Dan: Previously, on Relative Race, the teams' aviation skills were put to the test.

[pop] [pop] Kaley: Good job, good job.

Dan: Elizabeth learned some new family recipes.

Elizabeth: The key ingredient is definitely love.

Dan: Marcus found a relative with the key that unlocked his entire famil.

- She is the connection that they found to find my father.

This is the reason why I'm her.

Dan: Team Black reached new heights.

Kristin: Hands up, Kaley!

Dan: Team Blue picked up their first strike, while Team Red won first place and grabbed another Day 10 benefit.

DNA tells us who we are and where we came from.

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... - Yes!

- Blue!

Dan: ...to win 50,000 dollars... - Yeah!

Dan: ...and to find their family.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Dan: It's Day 6 of Relative Race, and crossing over the halfway point, our teams reflect on what this experience has meant to them.

Maria: We're surrounded by love, and everybody's been rooting for us from all our family members that we met, so it feels great.

It gets us pushing, 'cause we have tough days sometimes, and when we get down on ourselves I think-- I know that we're loved and it feels so good.

- Lifts us back up.

- Yeah.

Kristin: Meeting new relatives every day is, it's hard to grasp it because you leave one, then you meet another one, and it's just never ending.

You can't catch a breath, but it's a good feeling.

Marcus: To see our family grow so rapidly, like I've met over 30 family members throughout this journey.

It's a dream come true.

Elizabeth: I just never knew, like how much pride you could feel in knowing your family history and your heritage and what some of these people had to overcom.

It's really empowering.

Demetrius: I can tell you, for me, it's been mentally and emotionally exhausting, but I wouldn't change doing this.

Chonta: Being on this journey with him, starting on Day 2, see how big of a deal that it actually is.

I got to see my big strong man become a little boy.

Demetrius: There is a lot of emotions that are running through me.

I've known none of this, and it's very heavy.

I am literally on the verge of potentially meeting the individual that is responsible for me entering this world.

Although I do want to meet him, I want to know him, I want his family to know me, that's not what I'm here for.

I'm 39.

You can't continue to go through this life feeling as though you were a mistake.

I'm not.

- And we're just really excited.

We've been meeting amazing people and family and we're just excited to keep adding more people to our family tree.

- But, we have our eye on that 50 grand.

- Don't forget that.

- Oh, yeah.

- Yes.

Dan: Day 6 begins with our four teams spread out all around the country.

Team Red, sisters Maria and Elizabeth, begin their race in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

- Refreshed from Auntie Nae Nae, we definitely felt a whole lot better today.

Just our energy, everything from the comfort soul food to her energ.

Yeah, I've felt-- we've felt good.

Dan: Receiving their first strike yesterday, Team Blue, Demetrius and Chonta depart from Columbus, Ohio.

- We thought we did phenomenal yesterday.

- We did.

- So we were very shocked, but in the end, this is about meeting family, right?

And so, I was super ecstatic to meet my cousin, my first cousin, Walter, and he's a super amazing guy and just glad that he wanted to meet me.

Dan: The brothers, Marcus and Keith on Team Green, wake up on the west side of the states in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Aldona: All right, guys.

Well, before you go, I just want to show you some pictures.

- Okay.

- This is me my senior year of high school.

Marcus: You can definitely tell 'cause of that smile.

Aldona shows me pictures of her, my grandmother, and her mother.

It was really cool to learn about her past and see her alongside with my grandma.

- I hope you're very proud of being in this family like I am.

- That's crazy.

Oh, most definitely.

I'm ready for today.

It's, this is great.

Dan: And fighting to stay in the race with two strikes, twin sisters Kaley and Kristin begin Day 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Kristin: Getting to know our cousin Helen so far has been amazing, because she's just so down-to-earth and just welcomed us with open arms.

And I know we're family, but she makes it feel like we are.

I'm ready to take on another dy and rock our challenge and find our relative's house.

[tense music] ♪ [ding] - Auntie Nae Nae, not to interrupt, Liz, it's Dan.

- Don't go too much farther.

We've got a message from Dan.

- Good morning, teams, and welcome to Day 6 of Relative Race.

Maria: Team Red will be traveling to North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

- Ooh.

- Team Blue will be traveling to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

- Team Black will be traveling to Goldsboro, North Carolina.

- Goldsboro?

- And Team Green will be traveling to Page, Arizona.

- Today's first place winner will receive immunity or a Day 10 benefit.

- Your time starts now.

- Your time starts now.

We gotta go.

Immunity would mean the world to us.

We are guaranteed with that immunity to stay another day.

Keith: Immunity.

Marcus: Oh, Day 10.

We're gonna have to do Day 10, because we're pretty confident we're going to Day 10.

- Hurry, Kaley, hurry.

- Bye!

- Ah!

- Love you.

- Peace and blessings!

Go, go, go!

- Okay.

- Bye!

- Oh, Auntie Nae.

- Bye.

We'll see you later.

- Where we going?

- Page, Arizona.

- We love you!

Walter: Oh, man.

Good luck!

[beep beep] [tense music] ♪ - It's Day 6 of Relative Race and all of our teams are racing all across the country, each looking for a different city, each still looking for new family, and all of them still have their eyes set on the finish line in an undisclosed location.

At the start of the race five days ago in St. Louis, all of our teams surrendered their smart phones and all use of technology in exchange for paper maps and flip phones with no GPS or Internet access.

Now they're headed to a new city.

They must take a city selfie to prove that they've made it, successfully complete a common challenge, and then find their relative, each in a different allotted time.

The team that goes over their allotted time the most will receive a strike.

Three strikes and you're out of the race.

This is Day 6 of Relative Race.

Kristin: Come on, come on, come on, come on.

We gotta get out of this city.

- What are you looking for?

New Jersey Turnpike, I believe, to the right, here.

Yeah.

- [vocalizing] - [laugh] Marcus: We taking the highway, right?

Not the interstate, Keith?

- Yep, yep.

Chonta: Fort Wayne, Indiana.

- All right, get the bag.

- 74 East, not 74 West.

- Which one?

74 East, Kristin?

- Yes, East.

- Eastbound is straight.

Kristin: Oh, okay.

- 74 West is right.

You're 100% sure?

- She-- It's what she wrote down.

I'm following what she wrote down.

Dan: Uncertain about their cousin's directions, Team Black is departing from Charlotte, North Carolina, and heading towards Goldsboro, North Carolina.

Their allotted time for the da, including the common challenge, is 3 hours and 31 minutes.

- I think it's 74 West.

It's okay, it's okay.

We're going west.

Okay, yeah.

Just turn around, that's fine.

- What's good, y'all?

Day 6.

- Hey.

Marcus: We're on the road.

We're in Arizona with it.

Keith: Day 6, y'all.

Marcus: We chillin'.

We got our goodies and stuff.

- Water, of course.

PH balanced water.

- Our energy-based things, natural foods.

- You gotta be energized on the road.

If you don't you will be drained, I promise you.

Marcus: If you eat a bunch of junk, you really gonna feel tired, drained, and some more things.

You understand me.

Dan: Feeling energized, Team Green is departing from Flagstaff, Arizona, and heading to Page, Arizona.

Their allotted time of the day is 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Keith: Well, we in Arizona for Day 6 still, going to Page, and we're ready to get this challenge out the way and meet more relatives.

- Team Green.

- Team Green.

- Go, Team Green!

- Yo, this man, look at this, look at this.

Look, look, look.

Chonta: Whoa, really?

Is that like an Amish person?

Ooh!

Demetrius: That is amazing.

- This where they live?

I wanna talk to them.

I so bad wanted to stop and ask them questions, but my husband was in such a rush.

- We both need to be in a rush.

Dan: Traveling through Amish country, Team Blue is departing from Columbus, Ohio and heading to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Their allotted time for the day is 3 hours and 56 minutes.

Chonta: Let's text Team Red.

We're gonna tell'em.

Let's tell'em.

[ding] Maria: What's that?

Elizabeth: Team Blue.

We are coming for you.

- Listen, everybody's coming for us.

Listen, they already know.

They were scared from Day 1, and that's fine.

The best part is... - What?

- Whatever their challenge is and whatever they're doing, they have way more pressure on them because they know that they gotta beat us.

Dan: And with a target on their back, Team Red is departing from Scotch Plains, New Jersey heading to North Kingstown, Rhode island, they have the same allotted time as Team Black: 3 hours and 31 minutes.

Maria: We have to win.

Everybody has a strike, but in their head they don't se it like that, you understand?

They're seeing like, "Oh, we gotta catch up and get more boxes."

- Maybe.

- In our head we need to know that we need to just stay focused and focus on ourselves 'cause we know what we gotta d. We got this.

♪ Dan: With all four teams now headed towards their destination cities, immunity is on their mind.

- The prize today is immunity or a Day 10 benefit.

Marcus: Ooh, that is a tricky deal.

That does sound really nice.

- We might have to think on that.

- But we're really confident doing the challenges and with our navigation, so we might not need the immunity.

Elizabeth: If we win today, do you want immunity or ten day benefit?

- I say we do immunity.

- Absolutely.

- Absolutely.

Dan: As the teams approach their destination cities, the anticipation builds as they search for a city sign.

- Ahh, let's go.

- If there's farms, farmer people would know.

Elizabeth: Yes, they would.

Yes, they would.

- We gotta make sure we're inside the city limits.

- Page, straight up.

- Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne Majestic Care.

Marcus: Right here, yo.

Welcome to Page.

Kristin: Right there, "Welcome to Goldsboro."

Elizabeth: North Kingstown, right here!

Get a right, right, right, right.

- Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry.

- Just run into that sign.

- Come on, guys.

- Come on.

- I'll get low.

[camera shutter] - You might've blocked it with your big, old head.

- We're in.

- One, two, three.

[camera shutter] - Duck, duck, duck.

- Slide over this way some.

[camera shutter] [camera shutter] - All right, sent.

Let's go.

- First try today.

- Yes!

We're gettin' better.

- Message sent.

- Any time now, Dan.

♪ [ding] - We did get a message from Dan.

- [reading] - [reading] - [reading] Marcus: Photo rejected, cannot see Marcus's face.

- Head is from here to here.

- You are evil, Dan.

- All right, let's go, let's go.

- Let's go.

Keith: Want me to do it?

- Go for it.

Let's do it, one more, one more.

The phone wasn't loading all the pictures we were taking... What is going on?

...so we had to keep retaking.

How about you separate from me a little bit?

Scoot that way a little bit.

Ugh, sun got in my eye.

Try to take another one.

Then finally, all of them loadd and then... - Realized we had like four pictures that were perfect already.

[camera shutter] - Yep, that's it.

[ding] - Okay.

- [reading] Marcus: Let's go.

Dan: With their selfies now complete, all teams scurry to their daily challenge.

- There they are.

Look at all the flags.

Elizabeth: I don't know what it is, but it looks like so much fun.

♪ - Rat Race.

Dan: The challenge for Day 6 is Rat Race.

For this challenge, the teams must climb into a giant ball and together navigate through a course, collecting six pieces of cheese along the way.

They must cross the finish line with all their cheese to complete this challenge.

If any cheese is missing or falls out, they must go back and retrieve it.

The allotted time for Rat Race is seven minutes.

- Come on, brother.

- Hot in here.

Marcus: I felt like a human hamster.

- Ready?

Go.

Go.

Kaley: Go, go!

Slow, slow.

Demetrius: Let's roll.

Step.

Elizabeth: We are bouncing all around in this big plastic ball and it is super hot inside.

Maria: We decided to knock it gently and then communicate and maneuver the way we needed to.

Elizabeth: Go, go, go.

We can't-- okay let's go around it.

Demetrius: Stay up.

- Slow, slow!

Oh, go back.

Chonta: Yep.

Demetrius: Got it?

So she gets the cheese, but the problem is that now the barrels are in the way.

One, two, three, start.

Chonta: So we're trying to power and use our strength to roll over them, and that is not working.

Demetrius: I'm then going into strength mode.

Throwing the barrels out of the way, we clear a path.

Let's go.

Chonta: You have to work as a team.

- Grab my legs.

If the cheese is too far, my brother will hold on to my leg or vice versa while he reaches out to grab the cheese.

Got it, got it.

Keith: Our strategy is working out flawlessly.

- Get on your knees.

I think knees are better.

Demetrius: We're moving faster on our knees and we're knocking the barrels over.

- Can you reach that?

Kaley: This time, I decided to push the bucket, and for the cheese to fall in the bucket, or at least try and it worked.

Kristin: Good job, Kaley!

- Don't hit it!

Good, good.

Maria: There's che flying around everywhere in here and it's really hard to try and keep your balance especially with us banging against each other and the cheese flying everywhere.

- Oh, got it.

- Oh, hold my leg.

- We actually rolled on a piece of cheese and we just decided to lean out a little bit, shift our weight up, and just grab it from under.

- Hold my feet.

- Ow.

- Roll.

- Go.

- Go.

- Go.

- Go.

- Go.

- We could snatch these.

- Got it.

- Good.

- Get that one.

- It's about to fall.

- Reach your hand out, you got it.

- I'm trying.

Kaley: Yes!

♪ - Push forward.

I got you, go push forward.

- This is what we're gonna do.

We're not gonna knock it over.

We're gonna knock it with our hands.

- Yes!

It's okay.

- And I literally almost fell out right out of the ball.

- All right, we got it.

All right, let's, let's... Marcus: Got that.

- Let's go.

Maria: So I tried to get up, and I just couldn't move so I just told her to push and I said I'll hang on for dear life.

- The cheese!

Stop, the cheese!

Get it, get it, get it!

It is so much fun in that ball that we caught the case of the giggles.

Maria: Now I know what our hamsters used to go through when we watched them.

Kristin: Once we get all the cheese, we together roll the ball across the finish line, immediately get out and take off to the table.

Marcus: Let's get it.

- Come on, grab the cheese.

- Run, run.

Run to the end!

- Maria!

Maria!

Ah!

- Lizzy!

- Your relative lives at 3300 US-117.

Both: Your relative lives at 275 Frenchtown Road.

Marcus: Your relative lives at Wahweap Campground Section 3 Site 61?

- We dropped a cheese!

- Get the cheese.

As long as we got it, as long as we got it.

- Come on.

It's extremely grueling and exhausting.

- Oh, I got it.

Are we almost up?

- We get to the end, we finish, now we're laying there.

We have no energy.

We are spent.

- Done.

- Oh, come on, come on.

- Oh, I gotta get out!

Your relative lives at 13127 Toscana Passage.

Demetrius: Come on.

- We gotta take off.

Step up.

♪ Dan: With the challenge complete, the real race to find their relative's address is about to begin.

Elizabeth: First person, first anything that we see.

- First light we hit, anything, we're asking.

- We outta here.

We won first place all the way.

- Green Team.

- Go, Green!

Man: Coldwater Road.

- 69.

- 69 North.

- Right before we left the park, we decided to ask for directions.

That's the exit?

And I'm so glad that we did.

All right, thank you.

- All right, good luck.

- Pull up, and I'm gonna hop out and ask.

It's fine, just go right here and park.

- Here you go.

You got it, come on, come on, come on.

Go, girl, go!

Kristin: We decided to ask the people that were at our challenge location.

The man that I asked knew exactly where US-117 was.

Thank you so much.

Kaley: Hurry up, run!

Kristin: He told me, take a left at the second light and that'll be right to 117.

Kaley: Ready?

Kristin: Yeah.

Drive.

Elizabeth: Let's ask this lady.

- Excuse me, ma'am.

Do you know where Frenchtown Road is?

Both: Yes!

Maria: She said it was just a few more blocks in the direction that we were headed.

You're the best.

- You're amazing, thank you!

Come on, sister!

Marcus: Excuse me.

Do you know where Wahweap Campground is?

So we go left and just keep following?

Our address is at a campsite.

It's raining, it's windy, this is gonna be an interesting night.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- Just go right.

I guess, he said an exit.

Kaley: Wanna ask somebody?

Kristin: Yeah, who?

- Run into this place.

Kristin: Once we pulled off, we saw a gas station and we decided to ask the lady inside there.

She said you gotta get on the bypass, 70 West.

This is 117 though.

Kaley: This is always the hardest part of the race where you're trusting people's directions, but you don't know if they're right or wrong.

- I'm so confused.

Dan: All four teams are back on the road frantically searching for new family.

Demetrius: We just crossed over so it's gotta be back there.

- No.

- We can't find our card with our relative's address on it.

Get out, get out, get out.

Demetrius: This is not looking good.

If we cannot find this card, we will not be able to find our relative's house.

Marcus: You going straight?

- Are you serious?

So I thought we were supposed to turn right here, but I guess not.

Kristin: Kaley, I know as much as you know.

Kaley: Listen, listen to me.

Talk, talk to me.

We've had a great day talking.

Let's talk again.

We need to ask somebody.

- But we can't ask right now.

We're on the highway.

- Yes, we can.

I'm gonna get up to this car.

You're gonna ask.

- We pulled up to the stoplight.

Are we on 117?

Where's 3300?

And he told us to take a left at the light and go down to the fourth exit.

Kaley: But it could be north.

Kristin: Thank you.

Maria: Hopefully we don't have to go too far.

275 Frenchtown Road.

- Go straight.

- Straight?

- Yeah, it says tourist information.

Kristin: Which way?

Kaley: That's what I'm saying.

Kristin: US-117.

- Both ways.

- There's so many.

Business, south?

Let's go south.

After getting three sets of different directions, we still have no idea where to go.

- You know where it's at?

Marcus: We was going the right way already.

Maria: That was 171?

Elizabeth: That was 171.

Maria: So the relative is on this street.

Elizabeth: Or they could be within there.

- Watch, you're gonna see a bunch of houses coming up, ready?

Elizabeth: 275!

[guitar music] ♪ - Hi.

- Hi, guys.

Elizabeth: Are you guys our relatives?

Woman: I'm your relative.

Elizabeth: Are you?

- Which one of you is Maria?

- I'm Maria.

- Hi, I'm Michelle.

I'm your cousin on your mom's side.

- Hi.

Oh, so nice to meet you.

- And this is Joe.

- Joe, hi, Maria.

Nice to meet you.

My sister Elizabeth.

- Elizabeth.

- Hi, so nice to meet you.

- So today we met my cousin Michelle, who is my third cousin through my mother Sharon on her side and Joe.

You guys have hockey sticks!

Joe: Yeah, we thought you guys were coming later so we were getting ready to go play some hockey.

You wanna go?

- Yes!

We love hockey!

Michelle: Perfect.

Maria: We've played roller hockey before, but we've never played, like hockey hockey.

So, this should be interesting.

Demetrius: I'm flipping through the notebook and the address card falls right in my lap.

Here it is.

13127.

It only took us a few minutes to find.

Hopefully this does not cause s a strike today.

Kristin: This is 117.

Kaley: I know, but that's 117 back there.

Kristin: I know.

It doesn't say north or south.

- Correct.

- So, it's 3300, so we're looking for the number.

It was so frustrating getting three sets of different directions, but at this point, we just had to go with one.

Keith: Lakeshore Drive right there brother.

- Wahweap Campground is right here.

Pull in here.

We're really going to a campground?

Keith: This is crazy.

Kristin: Yeah, keep going.

It's down here.

I hope, I mean, I would-- I don't know.

Um, that's 2806.

- Stop, really?

Kristin: Yes.

Slow down, I gotta read the numbers.

- 3154.

- 3298.

3300.

- Where?

- Turn in right here.

Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn.

[sigh] Hey!

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi, how you doing?

- Hi.

- My name's Kaley.

Kristin: And I'm Kristin.

- My name is Conley Wolfe and this is my wife, Sandy.

Kaley: Hi.

So, how are we related?

- I'm your cousin on your mother's side.

- Aw, cool.

Another one.

- I'm Conley Wolfe.

I've been an umpire for 28 years, and I'm a cousin with Kaley and Kristin on their mother's side.

Yeah, great.

Kristin: So, we're sisters.

- Yeah, we're identical twins.

I'm four minutes older.

- Yep.

- You're four minutes older?

All right.

Kaley: Do we look like twins?

- No.

- No.

- Okay.

Well, we are.

- It must be the hair.

- Is this your everyday attire?

- Yes, it is.

I'm an umpire, but I'm also a baseball coach.

I've been around baseball all my life Kristin: Cool.

- And we should go out and play some baseball.

- Okay.

- Let's go.

- Deal.

We're not that good, but we will go.

- Okay, great.

I gotta go get my gear.

Let's go inside.

Dan: While Team Black gets ready to play ball, Team Green is wondering why they are pulling into a campground.

Marcus: I know we don't got no family staying at a camp.

Our relative can't be living out here.

They must be on vacation.

Bishop: There we go.

Marcus: This is crazy.

How you doing?

Man: Good.

- How you guys doing?

- And you are?

- Marcus.

My name is Marcus.

What's your name?

- I'm Brian Dunlap, and I'm related to you on your father's side.

I'm his cousin.

- Wow.

- Nice to meet you.

- Honor to meet you too.

Who are these lovely people?

Girl: I'm Liliana.

- Liliana.

- I'm Alyssa.

- Alyssa.

- I'm Rex.

- Rex.

- Olivia.

- Olivia.

- How you doing?

- Nice to meet you guys.

- I'm a hugger too.

Marcus: My cousin Brian tells me that him and his famiy have been here on vacation.

Lucky us.

- I got something really fun planned for us.

We're gonna head down to the water and go have some fun.

- Oh, wow.

Let's do it.

I'm excited.

Dan: After avoiding potential disaster with their relative's address, Team Blue is about to stop their clock.

- Turns out we were only two houses away from our relative when we lost the address.

13127.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

- Hi.

- Hi, I'm Demetrius.

This is my wife Chonta.

- Hi, Chonta.

I'm Tomeko Smith and I'm your cousin on your dad's side.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- My cousin?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Yes.

- Hi!

Hi!

- You're the only person, you're the only person I know on my father's side.

- Really?

Demetrius: Oh, wow.

- Oh my goodness.

- It's okay.

- So happy to meet you.

She's just bawling because I'm the first relative that she's ever met, ever, on her dad's side.

- I've waited for you for so long.

Demetrius: This is awesome.

This is really awesome.

It was a very amazing moment to be able to see the two of them embrace.

That's what this is about.

- Now you got family.

Forever, forever.

- Thank you, thank you.

- Thank you, Jesus.

She's bawling and I'm bawling and I'm like what's happening?

It's like just a big ball of emotions and it made me just really break down because I was so honored to be that.

- Yes!

- Come on, let me show you.

How lucky am I to be able to meet my relative.

I mean, I was just really happy to meet her.

Here they are.

That's Nahla.

- Nahla.

How old is she?

Tomeko: She's 14, but she's going on 30.

Chonta: She's beautiful.

Is she your only one?

- No, I have a son too.

- You have a son too?

- Yeah, let me show you.

Let me show you Jaden.

- How old is Jaden?

- Jaden is seven.

That's Jaden.

Chonta: Oh, he's handsome.

- He has so much personality.

And there's my husband, that's James.

Chonta: James, Jaden, and Nahla.

Tomeko: And me.

Demetrius: And you said you've never met any of your family?

- You're the first one.

- How?

- When I was two, my father left and my mother, she basically lived in the streets and raised myself and my other two sisters herself.

I haven't met anyone from his side of the family, and that's been very difficult for me.

- Oh my goodness.

- And it's been really, just empty, because you want to know who you are.

And then when the kids start asking, "Who am I?

Who am I, mom?"

- I know.

I know, it's okay.

It's okay.

- Girl.

Demetrius: My heart goes out to her because I know exactly how she feels.

My prayer for her is that she does something similar and takes her own journey to find that side of herself.

This is beautiful.

Tomeko: When you're hoping every day that that void, that it gets filled, I don't have to look for that anymore.

I hope that Chonta and I can fill each other's cup of love.

- Okay.

Tomeko: You know, this is beyond anything I can ask for is knowing... Demetrius: Family.

- Family.

Tomeko: Knowing that I'm not, I'm not alone.

Chonta: No, you're not alone.

Your kids aren't alone.

- That we're here.

We're together.

- Well, I can't wait to learn more.

- I get it.

I've got so many questions.

I just don't even...

I'm just super honored to be that for her.

Tomeko: It's been amazing, and I can't wait to look forward to more days with her and her family.

Dan: With all four teams now clocked in after finding new family, Maria's cousin, Michelle, is taking them to play her favorite sport.

Maria: My cousin Michelle loves hockey and her and Joe decided to take us to their local ice rink to shoot some pucks.

Michelle: I think getting the girls on the ice with us, just- I just wanted to pass on that love that I have for skating.

Something about hockey just kinda pulls you in and makes you really excited to get up early to go to a rink and just feel the ice under your skates.

- Ahh!

Muscle memory!

- We used to skate when we were little actually, with our dad all the time.

It's comin' back!

But we haven't done it in a long time.

Joe: Michelle!

- Ahh!

All right, I think we should have a little friendly competition.

Michelle: All right, let's do it.

Elizabeth: Sister, you wanna try?

Should we do like a little two on two?

Mara: Let's see how that goes.

- Bring it!

Perfect.

Dan: As Team Red prepares for a face off, Kaley and Kristin on Team Black hit the baseball diamond with their cousin, Conley.

- Show you a little bit of my world.

I was able to take the girls out to the baseball field and show'em something I love.

Both: Play ball!

- Strike!

Conley: Another pitch.

Oh, yeah.

Nice.

Oh, that was close.

Kristin: We're really good at this.

I'm waiting for the perfect pitch.

[ping] - Nice.

- Safe.

- Yeah.

- And safe.

It looks like Team Black is safe.

Kristin: We didn't strike out playing baseball, so hopefully that's a sign that we don't strike out in the race tonight.

- It's getting dark.

Let's go back and have some baseball traditional dinner.

How's that sound?

- Sounds good.

Let's go we're hungry.

Conley: Great.

- We're pretty much baseball experts now.

I think I'm gonna be a pitcher now.

Dan: Back on the ice, it's game time for Team Red.

♪ - Game time, girl.

Game time!

Get it!

Come on, sister, right here, right here.

Sister, right here.

- They did very well.

They put a few goals past me.

Not that I'm much of a goalie but... - All right, ready?

- Go to the goal.

Get to the goal.

- Ah!

- Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

- Back to you.

- Oh, look at that!

All right, past-- Oh!

- We did really good.

You were killing it, dude!

I was like assist!

Joe: That was awesome.

- That was fun.

- Good job, guys.

Maria: We are so excited we got to play hockey with them.

This has been so fun.

Dan: Out west at Lake Powell, Team Green is getting ready to hit the water with their new family.

Brian: You guys are gonna absolutely love this.

You guys are gonna have a lot of fun.

- I'm excited.

Walking down, we saw the tube, the boards, and we can't wait to get out on the water.

Do you guys do this all the time?

- Well, not this particularly, but it's a lot of fun.

Marcus: This is so cool.

You're getting on the back too, right?

- Uh, I don't know about that.

Keith: I think you should.

- I think the kids are a little more skilled than I am.

All right, I think we're in a good spot.

Who wants to jump on the tube?

- Me.

- I'm ready.

Marcus: We've never done this before, so this is gonna be super awesome.

Everybody hold on.

You better hold on, boy.

This is cool.

- Woo!

- I'm gonna die!

- [laugh] Alyssa: She's gonna fly out.

Marcus: Everybody say, "Go, Green!"

All: Go, Green!

Go, Green!

- Woo!

Marcus: We had a blast.

Nothing but smiles and laughter the entire time.

It was a thrilling ride.

It was crazy.

- You did it!

Woo!

Brian: When we were done with the tubing, we had the opportunity to get the wakeboards out.

[pop rock music] ♪ Marcus: It was amazing to get in the water and wakeboard.

I was a little nervous at firs, but it was fun and it wasn't that hard.

I took my time with it, then as soon as I got the hang of it, did it.

Keith: Man, we've never been wakeboarding, so it was a little intimidatin, but we got up on our first try, so it was a blast.

To be able to do this and have this experience with my brother out here, it was great.

I would love to do it again.

I haven't smiled so hard in such a long time.

My cheeks got sore from smiling.

Brian: This whole opportunity, having my family involved, and I was so happy to see all the smiles on both him and my family as we got to have some fun on the water today.

Dan: As Team Green wakeboards into the sunset, Chonta and Demetrius get their groove on at the Roller Dome.

[disco music] Chonta: Tomeko asked us to come rollerblading and I'm thinking, "Um, I don't know how to do any moving apparatus except drive."

So I'm immediately like, "Oh, okay."

And I'm out there trying my very best not to fall and smash my face so that we can make it to Day 10.

- Push, push.

You gotta bend your knees when you push.

- But actually it was really, really fun.

She held my hand and gave me some pointers on how to get through it.

Demetrius: Hey, lean forward babe.

- How are you telling me how to skate and you don't know how?

Demetrius: I'm still up.

Chonta: Old father.

Man down.

- And I'm up.

- See, you get away from me.

You don't even know what you're doing.

Move!

- I'm just going with you.

Tomeko: It didn't take Chonta long to learn to roller blade, but when she did, she had a really good time.

- Man, we going real slow.

Look at all these little kids flying by us.

- And I look like a wobbly toddler, but we made it through.

Are your legs supposed to hurt?

Tomeko: Yeah, they're gonna hurt.

- My calves hurt.

Dan: Back in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Kaley and Kristin continue connecting with their cousin Conley over dinner.

- We're gonna have grace before we get started.

- Before dinner we prayed as a family.

- Please nourish this food to strengthen our body.

Kaley: A prayer to us is not just a prayer.

Faith is our life.

Conley: In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

Kaley: And the fact that he jumped up and said it first, is really important to us.

Do you know how we're related?

Conley: Why yes, I do.

Kristin: Conley shared some information with us about our common ancestor on our mom's side.

We keep seeing the name Ivan in our family tree that's relating us to all the family member's we've met.

And so, that's the common denominator that's bringing us all together is the Ivan line.

And so, it's pretty cool to know that we're all just one big family.

- Family means a connection, a kinship, so it was very important to be a member of their journey.

Kaley: We're definitely going to stay in touch with Conley because he's super funny and he's also super intentional with really getting to know us.

Dan: Fresh off the ice back in Rhode Island, Maria and Michelle find out how they're related.

- So we have this chart.

I thought it would be cool to show you big our family is.

Maria: Michelle rolls out this family tree chart and it is off of the counter.

Like, it is so long it's insane.

Like, I can't believe it.

- If you want to take a corner.

It's pretty big.

You know, being able to meet the girls is just exciting that I get to expand who I know in my family and learn more about my history.

Our great-grandparents were Margaret Duffy and John Smith.

So then they had nine kids.

So I'm a descendant of Eugene.

I'm right here.

And then you're a descendant of Edmund, right there.

Maria: They had nine children.

Wow.

After Michelle shows us the family tree, I'm super excited about exploring and meeting new family members, but it's still a little bit overwhelming like, knowing that there are so many more people that there are to meet.

- So you're, where are you on here?

Maria: Right here.

Oh, wow.

Michelle: And those are all your siblings?

Maria: Yes.

That's crazy.

My great-grandparents and my grandparents had a lot of children, so after looking at this chart, the list is endless.

They had big families, even here there's like five or six kids within that.

And we're all related?

- All related.

- That's even crazier.

- Definitely a lot of kids in our family.

- On this journey I have met some amazing people and found out that they were all my family, of course.

And let alone that I am one of thirteen total.

I have met just one of my brothers, which is Adio.

And I cannot wait to meet the rest of them.

So for me to just see this all unfold and even after this journey to find the rest of these peope is gonna be amazing.

- Hopefully, you know, she was able to see that too.

That, you know, how we were connected and just the amount of relatives that we share is really special.

Elizabeth: So being on this journey with my sister and experiencing all of these wonderful things that she's discovered about herself really excites me moving forward meeting more of my relatives and understanding myself just a little bit deeper.

Kaley: These last six days have been the most tiring that we've ever experienced, but it's been the best six day.

Demetrius: My mind is running a million miles a minute, and it's just something that I don't think anybody would understand unless they were walking in my shoes.

Maria: I just think family is so important, because even if you're friends and other people aren't there for you, you know your family always is, and it's, a lot of people don't have that sometimes.

Marcus: It's just amazing to meet more family in general, have more cousins, and still more to meet that couldn't come on the show, so that's a big blessing to me to have a big family.

- This race is emotionally draining, but definitely at the end of the day, it's rewarding.

- Those the finals, guys?

- Yep.

- Okay, thanks.

As Day 6 comes to a close, all teams anticipate the resuls knowing that immunity is on the line and Team Black is only one strike away from heading home.

Kristin: We don't wanna go home.

I mean, we want to keep meeting relatives and finish this race.

Keith: Going into the call, I feel like me and my brother did really good today.

- We're feeling confident going into tonight's call.

Demetrius: We just have to wait and see.

- Welcome to Day 6 of Relative Race, teams.

And this is an important day for several reasons, but before we get to that, what a difference a day finally makes for Team Blue.

You're not in the fog.

You're not in the pouring rain.

You start with bright sunshine.

- Yes!

- Finally.

- Finally!

- And Chonta, I heard that as you were heading out this morning in this beautiful sunshine, you wanted to stop while you were on the clock and visit with some folks.

- I did!

- Who were those folks?

- The Amish people, y'all.

It was Amish people everywhere and like horses and buggies and bonnets and they were just on the roll with their-- Like you know, just trot-trot-trotting all along and I have never seen them in real life.

And so I was like, can we stop and talk to them, please?

Like, I really wanted to interiew and a selfie.

Demetrius: She would've gotten left, Dan.

I would be sitting here by myself right now.

- And then you all get to your challenge, and you all had very unique approaches.

Maria, what did you do at the end of your challenge?

Maria: So, I couldn't get up.

I don't know, you know, I'm tall so we had about five feet left to the finish line, so I told Lizzie, just go, just push me.

So I ended up all over the thing, but we got to the end, so it was fun.

Dan: Well, Team Blue, um, you were getting frustrated with those barrels in your way, and so what did you decide to do?

- He was hanging out... - I was hanging out and just with one arm slinging them out of the way.

- It seems like all of you at least had fun.

- It was very fun.

Great challenge.

- Super fun.

- Live hamsters.

- Speaking of fun, I want to talk to Team Green about who you met and what you were able to do with your relative after you met him.

- So, today I met my cousin Brian right here along with his wife and kids.

We went wakeboarding today and tube riding today.

- Wakeboarding?

Marcus: It was awesome.

That explains all this water behind us.

- Why don't you tell us all where you are?

Both: Lake Powell.

- Congratulations on meeting another amazing relative and for getting up wakeboarding your very first time.

That is super cool.

Team Black, everything was going smoothly until you tried to find your relative.

What happened there guys?

- So, when we got the address to our relative's house, we asked people at the place that we were doing our challenge at, and the first guy gave us great directions, and so we were headed in that direction... Kaley: We didn't know whether to go north on the highway or south, 'cause there was no north or south, it was just a highway.

- Right.

- So, we were like that house could be all the way down there, or it could be all the way down there.

So, we really just had to choose.

- I'll bet you, each one of you, all four teams are really looking forward to having GPS again.

- Yes.

- Who did you meet today?

- So we met our cousin, Conley on our mom's side.

Say hello.

- Hi.

Kaley: And this is his wife.

He's super funny.

He has the best sense of humor because you don't know if he's serious or joking and he's an umpire, so we went to play some basebal and we threw some balls.

It was really fun.

Dan: Team Red, same question.

Who did you meet today?

- We got to meet my awesome, beautiful cousin Michelle, who's my third cousin on my mom's side, and her awesome husband, Joe.

She's a hockey player, y'all.

So we got to ice-- Like, legit, suit up in gear today and go on a rink and play hockey against them, two on two.

- Demetrius, you got a big grin on your face.

You've met plenty on your side of the family.

Chonta, who did you meet today?

- I met my cousin, Tomeko!

Say hi!

She's my cousin on my dad's side, but let me tell you something that's really, really interesting and this is what this journey's all about is, this was Tomeko's first time ever meeting anybody on her dad's side.

So it was supremely emotional and I was so honored to be that person that she got to meet and that connection that she gets to have forever, so it was like tears everywher, eyelashes flying, mascara running.

It was a really emotional day.

- Chonta brings up a really interesting point and that is, often when you're finding somebody else, you are their first discovery of family as well.

That's fantastic.

Somebody's gonna have a huge decision to make today.

Whomever wins has an incredible opportunity to choose immunity as the next day benefit, so a lot on the line.

Finishing in first place...

Team Blue.

You finished four minutes under your allotted time.

You finished in first place.

- Yes, yes, yes!

Under the-- yeah!

That's awesome!

Woo hoo!

- Do you choose immunity tomorrow, or do you choose a Day 10 benefit that can only benefit you if you make it to Day 10.

- I say Day 10 benefit.

[indistinct].

- We choose the Day 10 benefit.

- Wow.

- Wow.

Dan: That is the first time ever that we have had a team choose the Day 10 benefit over immunity.

We'll see if that helps you if you make it to Day 10.

Teams Red, Black, and Green, finishing in second place, ten minutes over their allotted time, congratulations to Maria and Elizabeth, you finished in second place.

- Okay.

Dan: Team Green, you have one strike.

Team Black, you have two strikes.

Finishing 25 minutes over their allotted time, finishing in third place...

Team Green.

Team Black, you finished 36 minutes over your allotted time which means that your journey on Relative Race has ended.

But, you still have a very important part of your family to meet, and so while you're not a part of the race, your journey to find family continues tomorrow morning.

We will exchange your Day 10 benefit, so you can still meet one final relative.

- Cool.

And listen, listen.

If it means that we have to go home for you three teams to find more family than you guys have ever known, that's worth it for us.

Because we have been searching for 20 years and we will continue to search for you guys.

For you guys to meet your people 'cause we can wait, so keep going.

- Love you.

Dan: Well said, Kaley.

I can tell you that on the part of all of us, you and your sister have been one of our favorite teams that we've had on this show.

It's your passion for family and your compassion for each other and for the other teams that has really shone through in this race.

For the rest of you, it's down to three.

Tomorrow is Day 7 of Relative Race.

Your challenges will continue.

You'll still have to get through with a map, and your own wits, and your own determination, but at the end of the day, when you knock on that door, the only thing that you know is on the other side is family and that's the most important thing.

Get some rest, and good luck.

Relative Race rolls on.

Kaley : Rolls on.

Maria: Kaley, Kristin, we love you guys.

Chonta: We love you.

Kaley: We love you guys.

- We love you guys.

Maria: Listen, y'all are gonna find your dad.

We know you guys are.

Don't give up, okay?

- Thank you.

- Bye, guys.

- Good night, y'all.

Chonta: Bye, y'all.

- Aw.

- That's sad.

Maria: We don't ever want to see anybody hurt, you know?

And I just hope they can find their father or find some connection deeper than just maybe a cousin or something.

They'll find him.

I know they will.

- I find comfort in knowing that at the very least, they are able to continue their journey, because that's really what matters.

- It's okay.

We figured, we knew.

- I know.

- We're prepared.

We're good.

Thanks, guys.

Thank you.

- We did it.

Six days.

- I'm ready to see mom.

- I know, I'm ready to go home and see mom.

- Our mom has pretty much been our father and our mother, and we get so emotional to talk about it, because of course we wanted to win this race, and a big part of why we're on this show is because she has never had the chance to do it for herself and the fact that it was opened up to us, I think we found more answers for her than for us and again, that's worth it to us, for sure.

- We all genuinely care about each other in this journey.

- I'm pretty sure no one wanted to get three strikes and be out of the race, but at the end of the day, meeting family is what's most important.

Chonta: We love them so much, and honestly, we know this is a competition, but we're very sad that they won't be competing still with everyone else.

However, we found out that they can still meet their relative, and so... - Because that's what this is about.

- Never meeting our dad or getting answers, has always been in the back of our minds.

Whatever we get is just a plus to our story.

It's not gonna change us.

It's not gonna, we know-- We're already molded to who we are.

- So here's your Day 10 benefit.

- Thank you.

- Yes.

We did it.

I was seeking out, or thinking that we should choose immunity, because it doesn't take us out from winning tomorrow, right?

Chonta: However, the other teams that we're competing against are strong teams, and they both believe that they're gonna make it to Day 10, and they're, without a doubt, picking Day 10 benefits, and we do not want to get to the end and not be able to play ball and have our Day 10 benefits too.

- We definitely think that they made a bad decision, because you could've still went for first place and had strikes, so it would have been between Green and us.

- That was intense.

The last three teams are tied p in strikes right now, and everyone has two Day 10 benefit but us, so now we have to nail everything, be extra precise, 'cause we need more Day 10 benefits than anybody.

- It's Day 7 tomorrow.

- Day 7 tomorrow.

Demetrius: All right.

- So, we're a little bummed, but... - We're okay.

- We're super okay, because we know this isn't over for us.

And we just wanted to thank you guys for watching all of us and watching our journey and caring about it and we wanted to thank you for supporting us through it and realizing that this isn't over for us.

- And also we just want to wish all the other teams good luck.

You know there's only one winner, but it's cliché to say, but we're all winners because we found family on Day 1 and it was only up from there.

So, good luck to the other teams.

- And even though we haven't found exactly what we're looking for, of these six days, we know it's not over for us.

We're gonna continue searching until we find the closure that we want.

So for the last time, Team Black, we're gonna sign out, by saying, "Okay, Bye!"