♪ Dan: Previously on Relative Race.

- Day 6, no strikes, and we plan on keepin' it that way.

Dan: Team Red failed to keep it that way as their struggles on the road proved to be just too costly.

Taquida: Do you know where Dublin Street is?

Dan: While Team Blue found their groove, winning for the second day in a row.

Mitchell: I think we're gonna go with Challenging.

Dan: Callie received a wonderful birthday surprise.

Callie: You're my cousins?

Carolyn: Yes.

- [crying] Carolyn: Oh dear.

Dan: Mitchell saw a photo of his mother for the first time in decades.

- I haven't seen her face since I was eight years old.

Dan: And Geselle discovered some sombering news.

- As Amenta and I sittin' on the sofa talkin', she's sayin' all these stories about my mom, but she keeps referring to her in the past tense.

How, how did she pass?

- She had, like, a aneurysm, in her brain that burst.

Geselle: I really wanted to meet my mom.

I really did.

[emotionally] I wanna get back in the car.

I don't wanna be here.

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

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

- Are you kidding me?

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: The sun rises on Day 7 of Relative Race, and all four teams are still competing with their eyes set on the prize of not only $50,000 but more importantly... finding more family.

This morning, Team Blue, Trinesha and Mitchell, begin their day in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and are currently leading the pack with no strikes.

Teams Black and Green both have two strikes, and face possible elimination today.

As Callie and Patrick begin in Montello, Wisconsin, and for Lizzy and Andy, they'll start in Franklin, Pennsylvania.

For Team Red, Geselle and Taquida, they start their morning out in Avondale, Louisiana with only one strike as Geselle is spending a nice breakfast with her new cousin, Amenta.

- So, I know we getting ready to leave, but I want to say thank you for, for being there yesterday.

- I'm so sad y'all leaving.

Geselle: We sad, too.

We tryin' to fit everybody in our suitcase, but it's not workin'.

- Awoh.

Geselle: I just want to say thank you.

I appreciate it.

Especially yesterday at the gravesite.

Even though I was processing pain, your, your songs and your words of wisdom, I'm still processing that.

- I have been there, done that, so I know how you felt.

And you didn't have time to grieve.

We just put it all on you at once.

I'm sorry about that, but you move on, you get stronger.

- Yeah.

- Because there's a bigger tomorrow than a yesterday.

- My cousin Amenta was right.

It was definitely hard going to my mother's grave on yesterday, but it was healing.

I'm grateful for the opportunity, and I'm also grateful that Amenta was there.

- In the future with Geselle, I'm gonna teach her about her new family, and I want to learn a lot about the family that she grew up with, and we gonna become one.

♪ [phone dings] Callie: "Good morning, teams, and welcome to Day 7 of Relative Race."

- "Team Red will be traveling to Mandeville, Louisiana."

- "Team Blue will be traveling Indianapolis, Indiana."

- "Team Black will be traveling to Oshkosh."

Patrick: Mmm.

- "Team Green will be traveling to Lake City, Pennsylvania."

Geselle: Your time...

Both: Starts now.

Geselle: Let's go.

Bernadine: You guys take care.

Mitchell: Thank you so much for everything you gave me.

You gave me more than you know.

So I think the best thing right now is just for us to try to crush it today and move forward with these wins.

Trinesha: We've already had two first place finishes, and we're comin' for a third.

- Comin' for a third.

Patrick: We're gonna hit the challenge today, and we're gonna know there's a penalty.

the-- I mean, that's what we're assuming, and since nothing happened this morning, there was no delay or anything like that... - We'll find out at the challenge.

Patrick: Yeah.

And the penalty was called Challenging, so whatever it is, there's gonna be some little spin on it for the other three teams that Team Blue won't have to do that's gonna help them, give them an advantage to be able to do the time faster.

♪ ♪ Mitchell: Oh, yes!

Indianapolis.

See it, Indianapolis, see the sign?

- Yep.

- Let's go, baby.

Bam, 65 North, right.

Uh!

Let's go.

Dan: Pumped up and going for their third win in a row is Team Blue.

Today, Mitchell and Trinesha are racing from Jeffersonville, Indiana, to Indianapolis.

They have a total allotted time for the day of 2 hours and 3 minutes.

♪ Lizzy: We really have to be on our game.

- Agreed.

- Because... - 22 West.

- ...it might really slow us down.

We can't get frustrated... - Correct.

- ...because, you know, and every minute counts.

- Yeah.

Every second counts.

There's some sort of penalty that we have to deal with today, so my feeling is we have to be on point with our navigation, because we cannot afford to lose any time just in case we lose it during the challenge.

Dan: Team Green is geared up and ready for a win today as Lizzy and Andy depart from Franklin, Pennsylvania, and are driving to Lake City.

Their allotted time for the day is 1 hour and 45 minutes.

♪ Taquida: All right.

I do remember seein', um, Mandeville on the map.

Geselle: Mm-hm.

- Like, saw it close to Slidell somewhere.

Geselle: Yeah.

- I'm gonna get us outta here.

Geselle: Okay.

- Oh, here.

Get us up here to the freeway.

So today we're calm and focused.

We haven't had a first place win since the first day, and today, we need another one.

Dan: Laser-focused today is Team Red.

Geselle and Taquida are aiming for a first place win, as they'll be traveling from Avondale, Louisiana, to Mandeville.

Their allotted time today is exactly one hour.

Callie: Yep, we're gonna cross 43.

Yep, we're going over 43, and then yeah, that's where we came in, 'cause the Starbucks is right over here.

[sighs] Bless our relatives.

- We would have gotten here, but we woulda definitely added time, 'cause I'm like, oh, we'll just go up this way and over this way and then back down, and they're like, uh, just go down and to the right and you'll be there.

And that... is why we have two strikes.

Callie: Two strikes.

Dan: Team Black, Callie and Patrick, are racing from Montello, Wisconsin, to Oshkosh.

Their allotted time for the day, including navigation and the challenge, is 1 hour and 21 minutes.

♪ As all of our teams hit the open road, they take time to reflect on all the connections and relationships that they have built along the way.

Callie: I think that connection comes in a lot of forms.

I think from the very beginning of having the opportunity to meet a blood relative for the first time.

Angalynne: I'm your sister.

[giggles] - You're my sister.

Callie: Thank you so much for coming!

[crying] To strengthening a bond.

Mitchell: And it's those same bonds that allow us to overcome and grow together.

Lizzy: And I think it's that connection that enables us to grow and really overcome these hardships together.

Andy: It really feels to me like all the teams are really close to each other this season.

Uh, Pat and Callie reached out to us when I found out that I wasn't going to be meeting my mom or that side of the family.

I really felt it was important that we reach out and do the same for another team.

[phone dings] Geselle: "Hey Team Red, Thinking about the incredible, painful news you received yesterday..." - Last night was a really tough night for Geselle.

She found out that her mom had just passed, um, before she got the chance to meet her.

Mitchell: And up until this point, she had found out about her father and her sister as well, and I just wish we could be there to give her a hug and let her know that everything's gonna be okay.

- Aw, that's sweet.

Geselle: The teams this season have been a bunch of creatives, and it has been an amazing journey to be paired with them.

The strength, the love, the support, the laughter, but also the prayer that is goin' on behind the scenes.

Hey, what's up, guys.

It is the Red Team, and I, I just wanted to stop in and say thank you to every person that has been sendin' text messages.

Even as I got up this morning, to be honest, I really just...

I didn't want to do anything, but in the midst of it, what helped me was that somebody else's story is similar to mine.

But I just want you guys to be encouraged as you're on your journey today to know that even in obscurity, God can still find you and meet you.

I love you guys to life.

Have an amazing day on purpose.

Team Red.

♪ Dan: The day continues to race on as all of our teams are rapidly approaching their destination cities.

Andy: Lake City right there.

Welcome to Lake City.

Boom.

[ding] Callie: Oh, there it is.

Patrick: Oh, there we go.

Callie: Dapper Dan.

- Let's go, baby!

Ugh!

Ugh!

Gimme some.

Gimme some!

Mm, wiggy wiggy wiggy!

Singer: Hey!

♪ Go, fight, win, we are all in!

♪ ♪ Go, fight, win, we are all in!

♪ ♪ Go, fight, win, we are all in!

♪ ♪ Go, fight, win, we are all in!

♪ Andy: Your challenge for Day 7 is Drop, Pop and Roll.

Dan: Today's challenge is Drop, Pop and Roll.

Teammates will suit up inside Zorb balls and must smash balloons with their bodies in a relay-style race.

Each teammate must pop six small balloons staked into the ground.

When that popping is complete, they must work together to burst two giant balloons.

Bouncing is assured, and popping required to complete this challenge.

Patrick: All right, let's go.

[ding] Callie: Wait, Pat, come back!

[ding] Geselle: Wait, we got a text.

Taquida: Huh?

Dan: Hi teams.

So sad, too bad, you didn't win, and so the winning team chose to penalize the rest of you with Challenging.

And what that means is that you're going to have another challenge that you have to complete first.

But, this is a challenge from Season 10.

Hope you were watching and paying attention.

If you've forgotten what that challenge is, don't worry; we're gonna show you the rules.

Finish this challenge, and then the main challenge starts.

Cube It Up!

Today, contestants must stack four smaller cubes in a way so that all four sides of the cubes do not have any repeating color.

Once the cubes are in correct order, this challenge is done.

Taquida: Okay.

Callie: Do you remember this one?

Patrick: I remember it, but of course... Let's see, we gotta make sure... Lizzy: Not red, not red.

Andy: Not red?

Lizzy: We want green on this side, too.

Thanks a lot, Team Blue.

Now we just found out we have to do two challenges today.

[sighs] ♪ Trinesha: You ready to crush it?

Mitchell: Let's go, baby.

Trinesha: Oh, it's gonna be so much fun.

Mitchell: Oh!

Trinesha: Gonna be so much fun.

♪ [pop] Mitchell: Nice!

Get back, get back, get back, get back, get back!

[pop] Now this is my kind of challenge.

Geselle: Yeah, you need blue on this side.

Lizzy: Black, blue.

Callie: Green, blue, here.

Okay, these are good.

- These are sort of my kind of games, 'cause I'm a little bit older, so didn't start off with a Nintendo or anything like that.

- [singing] It was the '80s!

- Yeah.

So the puzzle games with the blocks and the stuff like that are more like what I used to do when I was a kid.

Callie: It's done!

Done!

Let's go!

Patrick: Okay!

Lizzy: Um, we would need... - Blue on this side, black on this side, red on this side, black on this side.

We got it!

♪ - We got red right here, too, though.

- Come on, try your block.

We're definitely feeling that the clock is ticking, which it defines the word "challenging," um, so we were just trying to get done as quickly as possible.

Geselle: That's right.

Yeah, that's it.

[laughs] Taquida: Come on, let's go.

Somethin' so little and so dumb took us longer than we wanted.

[clattering] ♪ [pop] Mitchell: I mean, honestly, I could do this all day.

[pop] Callie: Uh-oh!

[laughing] [pop] Geselle: [laughing hysterically] Taquida: Come on, hurry up, hurry up!

- So bein' in that little ball, uh, kind of felt like a little hamster.

Taquida: It was just hilarious, just seein' the balls.

And then once we got in, feelin' like a little kid all over again.

And I could imagine from the eyes what I look like with-- sittin' in a ball with this helmet on and knee, and knee pads.

Lizzy: Go, baby, go!

[pop] Get back to the mat, get back to the mat!

Go go go go go go go go!

- My feeling is, uh, when it comes to popping the balloons that body weight's probably gonna be the thing that causes the balloons to pop the most, so I was going off like it was professional wrestling and going from the top rope and getting as much momentum and body weight as I could.

[Largo al Factotum from Barber of Seville plays] Taquida: [laughs] ♪ [thump] [laughs] [Largo al Factotum continues] [pop] [pop] [pop] ♪ Trinesha: [grunting] [pop] Popping the balloons isn't the hard part.

The hard part is waiting one at a time to pop 'em.

[pop] [pop] Andy: So I'm just literally throwing myself on these things with no, no abandon in the least, just hoping they pop as quickly as they can.

[pop] Callie: Ugh!

♪ Taquida: I'm on it!

We hilariously completed popping all the little six balloons.

Now all we have is the huge one.

♪ Callie: All right, here I come.

Patrick: Go go go go go!

[yells] Callie: Ugh!

[ding ding ding] Taquida: Meet in the middle.

Both: [laughing] Geselle: So in our first attempt to pop the big balloon, uh, I, I knew the balloon was gonna go flying, but I didn't think I was gonna go flying with the balloon.

But I felt like a sumo wrestler falling to the ground, so, yeah.

[pop] [ding ding ding] Taquida: [laughing] [pop] Mitchell: [to himself] Get up.

[grunting] Trinesha: You okay?

Mitchell: [grunting] Come on Tiny, come on.

Big ball!

You ready?

Let's go.

[pop] [ding ding ding] Trinesha: Oh my gosh.

Mitchell: [grunting] Trinesha: You okay?

Lizzy: Just go.

Rip it!

- "You will find your relative at 8519 State Road..." "2361 Witzel Avenue, Oshkosh, Wisconsin."

- All right, let's go!

Taquida: All right, let's go.

♪ Trinesha: What's wrong?

Mitchell: [groaning] Trinesha: What'd you hit?

Mitchell: [groaning] Trinesha: What's wrong?

Mitchell: The last part of the challenge, I went to pop the last balloon and I didn't notice that my knee pad, pad had slipped down, and the minute I hit the ground with the bubble portion, my knee smacked into the cement.

I tried to power through it because I knew we still had time left, but once the adrenaline wore off and everything kinda died down, that's when the pain really hit, and it was pretty bad.

[groaning] The crew asked me if I was okay, and I had to let them know that I wasn't.

I asked them to take me to the nearest urgent care.

[groaning] Okay.

Man 1: Ready?

Mitchell: Yeah, I'm ready.

Man 1: Ready?

Mitchell: Yep.

Man 1: One, two, three.

Mitchell: [groaning] I had to be helped.

Um, I couldn't walk on my own.

I was helped in the van thanks to the crew.

But, uh, it wasn't looking good.

♪ Dan: With the challenge complete, it's time to kick it into high gear and find their families.

Callie: First place mentality.

Big players make big moves.

That's right.

Lizzy: Right here, right here, right here, right here, right here!

- This is an auto center place.

- Oh.

Both: Yeah, right there.

Andy: Let's try going there again, see if they can help us again?

Lizzy: Yeah, might as well.

Taquida: Hi, ma'am.

We were trying to get to Morgan Street.

Do you know where Morgan Street is?

Woman 1: You're gonna see Monroe Street, like, right before Piggly Wiggly on the left-hand side.

- Witzel.

Witzel, right here.

Patrick: That's Witzel?

So... oh, gotta go left, right?

Callie: We have to take a left, yeah.

We can't take a right, so take a left onto Witzel.

Lizzy: Okay, so we're gonna be on this for a while.

She said, you're gonna think you went too far.

It's gonna be windy, and we're gonna stay to the left of the Y. Patrick: Are you serious?

Another one?

Callie: Another roundabout.

No, it's fine.

Continues on here.

♪ Trinesha: [indistinct] Mitchell: We are so close.

- You're fine.

Don't worry about it.

- We are so close.

- Whatever.

- We're too close.

And I'm not...

I am not stopping.

- [indistinct] - I am not.

- Okay, just be quiet and breathe.

- Mm.

My knee is in such horrible pain.

I don't know what's wrong with it, but I don't think anything is broken, either.

But it's better to be safe and go to the nearest urgent care and get it checked out.

I just don't want this to be the end of the race for us.

Once we got checked in, waited to see the doctor.

Um, once I did see the doctor, he decided I needed to have some x-rays.

♪ Doctor: So, from a bone perspective, your knee looks really good, okay?

So even though the bone's not broken, you did probably bruise it, all right?

- Okay.

Doctor: That's probably why it hurts to walk.

- Honestly, I'm just glad nothing's broken, and I can still move and walk around.

The doctor did clear me to continue the race and meet more relatives.

Trinesha: I'm just glad he's okay.

The most important thing right now is his health, and that comes before the race.

Our families are always gonna be there, but we gotta make sure our health is, too.

Dan: Having been cleared by the doctor, Mitchell is ready to catch up to the competition as the other three teams quickly approach their relatives' homes.

Geselle: Piggly Wiggly.

Morgan.

Andy: I think we're actually on State now, do you?

Lizzy: No, it just... that could have been considered a road there because these are backroads.

I don't know.

Patrick: We are on the main drag, but the main drag also has a lot of red lights, and we're hittin', like, every single one.

Callie: Right, roundabouts... Patrick: Oh, roundabouts and everything.

Callie: Right.

Patrick: Um, definitely slowed us down a little bit, but because we didn't have to turn around or do anything different like that, I mean, I don't really see that being a huge deal.

- 27...

I didn't see... Callie: 20.

It's fine.

20.

Look, we're 23.

- Okay.

- 2361.

Taquida: What's the number?

- It's 105.

- Okay.

105!

- [laughs] - 8519.

8519!

That's it!

- That's it.

Callie: 2359-- 58.

61.

Right here!

Right here, right here, right here, right here!

Oh my gosh, Pat.

I think we did it.

[car doors click] Let's go.

♪ Patrick: Um, "Welcome, Callie and Pat.

Come around to the back yard."

All right, let's go this way.

It's Day 7, and we show up to the house, and there's a note on the doorstep.

Uh, we're both from Oshkosh, and our families grew up here, so not sure who's gonna be around back waiting for us.

- Yeah, but as soon as we turned the corner, we knew.

We knew.

[laughs] ♪ - I'm Pat.

Man 2: Hi, Pat.

- I'm Callie.

- Hi, Callie.

Callie: Hi.

- I'm Mark.

- Yeah.

Patrick: Are you sure?

I can't-- I can't quite see it!

Yeah!

♪ ♪ Callie: [crying] Patrick: I heard I was taller.

Are you standin' on a hill or somethin'?

What's goin' on here?

Mark: Not very level ground here.

Hi.

Callie: Oh!

Thank you!

You gave me the most amazing gift.

[crying] Mark: You know you're both part of the family now.

I'm Mark Reichenberger, and I'm Patrick's father.

♪ ♪ - Yeah, huggin' my dad for the first time, it felt good.

It felt like it's supposed to.

Again, we meet these people, and we hardly know them, but it's just so natural.

It's just so natural.

Callie: Wow!

Oh, it's just incredible.

Patrick: Yes.

Callie: [laughing] I'm so happy for you guys.

- Yeah, so, welcome to my house.

This is-- - In Oshkosh.

I know, I know.

Amazing I was born here and I actually have not really come back up ever, or anything like that, so, not super familiar with it, but... - Yeah.

Un-unfortunately I didn't know about ya till-- Patrick: I know, I know.

Mark: About four months ago.

Patrick: Yeah!

- You know?

Patrick: Yeah.

Mark: Yeah, but, uh, yeah, I said, talkin' with one of my brothers and made the comment about, yeah, I said, man, it's four months.

I gotta wait four months to meet my son!

Patrick: I know, I know.

Mark: And he looked at me and goes, I don't know about you, I had to wait nine months to meet mine!

All: [laughing] Mark: Yeah, learning that I had a son, uh, was very exciting.

You know, I have two daughters, uh, and then to find out that I do have a son out there was very cool and, uh, I just, uh, really... not a very emotional guy, but I, it's very cool to have a son now, and that we'll be able to spend time together for the rest of our lives.

- It's amazing to watch him have these experiences, and I just feel honored to be a part of it.

'Cause it's beau-- it's just, just beautiful moments that I get a front row seat to, and seeing that smile back-- - Yeah, I was gonna say-- - you know, it's, it's awesome.

You can just, you can feel the energy between both of them, and it's, it's electric.

[laughs] Because I miss my dad.

Patrick: Mm.

Callie: And I remember that last hug from my dad, and this is the first time that I've felt anything that's remotely close to it.

And it was just really special.

'Cause my dad was my person, you know?

So feeling that again was... really special, and that's, that's how I know that, that our dad was here today.

Patrick: Mhm.

- You could feel, you could feel him with us today, and guiding us to this moment.

And I... Just leaves you feeling really blessed knowing how loved we are.

There's so many people around us that have loved us our entire life.

We're blessed.

♪ ♪ Woman 2: Hello.

Taquida: Hi.

I'm Taquida.

- Hi, Taquida.

- I'm Geselle.

Woman 2: Yes.

Hi, Geselle, how you doin'?

- I'm fine.

And whose relative are you?

- Yours.

I'm your second cousin.

I'm your mother's first cousin.

- Wow!

Woman 2: How you doin'?

- How you doin'?

Woman 2: Nice meeting you.

- Nice meeting you, too.

Woman 2: Good.

My name is Linda Pierre, and I'm Geselle's cousin.

Do you sing?

Geselle: I do.

- Guess it runs in the family.

Your mother, your grandmother, myself, my brother.

I knew if you have a voice like a angel, that's a good thing.

That's how I knew you're kin to us.

We had a lot of singers in the family over the years, a lot of sing-- But it's so good to see you and meet you!

Geselle: It is good to see you and meet you as well.

At the moment, she, I realized that she had a relationship with my mom and my grandmother, I'm really excited, because I'm meeting another patriarch, or matriarch, in the family.

- You know, your great-grandmother name was Teresia.

- Teresia.

Linda: Yes.

And they all came from Homer, Louisiana.

- Okay.

- Beautiful family.

We have a big, beautiful family.

Okay?

Geselle: I learned a lot about some of this yesterday, but you, you, I think you gonna add some icing to the cake for me.

- Oh, I have a lot of icing.

Geselle: [laughs] - So we gonna eat up that cake today.

We gonna eat it.

And you wanna go inside so we can celebrate?

Because this is good.

I'm so happy.

I am so happy you found us.

It's a beautiful day.

It's beautiful.

Geselle: Come on, let's go.

Linda: [emotional] I'm so sorry.

Huggin' Geselle, I got really emotional because I can feel her aura.

We are a very religious family, and I knew that she was truly my cousin.

♪ Lizzy: And stop.

[seat belt clicks] - [chuckling] Andy: Hi!

Woman 3: Hi.

- I'm Andy, and this is my wife, Lizzy.

And-- - Hi, I'm June, and this is my brother Burt.

We're cousins on your dad's side.

- Oh wow!

It's so great to meet you!

- Nice meeting you!

Andy: Oh!

Thanks for doing this.

June: You're welcome.

Andy: Hi, it's great to-- oh, you know what, come 'ere.

Family hugs!

It's good to meet you.

Burt: I'm Burt Cox.

June: And I'm June Lesko.

And we're cousins on Andy's dad's side.

Burt: Welcome to the neighborhood.

June: Yeah.

Andy: Thank you.

June: This is where we grew up.

Burt: We all grew up right here.

Andy: Oh, is this-- June: This is where we grew up.

Lizzy: This is the street.

Burt: This is the street.

- I've heard so much about this.

Okay.

Burt: So all three houses in a row were all family.

Andy: This is amazing being back in the old neighborhood where my dad was, uh, basically raised as a kid.

Burt: Well, we'll take a journey.

We'll look at, see the h-- and then I'll tell you all, everything I know, and she'll tell you even more, 'cause she's older.

Andy: [laughs] You know what, we'll say you're wiser.

June: That's it, there ya go!

That's, that's it, that's it, that's it.

Andy: I can't wait to hear all about it.

I'm really excited to hear more stories about my dad, Johnny Wayne, and really learn more about this neighborhood that he grew up in.

♪ Mitchell: 73-- Trinesha: Where are the addresses at?

Mitchell: I have no idea.

I don't see 'em.

There we go, 519.

Keep straight.

Dan: After a setback at the hospital, Mitchell and Trinesha are finally ready to meet a new relative and put today's challenges behind them.

- 619.

It was 739.

Seven...

Right here, 739.

Right here.

So we finally make it to the relative's house, and my knee is still in tons of pain.

So I'm just gonna try to put that behind me and be excited about who I'm meetin' next, because right now, it's more about meeting my family, and I can deal with the pain later.

♪ Trinesha: Hi.

Woman 4: Hi!

Trinesha: How are you?

- Hi, I'm good.

I am Corsica.

I am related to Mitchell.

- Me?

Corsica: Yes!

I am your, um, sister-in-law.

- Oh, wow.

Hey!

Corsica: Yeah, it's nice to meet you!

Good!

Mitchell: Oh my goodness.

Trinesha: Oh wow.

Mitchell: Wow.

- This is DeShawn.

This is Zeniah.

This is your nephew, and this is your lovely niece.

- Wow.

- Wow.

How old, uh, how old are, how old are-- Corsica: DeShawn, how old are you?

- 13.

Mitchell: 13.

- And I'm 15.

Mitchell: 15.

Okay.

Cool.

That's so nice.

- Wow.

- Wow!

Corsica: That's a blessing.

Mitchell: Oh goodness.

Trinesha: Wow, you just gained three more.

Mitchell: More.

Corsica: Yes.

Trinesha: That's awesome.

Mitchell: It blew me away, because I didn't even know I had a brother, so that right there was... [exhales] It was so surprising 'cause I was like, I never knew.

I never knew I had a brother.

I just assumed I had three sisters.

Corsica: It's very exciting.

It is.

I am so glad God brought us on this journey.

Mitchell: Yes, yeah, 'cause we-- I didn't know any of my family members, so, just to meet more of 'em is, wow, you're like the third I've met so far on this trip.

- Wow!

That's a blessing.

- I can't wait to get to know my sister-in-law and my niece and nephew, and to hear what they can share with me about my brother.

♪ Dan: In Mandeville, Geselle sits down with her cousin, Linda, to learn more about her mom's side of the family.

Geselle: So I'm just...

I'm happy to meet you it's, it's like God is putting together the pieces of the puzzle for me.

Linda: Of course.

God is always in the plan.

You know He do that.

He's always on time.

And it's a beautiful thing.

Looking at you... like, I see it.

You look like your grandmother... and you look like your mother.

You also resemble your sister and it's a beautiful thing— I'm just so sorry that when you found us they were gone.

You know?

But, um, any questions you need to ask me, go ahead!

Geselle: I, I guess my question would be like I asked, you know, Armenta, y'know... like what was her personality like, like from your perspective?

Linda: Who, your mother?

- My mother.

Linda: She had a beautiful soul.

I was-- I'm the, I'm Daniel's oldest child.

I'm older than your, than your mother.

Geselle: Okay.

- Um, so, I knew a lot of things and we went to church together.

She had a voice like a angel.

I have a brother that's deceased, he had a voice like a angel.

And it was beautiful.

Like I said, our family is very religious.

And that's the first thing I wanted to ask you: do you sing?!

Geselle: Yes.

- 'Cause I know every-- you know.

Uh, you do.

And that's a beautiful thing.

'Cause we have a lot of singers, uh, in the family.

As I shared stories about the family I can see that Geselle was very joyful, hopeful, and lookin' forward to the future as far as get-- really gettin' to know a lotta her relatives, and that made me so very happy.

- So do you have, like, any pictures?

Like of my uncle?

Linda: I have a picture of some of your uncles.

This is a picture of my dad.

That's the only living great-uncle you have.

Geselle: Okay.

Linda: Okay.

That's Daniel, Alan, Earl, John the Carpenter, and Kevin the Philosopher.

Geselle: Wow.

Linda: That's your uncles.

Country boys!

- I can see that!

Both: [laugh] Linda: So it's all good.

But you can hold onto that for now, and I'll-- you know what, you go head and take this picture.

What Imma do, Imma take a picture of that picture.

'Cause I can always make copies of it.

I got photo paper.

I know how to do it.

- Thank you.

Linda: Okay?

- As Linda began to share about, um, the business and, and the different things that ran-- philosophy run through the family, I can see where I get a lot of the business sense I have and a desire to do business.

And then also, uh, it just made me really excited that it ran through the heritage of the Royal family.

Linda: Well, I have a lot more pieces to tell you, but... it's gonna take longer than this, so... over time... Geselle: Okay.

Linda: We'll get to know each other better.

Okay?

- Yes ma'am.

So, can I get a hug?

Linda: Sure!

Anytime!

These hugs are beautiful.

Geselle: I'm grateful I met Linda today because she really came and filled in a lot of gaps.

But then not only that, um, I was able to meet another matriarch, uh, in the family, and really glean from the wisdom and the stories that she had.

♪ - After meeting my amazing cousins, Burt and June, they wanted to take us on a walk and show us where my dad, Johnny Wayne, grew up.

Burt: All three of these houses, you can finally see the third house, that's where we grew up.

Andy: Okay.

Burt: Um... and then, the middle house, it's relatively the same as it used to be except for they built onto the back of the house.

The front of the house is pretty much the same other than the porch.

- Okay.

We've been hearing every-- a lot of the different relatives talk about the old neighborhood where, uh, Johnny Wayne and all this and other kids grew up and, uh, the amazing times that they had and, uh, the chance to actually walk in the footsteps that they did from back in the day and really hear the str-- the first-hand stories as we're walking through the places where they're happening was really amazing.

Burt: We used to play in this front yard.

It hasn't changed much at all.

Andy: So what kinda s-- uh, games did you guys play in the front yard?

Burt: Kickball most of the time.

- Incredible to think that that's the house that your dad grew up in.

- That is amazing.

- So this was what the house... Burt: The front door looked like.

June: The front door looked like.

Andy: Ohh!

June: And that is Johnny Wayne.

Andy: I was about to say, I think I know this gentleman.

June: That's Johnny Wayne, yes it is.

Andy: It was interesting when we saw Johnny Wayne's home that he was raised in.

Uh, I know that he spent a lot of time with his other cousins and would come back and forth but June actually had a great picture of him sitting out in front on the stoop by himself that, uh, really reinforced that this was where those formative years actually happened the most for Johnny Wayne.

And, uh... yeah, it was really special.

June: I think they almost felt like they were living here, too.

He just fit right in.

Burt: What we also used to do is there were trees here, we would build, uh, steps going up the trees and we would actually jump off from the trees going into the, the same swimming hole.

Andy: Oh, wow!

Burt: So, so this is Johnny Wayne jumpin' off, and you can see how the bridge used to be with the railing, you would climb up onto the top and then you would jump off.

Andy: Oh, wow.

Lizzy: So, that's right here?

Burt: That's right here, right in the middle of that bridge.

The way it used to be.

I would say he's probably about 13, 14 there, probably.

Andy: Okay.

When we look back on people's lives we see them as the people they are now and forget that there was a whole lotta life that came before that.

Seeing my dad at such a young age getting ready to... throw himself into a dangerous situation for fun... how excited I am to possibly have the opportunity to meet him as a man.

- I'm glad he's, he's doing this now.

I hope that within in the next couple days you get, he gets to meet 'im.

Because... he's a great guy.

And he cares.

♪ Dan: In Indianapolis, Mitchell is excited to spend time with his brother's family and learn more about a new sibling.

Mitchell: Thank you for even meeting me.

I was surprised 'cause I didn't even know I had a brother.

Corsica: Okay!

- I never knew I had a brother, I just thought I had three sisters.

- Oh wow!

- So where's my brother currently?

- Your brother has, um, passed away.

- Mm.

Corsica: It's been nine years.

- Mm... Corsica: Hoo...

I wanted to let you know, um, that he passed and, um, he is, he was a wonderful husband, um, he would've loved to meet you.

I'm very sorry that you didn't get to meet him.

But he's here right now!

Mitchell: Of course.

- Watchin' us.

Smilin' down.

Mitchell: She had told me that he had passed, it, uh... [quietly] it, uh, kinda hit me a little bit 'cause, uh... it was kinda hard to, uh, go from being super excited knowin' I had a brother to, uh, to realizing that I'd never get the chance to meet him.

And it uh... it kinda... well not kind of, it hurt me... a lot.

Hm.

Mm.

- Oh, well my husband used to always tell me that he has other brothers and sisters out there.

- He knew.

Corsica: He knew.

Yep, he knew!

He would, you know, come to me and tell me how he's feelin'.

Um, he used to tell me that he want to find his family.

He knew they were out here.

He did not know where, where they were at or where to start.

Would you like to see a picture of him?

- Yes.

Yes I would.

Corsica: Okay!

This is your brother.

- Wow.

♪ Corsica: See the nose.

Mitchell: Uh huh!

The nose, yep.

Corsica: Yes!

The whole face!

♪ Yes!

Mitchell: That's so cool.

I mean... oh my goodness.

Uh, what was his name?

Corsica: Lovinder DeShawn Jordan.

And I switched his name-- DeShawn Lovinder Jordan!

Switched it around!

- That's cool!

Corsica: Thank you.

- That's cool.

[chuckle] Mitchell: When she showed me the pictures, I immediately noticed I look just like him.

Trinesha: Yep.

- From the hair to the nose to the, the eyes and all that, it was... it was really... it really took me back.

The main thing I noticed was, um, him and his wife were happy and they seemed like they, uh... and it seemed like he, uh... was doin', uh... pretty good.

You know?

Ohh, it's awesome, it's nice to meet y'all.

I'm... like... To know that I had a brother and there's two more pieces of him right here-- well, three, plus his wife.

Corsica: Amen.

Mitchell: Like that's... that's cool.

I'm gonna have to live vicariously through y'all 'cause I have so many questions and the fact that y'all got to know him and be around him.

Yeah, w-w-what was he like to y'all?

Zeniah: Nice and fun... and a loving person.

Had a lot of fun memories.

Trinesha: I can tell it looks like they had a lot of fun memories.

Mitchell: Yeah, he looks like the type that just enjoys a good laugh.

Trinesha: He does.

- I'm sad I didn't get to know my brother.

He missed a lot.

But his wife seems strong and very nice and his kids seem very strong and intelligent people and...

I'm definitely gonna do my best to try to get to know them.

♪ Callie: I just can't get over how much you guys look alike and... it's a-- we, we keep explaining to people that we hav-- we've-- Patrick: It's weird for us 'cause we haven't seen that before.

So you don't really... Callie: So you find yourself staring, so I apologize if we're weird.

- Yeahhh, we just sorta start a little watching, we're like, ooo.

- If, well, I'll show you a picture of, um, or if you see a picture of my whole family because it's funny how...

I'll have two brothers that look alike, then two other brothers that look alike.

Callie: Sure!

Patrick: Oh!

Yeah, you do look a lot like him.

- We look a lot alike too, buddy.

Patrick: Yes, we do!

Yes, we do!

- Yeah, and it's, and it's funny things 'cause I have talked to Lindsey and them and it's just... they're goin', "Dad, your mannerisms, you just look so much alike, and you got this and you got that."

And I had to laugh because this is a fake tooth.

Patrick: Yeah, I got one, too.

Actually Stephanie told me that.

'Cause it's somethin' about, I said, oh, yeah, one of 'em's fake.

And she's like... Dad's got that, too!

I was like... We have these core similarities.

We didn't grow up together yet we do a lot of the same things.

And it's not that, you know, we were raised that way or it just happened that way.

We're just, we just are the same.

And it is crazy.

- Patrick and I, uh, we have a lot in common, um, throughout seein' 'im.

Uh, our smile.

Our eyes and, uh... guess it's genetics.

[laughs] Mark: Yeah, well I'm just so happy that you live close enough that we can just jump in the car and-- Patrick: Yes, exactly!

Mark: Because...

I wanna be involved as much as you want me to be involved.

Patrick: Yeah, you bet!

- I do have some tattoos but, and...

I do have one on my chest that says "Grandpa's list" and it's got all my grandkids on it and...

I'd be more than happy to add three more!

Patrick: Come 'ere!

[laughs] Mark: Or should I say four more names?

Because I also have my daughter's name on my arm and I'd have they... put yours on there.

Callie: Aw, man.

Patrick: Meeting my dad today means so much to me.

He didn't even know about me for 45 years.

And then as soon as he finds out, he just opens his arms and welcomes me in.

And my sister!

And it's just been, uh, an amazing experience and I am so grateful for it.

♪ Well, today I feel confident on the call.

Callie: Yeah.

Patrick: Um, I'm not really worried about getting a strike but-- Callie: Mm-mm, there was nothing, there were no hiccups today.

Patrick: Yeah.

Andy: Guess we can only hope that we did better than the rest of them.

Lizzy: Right, but it's been so close.

Like, like... really close.

Andy: Like painfully close.

Lizzy: Like minutes between.

Andy: Seconds in some cases, yeah.

Lizzy: Right.

Taquida: 'Cause we definitely don't want two strikes in a row.

Geselle: Nah, nah, no two strikes, nobody ain't tryna go home till day ten.

- Going into the call was pretty nerve-racking because we know that we've had a pretty down day.

Mitchell: Right.

- And we're just hoping that, um, it wasn't... too down.

Mitchell: To the point where we would catch our...

Both: First strike.

Mitchell: 'cause we're still unblemished at this point.

- But look... it don't make sense to keep going back and forth so let's... Taquida: Might as well just go see.

♪ Callie: Hello, freyunds!

Andy: Hello!

Mitchell: Heyy!

Taquida: Heyy.

Patrick: We had a lot of fun with that challenge, Mitchell.

Trinesha: What was it, we don't know what it was!

Mitchell: We don't know what it was!

Lizzy: We had to do a challenge before we could do the challenge today.

- Oh, really?

Trinesha: Ohhh, wow.

- Oh, I am so sorry.

- Wow.

Patrick: That's all right.

It's the way it goes.

Callie: [sing-songy] Dapper Daaaan!

- We got Dan here.

Dan: Hello, you handsome people, you, how the heck ya doin'?!

Patrick: Good!

Callie: Good!

Dan: Fantastic!

This is Day 7 already!

There was a scary moment for Team Blue today!

Tell the other teams what happened because you didn't finish on the field, you finished in a hospital.

Mitchell: Yess.

Yeah, um...

I didn't notice that my knee had, kneepad had slipped down so I went to flop on that last balloon and my knee just flopped into the cement.

♪ Dan: I know who's waiting for everyone... and I was like, oh, please, please, please, help them be okay so that they can continue in this race.

You now have a brace.

We, you have ice that you need to put on that regularly.

And I've gotta ask you officially at this point, Mitchell, you really had a scary thing take place today.

Is it your wish, do you want to continue on in this race?

Mitchell: Absolutely.

Um, we've been through way too much for us to turn back now, um.

From what the doctor said there's gonna be a little bit of swelling, um, it's gonna be uncomfortable, but that's a me problem.

So, well all we can do right now is keep pushing forward, pray, put a lot of ice on it, and, um, and persevere.

Trinesha: Yeah.

Dan: Kind of a scary day.

But in the end, all of you pushed through it all and you wind up at another address and another door with another relative.

Andy.

Who was waiting for you today?

- Well, I had the good fortune of meeting my cousins, June and Burt.

Dan: Hi, guys!

Thank you for being on the show and thank you for being there for Andy and for Lizzy.

June: Thank you for bringin', uh, him into our lives.

Dan: I feel like Santa Claus so often, let me tell ya!

Today I see that beautiful smile coming across from Geselle.

Geselle, who was waiting for you.

- Waiting for me was my second cousin, Linda.

Linda: Hi!

Dan: Oh, wow!

Hi, Linda!

- Hello, how are you?

Dan: I understand that your cousin had some pictures that she was able to show you.

- Yes.

She showed me a picture of the men in my family, of all my uncles.

And it was amazing to see and hear backstories of every single one of them.

Dan: It's so wonderful when you can actually put names and stories to a picture.

It brings everything to life.

That's just fantastic.

Mitchell.

Trinesha.

Was it worth it to you to power through, push through to get to where you're sitting right now?

Mitchell: Absolutely.

I'm, I'm willing, I'm willing to give up both knees for it.

Dan: Ohh, who did you meet!?

Mitchell: Today, I met my sister-in-law and my niece and nephew.

Corsica: Hi guys!

Dan: So glad you guys are there for Mitchell.

Thank you so much.

- You're welcome!

Dan: And yet, Mitchell, it was a day of mixed emotions for you.

What did you learn?

- Um, I didn't even know I had a brother.

Um, and she told me he passed.

Um, awhile back.

And, uh... it, uh... it kinda hit me kinda hard.

♪ Dan: Mitchell, if there's one... little glimmer of goodness that comes from this meeting it's that you have a piece of your brother in your niece and your nephew.

And now, you are their uncle.

- Yes, absolutely, um... and his wife is so strong and so nice and so loving.

His kids are just super intelligent, um, just talking to 'em for ten minutes I can tell that he was a great man 'cause he has a great family.

Dan: Ah, wow.

What a tribute.

Corsica: Amen.

Dan: There's just one team we haven't talked to today about their relative.

And look at the smile on Patrick's face.

Patrick, you guys had a really good day on the road.

Things got even better when you arrived at your relative's house.

Patrick: Yes, yes.

So, today, I met... my dad, Mark.

Callie: [laughs] Trinesha: Wowww!

Patrick: Do you maybe see it?

Maybe, I don't know, I-I-I-I... can't tell!

Mitchell: Just like him!

Trinesha: Wow!

Mitchell: Wowww!

Dan: Oh my gosh!

I-I don't know that anything else more needs to be said, just look at those two, right?

Mitchell: Right, like, oh my goodness!

Dan: It's just awesome.

It's awesome!

I love this show!

Callie: [laughs] Dan: Hey, dad?

Thanks for being there for your son.

Mark: Oh, thank you guys for... gettin' it done!

Dan: Wow.

It's on a night like tonight with so much up and down and emotion and... challenges.... and wonderful results in the end that I wish I could say, so guess what guys?!

I'm the host.

We're all going home to bed with no strikes.

But... there's a reason why we call this Relative "Race".

[epic music] One of you finished 11 minutes under your allotted time today.

Which means everything went about perfectly... and that's what... Andy and Lizzy were able to say because Team Green-- Lizzy: What?!

Dan: --you finished 11 minutes under your allotted time.

Lizzy: [scoffs in disbelief] Dan: The team that finished in second place was six minutes under their allotted time.

Team Black, it was a really, really good day for you.

Callie: [sighs] [chuckles] Mitchell: Great job, guys.

♪ Dan: Finishing in third place, 21 minutes over their allotted time...

Team Red.

Team Blue, even though your clock was stopped while you were in the hospital, you were still 29 minutes over your allotted time, which means you have received your first strike of Relative Race.

Unfortunately this was a day where everything went so right and finished in a very difficult manner.

And we are just glad that you're okay and able to power through.

Now, it's time for our winning team, Team Green, you get to, once again, choose your first place prize benefit.

This is a benefit that should help you tomorrow.

There are two benefits available to you.

The mystery prize for Day 7, which is now unlocked.

You certainly don't need to choose that, but if you don't, it will be available for whomever decides to choose it in the future.

The other that is available to you is Fan-Atic.

Lizzy: Tomorrow is our one year wedding anniversary-- Patrick and Callie: Ooo.

Lizzy: And for our anniversary, I say, let's do the mystery 'cause I know you want it so bad.

Andy: You know, I really do!

Lizzy: Yeah.

[laughs] Andy: We're gonna go with mystery.

Dan: All right.

That mystery prize for Day 7 that you have now picked means that tomorrow... you have immunity.

Callie: Ohh, nice!

[clapping] Lizzy: Happy anniversary!

- Thank you!

Greatest gift I could get!

Dan: Two immunities in one race.

Something we've never done on this show before.

But there is a big distinction to be made here.

On Day 3, that immunity was immunity without a strike.

This immunity is with a strike.

Meaning, if Team Green finishes in last place tomorrow, the team that finishes in third place will indeed pick up the strike.

The most important thing to remember no matter what... it's gonna be a good day.

Because you have family waiting for you.

And today you all found out, once again, how important family is.

It's all about family.

And I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.

Goodnight, everybody!

We'll see you all tomorrow!

Callie: Congratulations, Green!

Patrick: Way to go, Team Green!

Callie: Mwah!

Love you guys.

Rest up.

Andy: Be safe, Mitchell.

Lizzy: We miss you!

Callie: Bye freyonds!

Both: [laughing] Callie: "Bye freyonds!"

[laughs] So we have to come in first or second tomorrow.

Second place!

I'll take it!

Why can't we high-five?

Patrick: We are not good at that!

That's not our thing.

Taquida: Supposed to make it to Day, what, 7 or 8 with no strikes, but we got one yesterday so... can't take anymore strikes until Day 9... if we do.

Geselle: Yeah.

- Hopefully I can wake up tomorrow and feel better and then start off, beren-- with a clean slate.

And hopefully we can do the same thing we did today.

And, um-- Trinesha: Push through.

- Yeah, push through, my fault, push through.

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