because today, they had immunity.

- [singsong] Immunity.

Dan: Congratulations, Patrick and Callie.

Yesterday you finished in first place and you chose that first mystery benefit and it was immunity.

Did that change the way you approached your race today?

Patrick: Yes.

Both: Yes.

Patrick: So we were able to enjoy the experience of everything instead of having to rush, rush, rush and worry about what was happenin' next, you just sorta got to settle down and enjoy the moment, really.

- Right.

Dan: Team Green, there was something that happened today that, Lizzy, no one has ever done on Relative Race before.

And that was sing a song of inspiration to your competitors.

Where did that come from?

And oh, by the way, your voice is amazing!

Lizzy: Thank you.

I, I just thought we needed a little blessing after yesterday and after his newfound Irish heritage, I just was inspired by the Red Team's daily blessing and thought it was our turn to send our daily blessing.

Geselle: It blessed us.

We just wanna say that.

We, we didn't know you had a hidden talent.

Taquida: And we enjoyed it.

Just like what she said, we normally send out the prayer but after we heard that, we was like, that's our blessin' for today so we didn't need to send a prayer for today.

Dan: What, what did you think of Picture Plank?

Singer: ♪ Let's have a good time ♪ - I loved it.

I thought it was awesome.

Dan: Well, that's good because you actually finished the challenge faster than anybody else today.

Callie: Finding our pace.

Patrick: Of, of, of course we did.

- [laughs] - Stress-free will do that to ya.

- Yeah.

Dan: Hey, Mitchell, your thoughts when you get to the challenge and you find out it's something called Picture Plank.

What was your first thought?

- I figured it was gonna be a picture.

I was like, okay, I can, I can do this.

I know it's gonna be a picture.

And I knew who it was from the perfect teeth.

As soon as we saw one slide, I told them at the challenge, I was like, that's Dan.

[all laughing] [ding] Mitchell: I was like, that's Dan.

I saw the teeth and I was like, that's Dan.

Team Red, I wanna know, at the challenge, what was your nickname for Frowny Dan?

Taquida: [laughing] So, um, yeah, um, the happy face was, um, Dan the Man and the, um, the frowny face was Dan Bummer-ham.

[wah wah wah wahhhh] Dan: Okay!

I can just hear all of my family and friends from now on saying, Yeah, watch Relative Race and you will forever be Dan Bummer-ham.

All right.

Forget the challenges.

Forget the day.

Team Black, you had immunity.

You can even put that aside for right now.

Because it is all about family.

Geselle, who was waiting for you today?

- So, waiting for me today was another blessing from my sister.

Um, I got to meet my nephew today, Lequal.

Lequal: Hey, how are y'all doin'?

- Oh, on my mother's side.

Dan: Good to have you on the show.

Thank you for being there.

- Yeah, thank y'all for havin' me.

- Team Green.

Lizzy, tonight when you get to the door, it is this amazing moment once again for your husband.

Andy, who did you meet?

- Well I had the good fortune to meet my cousin, Junior, and his wife, Gale.

Junior: Hey.

Dan: I love it!

Junior and Gale.

Team Blue.

Mitchell, yesterday you met your first blood relative.

Trinesha, you've met your father on this race.

Tonight, it could've been anybody's relative.

Whose relative was it?

- I actually got to meet my beautiful cousin, Mackenzie.

- Wow.

Trinesha: And we, she, we have so many similarities, so many of the same, um, mannerisms.

Oh my gosh, we've had the best conversation.

- Sounds like we better wrap things up tonight so you can get back to your family.

But we are not finished yet.

Team Black.

Callie, yesterday was your family.

- Mhm.

Dan: Today it was once again Patrick's.

- Yes, today, I met my other sister on my Dad's side, Lindsay.

- Hi.

Mitchell: Wow.

Trinesha: Wow.

Patrick: [laughs] Dan: I love that.

Look at that.

As if you couldn't tell they're family, right?

Patrick: I know, I know.

Dan: Okay.

We're halfway through this race.

Five days down, five days to go.

And it is time, once again, to find out who finished in first and who picks up a strike.

Team Black has immunity, so no matter where they finish, they will not earn a strike.

If they finish in first, second, or third, then whoever is in fourth place does earn the strike.

The difference between first and second place on this day... two minutes.

♪ Finishing first, six minutes over their allotted time, for the first time in this race, Team Blue.

Congratulations.

Mitchell: [relieved sigh] Callie: Yay!

Trinesha: [gasps] Mitchell: [groans] [all clapping] Dan: Congratulations, guys, way to go.

Two minutes behind you, 120 seconds, finishing eight minutes minutes over their allotted time... Lizzy, you've got a beautiful voice and you've finished in second place.

Andy: [laughs] Callie: Yes!

[clapping] Dan: Team Red, you finished 17 minutes over your allotted time.

But here's the bottom line.

If Team Black finished in less than 17 minutes, then you will pick up your first strike of the race.

Team Black, you crushed the challenge... ♪ but you still finished 27 minutes over your allotted time.

Patrick: Whoa, Dan, you scared us there.

Dan: You finished in fourth place.

But, with immunity, you do not pick up a strike.

And neither does Team Red.

On this day, because of their immunity, no one picks up a strike.

All: [celebrating] Dan: Before we go, there's a decision that has to be made by Team Blue.

You finished in first place which means you have to choose your first place benefit, which should benefit you tomorrow.

We still have two mystery benefits, but they are locked until day seven, and till day nine.

And so, you need to choose from Breathless, Challenging, or Fan-atic.

So, which one will you choose?

And how much will it help you tomorrow?

- Um, the main one I figured we-- Breathless... - I've been lookin' at Breathless.

- Yeah, that's what I was lookin' at but, I mean... Trinesha: Just to get, let's do, let's go with Breathless.

Dan: Breathless it is.

Trinesha: It's just that, I don't know what it is.

Dan: I can tell ya a little bit about this.

Team Red, Team Black, and Team Green... Let's hope that Team Blue... really can't hold their breath for very long.

Patrick: Oooooh.

Callie: Ahhh.

Dan: You'll find out what that means tomorrow.

Taquida: [groans] Dan: Hey, goodnight, everybody.

The second half of Relative Race awaits when Day 6 will greet you bright and early in the morning.

Good luck, and we'll talk to you tomorrow.

Callie: Awesome.

[farewells] Dan: Goodnight!

Callie: Congratulations, Blue.

- Way to go, Blue!

- Bye, y'all.

- My boy!

Take it easy, y'all.

- Goodnight.

- Oh my gosh!

Mitchell: Mm!

Let's go!

- Niiice!

All: [celebrating] Mackenzie: Yay, you guys did it!

- Oh, my whole heart dropped.

I was like, ooooh!

What!?

Mitchell: I could like, legit just melt onto the floor right now.

Just... - Yay!

Mitchell: Hit the underside of the table.

- Well, the way that it panned out, I'm glad that it panned out the way that it did... Patrick: Mhm.

- Because I would've felt terrible about anyone getting-- Patrick: Yeah, yeah.

Callie: --a strike.

Taquida: Yeah.

We gotta thank Team Black for takin' their time today.

[laughs] Andy: So, it went pretty well, I think.

Gale: Yes, it did.

- [relieved sigh] - It is Day 5 and I am sittin' here, hanging out with my sister, Lindsay.

Trinesha: And we got to meet my family member-- - Yes.

- And that was one of the best experiences I've had.

- Amazing people.

- It was a great dy.

- It definitely was.

Just how gracious, and loving, and encouraging, and, um, inviting my, uh, family members were that I met today.

- This is the Red Team... - Signin' out!

- Peace.

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