[engine revving] Dan: Previously on Relative Race.

Sean: Floor it!

- Woo!

Dan: Rivalries heated up with immunity on the line.

Devin: Today's first place prize... Magen: Is immunity.

Kacey: We do not want Team Green to have immunity.

Dan: But when the clock stopped, two teams met new siblings.

- I'm your sister.

Dan: Team Blue made a shocking discovery.

Travis: 'Cause I know your mother had five of y'all in total.

Anthony: Knowing that we have brothers and sisters out there is incredible.

Dan: And Team Red stumbled into a one-of-a-kind family reunion.

[cheering] Liz: I'm meeting aunts and uncles and cousins and my dad Jerome, my sister, Angelica, my brother, JJ, and I was just like, ah!

Dan: In the end, Team Red walked away with immunity.

[Liz screaming] And Team Green walked away with a second strike.

Kacey: Our arch-nemesis, Team Green, is one step closer to elimination.

Magen: Look, it's a tough pill to swallow that we're not getting immunity, but tomorrow, all of you better be watching out.

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

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... Sean: Come on!

Liz: Let's go, let's go.

[screaming] Dan: ...to win $50,000... Magen: Yes!

Dan: ...and to find their family.

[knocking] ♪ Dan: Day 7 dawns on all four teams, and the competition ramps up as elimination creeps closer.

Magen: We don't like being in the bottom two; we certainly don't like getting strikes.

- We're kind of on edge now, which is a little bit scary.

Dan: In Unionville, Missouri, Team Green nervously starts their day with two strikes.

- No more strikes today.

We're gonna knock this out, and not meeting all of our relatives is not an option.

Dan: Also one strike away from elimination, Team Blue prepares for Day 7 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.

- Team Red's not gonna get a strike no matter what, so it's gonna be on us to really win today.

That's part of the race.

Dan: Meanwhile, Team Black starts with one strike in Cedarville, Ohio, and with immunity today, Team Red begins in Charleston, West Virginia with a mysterious wakeup call.

[mumbling] - So, we wake up, I've got a text from Dan, and we gotta see what it says.

I'm really hoping for some good news.

Like, I don't know.

- Especially because he texts us so early.

- It says, What?

- Dan, this is not how immunity day starts.

[Liz laughing] Immunity day starts with breakfast in bed.

- Well, ladies and gentlemen, you know what we gotta do.

- Let's go.

- We gotta go!

♪ - Well, I'm really glad you guys came out, and I finally get to meet you.

- Yeah.

This morning, spending time with my sister, it really warmed my heart, and it was very, very special.

- I did make something for you, and I wanted to make sure you had it before... - Is your goal to make me cry?

- ...you guys leave.

I kinda dabble in jewelry making.

- What?

- Um, this is a-- kind of like my own sisters' charm bracelet.

This one is for you for a big sister.

Um, and then I have this one for little sister.

Uh, I wanted you to, you know, wear it, and... Kacey: [tearfully] Yeah.

Oh my gosh, it's perfect.

Robin: And think of me when-- - Oh my gosh!

Robin: --when you see it.

Do you want to put mine on?

- I do!

♪ My sister actually made a charm bracelet, and she made one for herself, and I'm a very sentimental person-- [laugh] --as is Robin.

You know, now we each have one that we can share, and every time I look at it, I can think of her and know that she is never too far away.

You didn't have to do that!

Robin: Oh, I wanted to!

Give it to someone you care about.

Kacey: Thank you!

Robin: But I'm so happy!

[tearful laugh] ♪ [sentimental music] Dan: While all of the teams wait for a text, the twins try their hand on some early morning fishing with their cousin Travis.

Joseph: If we catch one today, we get first place.

Anthony: Yep.

Travis: We'll see, hopefully.

Anthony: Joe and I have been, you know, driving and ripping and running and going different places, so it was really nice to just wind down with our cousin Travis and not really do too much.

♪ Kyle: It's cool having the shop so close to home to work on.

Monika & Magen: Open!

Dan: And Team Green gets ready for their day with Monika's brother Kyle in his automotive repair shop.

Monika: I'm feeling really proud of my brother that he has his own shop, and that he actually plans to expand it as well, so that's really cool.

So, I think this is really cool that you have your own shop and business, and I have my own shop and business!

- That is!

We have more in common than we thought.

- Exactly.

♪ Liz: So we wake up this morning very early, and I was surprised to get a text from Dan, but it said that there was somebody very special I needed to meet.

Everybody in the house was still asleep, but we got up and just drove out to this location.

Oh.

Oh, wow.

And then we pull into a beautiful cemetery, and I knew immediately who I was going to get to meet.

My dad Jerome was there, my brother JJ, my great-aunt Mary Louise, and my aunt Sheila.

Jerome: I have someone for you to meet.

Liz: Yeah.

My dad was waiting for me by the headstone of my grandmother.

♪ Jerome: That's your grandmother.

Liz: Yeah.

Jerome: I am because of her, and you are because of me.

Liz: Yeah!

Jerome: Here's some flowers if you want to put on her grave.

Her favorite color was purple.

Liz: Mine too.

Mine too.

[Jerome chuckling] This is something.

Wow.

♪ - I miss her.

I miss her a lot.

[sigh] And you coming into my life has helped to mend my broken heart.

- Mm.

Jerome: Tremendously.

You are my gift.

[Liz chuckling] And I'm so grateful.

- Yeah.

- You know?

So grateful.

Liz: To hear Jerome talk about how I'm filling the void of him losing his mother is very touching, and I'm grateful to be a part of that healing process.

Jerome: And she was a gift to us like you're a gift to us.

Jerome: And she was a gift to us like you're a gift to us.

- Aw, thank you!

[Jerome chuckling] Thank you.

And thank you for sharing this with me!

♪ [clock ticking] [intense music] [phone notification sounding] Anthony: Joe, we got a text.

Joseph: Oh really?

Anthony: Yeah.

Magen: Oh, I always get so nervous!

- Good morning, teams.

Kacey: And welcome to Day 7 of Relative Race.

Anthony: Team Blue will be traveling to Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Devin: Team Red will be traveling to Hagerstown, Maryland.

- Team Black will be traveling to Lexington, Kentucky.

Monika: And Team Green will be traveling... Magen & Monika: To Indianola, Iowa.

- Today's first place prize-- Anthony: Is a five minute video call... Kacey: With anyone of your choice.

Your time starts now!

- This is the part that we have to go.

I love you guys!

Good to see you.

Travis: Get going, man.

Have a good one.

Kacey: Bye, gotta go!

Sean: Gotta go, gotta go!

- Be safe!

[car doors slamming] Jerome: Go Team Red!

Go Team Red!

♪ Dan: All of the teams had hit the road, but Team Black's progress quickly comes to a halt.

Sean: Oh, gosh.

- What?

- We stopped because of bikers.

Kacey: Okay.

Sean: Oh my gosh.

Kacey: Let's go!

- Come on!

Dan: Team Black is headed to Lexington, Kentucky today.

Once they arrive, they'll have to take a city selfie, complete a challenge, and find their relative all in an allotted time of 2 hours and 21 minutes.

♪ Monika: Here we are going through the rolling hills of Missouri, and there is a whole lot of... - Trees.

Monika: Nope, try again.

Magen: Grass.

Monika: Nope.

Try again.

- Road.

- Nope.

- Nothing?

- Yes!

[laughing] Dan: Team Green has much ado about nothing as they meander towards Indianola, Iowa.

They have the shortest allotted time of the day at 1 hour and 52 minutes.

♪ Joseph: Team Red has their immunity today, bro.

Anthony: It would be kind of them to take a backseat, take their time today-- - Lean on the immunity.

- --and lean on immunity and be fourth so that the other teams wouldn't get a strike.

Dan: Team Red's immunity worries Team Blue as they make their way towards Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

Their allotted time for the day is 2 hours and 29 minutes.

- If they're the type to really gung-ho and go for first even though y'all have immunity, y'all are really poor sports.

- Right, yeah.

- Like, that's terrible.

- Mr. Dobson, are we still gonna go for first place?

- Listen, you gotta put your best forward.

I don't want to mess with momentum.

- Exactly.

Dan: And despite having immunity today, Team Red is still pushing for first place on their way to Hagerstown, Maryland.

They have the longest allotted time of the day at 4 hours and 43 minutes.

And with that long drive, there's plenty of time to send some texts.

- Oh, here's the group text of everybody.

[phone notification sounding] Magen: Oh, text came in.

Sean: Easy to say when you have immunity.

[sarcastically] Ha ha ha.

[phone notification sounding] - [laughing] - [laughing] - Are you joking?

On our drive this morning, there was a lot of trash talking.

Kacey: Yeah, Kumbaya and love until I turn into a viper and go-- [hiss] Death.

Magen: Want some pepper with that salt, Black?

We were just saying such nice things about you.

- [laughing] - All right.

Bring it.

[phone notification sounding] Magen: Ugh!

Team salty mcsalterson, also known as Team Black said, Muscles.

♪ Black was a very appropriate color for their gloom and doom snarky attitudes.

[phone notification sounding] - [laughing] I'm dying.

Okay, please don't make me miss a turn though.

- Yeah, and you're gonna earn your "L" tonight.

[gasp] - What?

What?

- I was gonna say, oh shoot!

It was saying long delays 71 to Kentucky, use something, and I didn't see what it said.

- Great.

We were bickering over text messages, and I missed a really important sign when my head was down.

I couldn't read it.

I was reading the stupid phone!

The sign I missed was important directions to get us out of city traffic.

All because I was texting.

[repetitive slaps] [thud] I'm not messing with that stupid thing anymore.

It was a really bad call on my part.

[phone notification sounding] - I'm ignoring them.

Sean: I'm just so mad at myself.

I take full responsibility for the loss.

Kacey: We don't know if we lost yet, so just wait.

- I'm not gonna be surprised if we do.

[dramatic music] - [laughing] ♪ Sean: Okay, okay, so we're gonna do 471 with the business loop to...

Okay.

- Okay, so where do I go?

Sean: Eventually I found a side road for us to take to get around the construction, but I'm just really disappointed because I wanted that video call tonight with the kids, and now I feel like I let them down, and I let Kacey down.

Okay, we're looking for-- Both: 471.

- South.

Sean: 471 South to Newport, K-Y.

- You know, I just- I just really want to see our kids tonight.

[clock ticking] ♪ - 'Kay, let's keep looking for a sign, bro.

- Must be getting close then!

- Yep!

Liz: What are you doing?

- Going up here to see if any of these businesses say Hagerstown on the outside.

Sean: Welcome to Lexington.

Ah, but there's like nowhere to pull off!

- Dang it!

Joseph: Ooh, city of-- There it is-- right-- - Yep, yep, yep, yep.

Right here.

- What are you doing?

- I see one!

- Oh, right there, Hagerstown!

- Okay, make this right.

Anthony: Okay, okay, let's go.

Joseph: Okay, let's go.

Magen: All right, don't go too far.

You got it.

Kacey: Here.

Lexington sign right there.

Joseph: Come on, come on, come on!

Anthony: No, hang on, hang on.

Monika: Good?

Liz: 'Cause you're blocking the name.

- Hopefully I find us.

- Ready?

- Yep!

[shutter click] [shutter click] [shutter click] Kacey: Okay, we're, like, leaving Lexington now.

Sean: There were no signs anywhere!

This is the worst.

♪ Magen: Welcome to Indianola.

Anthony: Your first challenge is located at... - 21 South Potomac Street.

- Potomac, all right.

Sean: This is ridiculous.

- Are you kidding?

I'm, like, so mad right now.

You know, I'm trying really hard not to be upset, it's just that one mistake here or there could really cost us.

I'm just gonna keep going straight, I guess, until I run into something.

This is really frustrating.

Sean: Yes, this is.

Kacey: I think we were very frustrated because up until today, we could just pull over right next to it and bam, done.

It was a little bit more difficult to do.

Right on the other side of these shrubs.

Sean: Okay.

Kacey: Go!

[dramatic music] It's like the worst city selfie.

[phone notification sounding] ♪ - Ah, challenge!

Anthony: Yeah, let's go!

Joseph: Okay, let's go!

♪ Devin: Wear in the World.

Dan: Day 7's challenge is Wear in the World.

Players dress in clothing from around the world while striking a pose.

Choosing from a wall with a wide variety of options, their teammate must correctly identify who the person is and what country they are from.

With each correct answer, teammates must swap positions.

Six correct answers completes the challenge.

The allotted time for Wear in the World is eight minutes.

Devin: All right, let's go!

♪ Anthony: This is gonna be so ridiculous!

[groovy music] Liz: Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick!

I was so excited because I saw all these costumes hanging up, and I knew Devin and I could crush this.

Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

- Okay, I got it.

Joseph: You got this, bro.

Anthony: Okay.

Monika: You got this, lady.

Magen: I mean, I think this is gonna be, like, an American hippie.

Liz: Not only did you have to put on a costume, but you had to match with a country only using the picture of a flag.

Anthony: Good job, good job.

That's exactly what I was gonna say.

Liz: Okay, hippie and US.

Okay, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop.

Joseph: This doesn't look too bad.

Hopefully we can do this quickly.

Anthony: Now we switch.

Joseph: Yep.

Kacey: I wasn't necessarily concerned about the challenge.

I got this one.

I thought it was gonna be kind of fun.

I wasn't quite sure how it was gonna pan out.

♪ Monika: What in the heck?

Joseph: Okay.

Liz: Seriously?

Kacey: Put this on.

[Anthony and Joseph giggling] [Anthony laughing] [Joseph laughing] Joseph: Okay.

[Anthony laughing] ♪ - I'm definitely a geisha.

Sean: Yep.

Japanese.

Yep, Japanese Geisha.

[ding] Awesome!

Go get undressed!

Kacey: Okay.

Sean: I was like, okay, maybe we're actually gonna get through this real, you know, pretty, pretty quickly.

♪ [gong sounding] [trumpet salute] ♪ Anthony: Maybe this wasn't the smartest idea.

[military music playing] Liz: All right, I know you're an emperor.

Um.

Joseph: Probably Egyptian, maybe?

- Figuring out the flags was definitely a challenge.

- And I know that it's either Greece or Italy.

Monika: So we quickly try Greece.

Magen: If it's not, we'll just figure it out, babe.

[buzzer] Okay.

Monika: That doesn't work, so we quickly change it to the Italy flag because I know it's a Roman soldier.

I don't think it's Greece.

Roman, Roman, Roman.

Magen: Well, if it is try.

Monika: Oops.

[ding] Magen: Yes!

Yes!

Sean: Oh, wait, I'm a highlander.

Highlander maybe.

Got hung up just a little bit on the highlander.

Kacey: You're not a highlander.

Sean: I don't know.

[buzzer] - You're a Roman emperor, I'm pretty sure.

- Well, okay.

Anthony: Okay, try that.

Yeah.

Joseph: We don't have any idea which flag it corresponds to and which country.

[buzzer] Anthony: Okay, that's wrong.

Even if we did know the country, we don't even know the flag, so we're guessing blind at this point.

[buzzer] Oh my gosh!

Joseph: We could try this one.

Anthony: Yeah, that one.

♪ Joseph: I'm not sure.

[ding] Awesome, awesome!

Anthony: I'll go get undressed.

♪ Kacey: The part I messed up on was so irritating.

[laughing] Sean: I think highlander would look different.

Kacey: Roman soldier!

[buzzer] Greek soldier.

[buzzer] Roman soldier.

[buzzer] Roman soldier.

[buzzer] Roman soldier.

[buzzer] Roman soldier.

[buzzer] Roman soldier.

[buzzer] Well, what else could he be?

Sean: I don't know.

I don't know, hon.

I really don't know.

Kacey: Maybe an Italian soldier?

And I was like, oh, that's right, duh!

You know.

Italian soldier.

[ding] Geez!

All right.

Sean: Oh my gosh.

Wow.

[Parisian music playing] Sean: You gotta be a French mime.

Right?

Right?

Devin: French.

Liz: Mime, mime, mime, mime, mime, mime.

France!

Devin: Find France... Liz: It's middle column, third one down!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Go, go, go.

Go, go, go, go.

It's fine.

[ding] ♪ Kacey: Okay, easy enough.

Okay.

Joseph: Any ideas on what the Egyptian flag is?

Anthony: Okay, so this is definitely pharaoh.

Joseph: Yes.

Devin: Yeah, Egypt.

Liz: Which one's Egypt?

[ding] Liz: Good job, babe.

Fortunately, between the two of us, I think we got it pretty, pretty well.

♪ Sean: Oh, that's gotta be a highlander.

Oh, with a kilt.

♪ Monika: I don't know.

Try Germany?

Is it German?

Magen: No!

Monika: Do you know it's a highlander, 100%?

Magen: Yeah!

Monika: Okay, then go to the-- Magen: It's not Brazil, it's not Greece, it's not Mexico, it's not Germany, it's not-- I don't know what that is.

Monika: Yeah, I don't know what that is either.

Go, go, go, go, go.

[ding] Anthony: 'Kay.

[ding] [ding] [ding] Sean: Okay, there we go!

- Okay!

Monika: Way hard!

- Yes, yes, yes, yes!

Joseph: Ooh!

[both giggling] Excuse me!

Anthony: Finally, we get it, and now it's time to see our relative.

Liz: Your relative lives at-- - 834 Melrose Avenue!

Monika: Let's go!

Anthony: Okay!

♪ ♪ Dan: The challenge curtains fall on all four teams.

- He's so fast!

Dan: Which means our competitors are in the final scramble to find their relatives and stop their clocks.

[engine revving] ♪ Magen: All right, go, go, go!

We need to go to the stop sign.

- Okay, so come out, make this right.

Sean: Okay, let's go.

I'm gonna go see if there's anyone to talk to.

Kacey: Oh, oh, hey!

Sean: We're looking for some directions real quick.

I was wondering if you could help us.

Joseph: All right.

2655 Southwest Chestnut Lane.

Magen: Should be right here.

Monika: This or the next?

Magen: First Avenue.

Right here.

Monika: You sure?

Is that it?

Magen: Turn!

Monika: Okay.

How do you know this is it?

- It says First Avenue!

Liz: Yeah, Virginia Avenue is the road we came in on.

Kacey: All right, thank you!

All right, where's he at?

Sean?

Luckily, it only took about three people before we found somebody to give us turn by turn directions to our relative.

- Let's go!

Magen: You have to look forward for me, 'kay?

Magen: This cannot be happening to us right now.

Anthony: So we need to look on both sides for Chestnut, and how many miles we got?

- Uh, 3.30.

Liz: Uh.

- Do I go straight?

Liz: This is-- yes, yes, this is Virginia Avenue.

- Straight?

Straight?

- Yep, yep, go straight.

Yeah, let's try it, so this is-- Devin: Oh, this is Virginia right here!

Liz: So we need to see if the numbers go up or down.

- Yep, I think we're getting there, I think we're getting there.

Monika: 3... wait, wait, wait, what's the number?

Magen: You need 309.

- Chestnut, right here.

- Did you find it?

- Yep.

Liz: It's gonna be like the second house on the block.

- I got you.

- Yeah, right here, right here.

Sean: Okay, yep, I'm turnin' in.

- 55, right there.

- Right here.

Magen: If there's a driveway, pull in.

There is not, so just pull up in front of it.

♪ Monika: We pull up to the house, and we hop out, and there's a woman on the porch waiting for me outside.

Magen: Let's go.

You need me to hold your hand?

Woman 1: I was waiting out on the porch for Monika to arrive.

I was scared.

I was scared.

The emotions are big.

Real excitement, nervous, some sadness.

Many emotions.

[Monika crying] Monika: Hi!

- Come here, Monika!

Monika: [crying] Hi.

I'm Monika.

Monika: Nice to meet you!

[crying] ♪ Monika: How are you?

Robin: Good.

[Monika laughing] It's great to see you.

Monika: You too.

You're beautiful.

- You are too.

[Monika laughing] Robin: I'm Monika's birth mom.

Today is a really big day because it's been 32 years.

It's been a long time.

Monika: I know.

Forever.

- And you're Magen?

- I am.

I really appreciate all the green support with the bracelet.

Monika: I love it!

She's got green everything!

- Mm.

Monika: There wasn't a ton of words.

It was more hugging, crying, and just finally being able to see each other face to face.

This is just crazy.

- This is what we've always wanted.

We just wanted you to make that decision.

Monika: Yeah.

This is so crazy.

Magen: I know.

- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I took a second.

I was just so nervous.

- There's nothing to be nervous about.

We're pretty easy to get along with.

Monika: I know, I know.

- It's just a lot.

Robin: It is.

I'm sure it is a lot.

Today was amazing.

♪ Dreams do come true.

And meeting Monika today was a dream come true.

♪ Devin: Let's go, Team Red, Team Dobson.

What's up?

Liz: Oh, man.

Devin: That was good.

Woman 2: Hi!

Man 1: How are you guys doing?

What's up?

[laughing] Devin: Hey!

Man 1: What's up?

Woman 2: How are you?

- How are you doing?

Man 1: Good, good.

- I'm Liz, this is Devin.

- I'm Devin.

Woman 2: This is Anthony.

I'm Amanda.

Liz: Nice to meet you.

- We're your relatives.

Devin: Whose relative are you?

Amanda: Who do you think we are?

Which one of us?

- Who do you think?

Yes, yes.

[laughing] I'm your, uh, cousin.

Devin: Cousin.

- On your biological father's side.

Devin: Okay, cool!

Nice to meet you!

Liz: Ah, so nice to meet you!

Devin: So, my aunt was your grandmother?

Anthony: Yes, correct.

- So first cousin once removed, got it.

Okay, cool, I just had to put it together.

Okay, cool.

We got a big family, so-- [overlapping agreements] It's a pleasure.

Great!

Good to meet you!

- My name is Anthony Hicks, and I am Devin's cousin on his father's side.

When Devin and Elizabeth first arrived, it was a crazy experience.

I've heard a lot about him, and I was so curious to see how he was.

He was an amazing person, just like I thought.

Amanda: Busy?

Liz: Yes.

Anthony: I can imagine!

- It's been really busy.

- And very emotional, but, like, loving the whole process.

- We won yesterday.

Anthony: Good job, good job.

Devin: I'm representing, representing!

I'm representing!

So, uh, hopefully we win today, too.

Anthony: All right!

- But, uh, it was a good day.

- You definitely look like my family.

Devin: Okay, I would agree with that.

- Yeah, man.

Devin: I would agree with that.

Liz: That's what we've been-- we've been hearing.

- I see it in the nose here.

Anthony: Yeah, we all have that little... [laughing] - We bonded right away, we both have kids, so it should be a fun night.

- And, you know, it's great, it's actually the first male I've met on the show, so that was kind of cool, close to my age.

It's been, uh, it's been really good catching up with him.

Anthony: All right, let's go inside!

Devin: Yeah, sure, thanks so much.

I know you had a long trip, so, you know.

Liz: Yeah, we're glad to be here.

Thank you.

♪ Sean: All righty, yep, this is the place.

Okay.

Let's go!

♪ Kacey: As Sean and I were walking up to the door, I really didn't know what to expect.

♪ Woman 3: Hello!

- Hello!

- Hi!

I'm Kacey.

This is my husband, Sean.

- Hi, I'm Rachel.

- Rachel as in my mom?

My mom?

- Yes.

- [laughing] Hi, Mom.

How are you?

Rachel: I'm doing great!

- Oh my gosh!

I didn't even recognize you from the pictures!

[sniffling] Rachel: You're awesome.

Kacey: How are you?

- I'm doing pretty good!

- Oh, you look great!

Rachel: Yeah!

[laughing] Kacey: I was just kind of like in shock.

Everything from today just kind of melted away in terms of the race and the stress of the day, and it's like I almost felt like I was at home.

- Well, you look really well.

Kacey: Thanks!

Married, obviously.

We have three kids.

Rachel: You got three children?

Kacey: Yeah, you have three grandchildren.

Rachel: I have three grandchildren!

Oh my gosh!

I was wondering if I was-- That was gonna be my first question.

- Yep.

Rachel: Because it'll be my only grandchildren.

Now I get to spoil everybody!

Just like, oh, I've been waiting for this for a long time!

- Oh my goodness.

Rachel: I am Rachel Groh, Kacey's mother.

Now I can be at peace where there was no peace before, and it was a happy ending already, but I hope this is the beginning that continues.

- Yeah, I'm just still, like-- Rachel: Yeah.

I'm excited.

Kacey: I am too.

I can't wait to get to ask you more questions and fill in some gaps and-- Rachel: Here I am!

Hopefully it'll fill a little void.

- Yeah.

Rachel: It's gonna do the same for me, and I'm gonna be okay now.

Kacey: Good, I'm glad.

I like your, um-- Rachel: Oh, yeah!

Did you like that?

Kacey: Yes, and uh-- Rachel: I told Robin, I said-- Kacey: She made one for me too, and-- Sean: You took it off for the challenge and we forgot to get it back on.

- I took it off 'cause I was worried about-- yeah.

Rachel: Well, I told her, we're gonna have to get uh, little, uh, beads, and she got one for you, a little angel there.

Kacey: Oh!

I love that!

And there's another angel.

And that's, of course, her brother.

All: [laughing] - Yeah.

I'm glad that she's, uh, never gave up looking for me, and it feels like everything I've hoped for, everything I've wanted, kind of healing that hole that I've had in my heart for so long.

♪ Anthony: Oh my gosh.

That was awesome.

We did good!

- Oh, good job, dude.

That was awesome, bro.

♪ Anthony: I've got butterflies in my stomach, bro.

Joseph: I've got a little knot in there, too.

Stepping out of the car, I see this young man standing there.

We were feeling pretty excited, but at the same time, we weren't really sure who we were gonna meet.

Anthony: Hey!

- Hi.

- I'm, uh, my name is Joseph, and... - My name is Anthony.

- Anthony?

I'm Daniel.

Nice to meet you guys.

- Nice to meet you too.

- Nice to meet you too, man.

So, how are you related to us, bro?

- So, I'm actually your guys' brother.

♪ Daniel: Come here.

- Oh my gosh.

Hey, bro!

Oh my gosh!

Oh my gosh!

Hi, bro!

Daniel: Honestly, you guys look just like Mom.

[all laughing] You guys got her nose, everything.

- And we're all skinny.

[laughing] - Yep!

Anthony: That's funny.

Same bushy eyebrows, everything!

Daniel: Yep, everything!

- That's amazing, wow.

Joseph: So how old are you, man?

Daniel: I'm 24.

How old are you?

Anthony: 28.

- 28?

So I'm your younger brother!

- Oh my gosh!

Daniel: My name is Daniel Jones, and I knew I had brothers, but I didn't know anything about them.

I didn't know their names, I didn't know what they looked like or anything.

Now, today, I'm meeting them, and here they are right in front of me, and it was just-- It was indescribable.

I could barely even talk.

I'm lost for words right now, honestly.

Anthony: So good to see you, man.

Daniel: I know.

- We got a brother!

It's so awesome!

Daniel: I'm so happy I got to meet you guys.

Like, ever since I found out about you guys, like, that's all I ever wanted was just to meet you two, and I'm just so happy for it.

[laughing] - We didn't even know we had a brother till recently.

- Really?

Anthony: Yeah.

When did you find out you had a brother?

Brothers?

[laughing] - When I was about 19, I found out.

My-- your-- our mom told us-- told me.

[Joseph laughing] - That's so cool you're saying "our mom."

That's, like, awesome.

Daniel: I had to!

[laughing] - Wow.

Joseph: My life won't ever be the same again.

My heart has healed in places where I didn't expect them to be healed.

I'm just blown away.

Like, like, oh!

Like, I-- Like, I'm just looking at you and I see, like... Daniel: Honestly, I see Mom in you two.

Like, that's all I see.

[laughing] - Can I have another hug?

Daniel: Yes, you can.

Come here.

♪ Dan: The sun drifts low on Iowa's horizon as Monika sits down with her mother for the very first time.

Robin: Before I show you what I brought today, I just want you to know that you were always loved.

We sat down because I wanted to show Monika that I had thought about her all of the time.

Always.

So in 1988, I started a scrapbook for you.

The nurse that helped deliver knew that I was putting you up for adoption, so she went home on her break and got a Polaroid so I would always have pictures of you.

So these pictures are at four hours old.

Monika: I had so much hair, just like now.

Robin: I know.

The hospital bands, the letter I received from her adoptive parents.

I could tell it was meaningful to Monika to see that she was important enough for me to keep these things.

Monika: It really was the answer I was hoping to find on this journey.

I didn't know before coming into this if anyone thought about me, and it's been awesome, but it's like a weight is just lifted off of me now.

Robin: And then I think the biggest question that everybody has is did I ever think about you?

- Mhmm.

Robin: You can see this was dated on your 30th birthday.

And it just says, "The memories from years ago flooded my heart today.

"Thirty years have gone so fast.

"That my heart broke on May 16, 1988.

"I knew it was the right decision, "but my heart has always loved you.

"My heart had an empty spot for you.

"I was trying to be strong.

"I remember the summer after you were born.

"I remember the tears, the heartache.

"I remember the sadness much like a death.

"I would look at every child in hopes it was you.

"I would think of how old you were "and what great things could be happening.

"For the last several years, I had kind of given up hope, "and yet, accepted that you must be happy.

"And I hope you know you've been thought of all these years."

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for doing that.

I didn't realize I was as big of a part of their story as I am, and to know that I have all these pieces of the puzzle now, and I can keep in touch with them after the show is making me really happy.

I want to tell you, I have the best adoptive parents in the entire world.

- Just love you, unconditionally, don't they?

How could they not?

It was really emotional that when Monika says she's had an amazing life, that's all I ever dreamed of.

That's all I ever wanted.

I just wanted her to be happy.

Monika: They are like the most supportive, loving people you will ever meet in your entire life, and-- [sniff] It's-- Like, you made a good choice.

Robin: Thank you.

I'm glad I did.

I'm glad I did.

Monika: I know it was hard, and I don't judge you for it at all.

- And I always just wanted you to be happy.

And, you know, my next dream would be that I get to meet them.

- I think they would like that.

Robin: Yep.

Yep.

Meeting you was my dream.

Monika: Thank you.

- Dreams come true.

[kiss] ♪ [nervous laughter] - I've been waiting for this moment for so long.

I can't believe it.

[laughing] I can't believe you two are sitting right here.

Like.

Anthony: I just-- Man.

[laughing] Oh.

Wow.

Wow, wow, wow.

This is amazing.

Daniel: It really is.

It was incredible because I've- I've never had brothers to hug and share a bond with, and these, these are my brothers.

Like, I was just-- It was-- It was amazing.

Who did you guys grow up with?

Joseph: Um, we were adopted when we were about two years old.

We had, you know, everything we needed.

We definitely weren't, you know, without stuff, but the family environment wasn't always the... - Happiest.

- Happiest.

- Uh, the divorce, my adoptive mom and my adoptive dad, was really hard.

When my mom remarried, um, and they had a kid of their own, it kind of just-- Joseph: We were kind of pushed to the corner.

- Yeah.

And, it's-- it was rough.

- This is why all the more of this to us is just so comforting to see you, because we finally have, like, a connection that, you know, you can't manufacture, you can't... You know?

- I'm just so happy that we're all meeting each other and getting back together.

Joseph: So, did you grow up with our mom?

Daniel: When I was about 4, my dad took custody of me, and I didn't see Mom till I was 17 or 18, and then I moved in with her pretty much a couple weeks after I met her, and she is the nicest woman ever.

And she was always talking about you two, wondering where you guys were at, how she always wanted to see you.

Anthony: Hearing that our brother Daniel didn't really get to grow up with our mother was incredible to hear because it mirrored Joe and I's situation.

We can understand each other on such a level because we know what it's like to be pulled away from something that you love so much.

Daniel: It-- it broke her heart not knowing where you two were at.

I was actually saving up money and hiring a private investigator to find you guys, um, but when I started saving up for it is when all this happened, and it was just like, it was like, no way!

Like, that's-- that's crazy.

- Whoa.

I didn't know if any of my family members would even be alive, you know, and I was scared that they wouldn't be receptive or that they would reject us.

I was so scared.

And to find out that they're the most loving, most kind, most beautiful people I've ever seen is just awesome.

It's-- it's great.

- Yeah.

- [sigh] Yeah.

♪ Yeah.

[sniffle] ♪ Yeah, yeah, it's-- It's good.

It's good.

♪ - You okay?

- Yeah, I'm good.

Daniel: Are you guys considering about moving down here 'cause everybody's down here?

- Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

Joseph: We've been apart for too long.

Daniel: It means everything.

[laughing] Anthony: It really does.

It really, really, really does.

♪ I just want to give you another hug.

My goodness!

[indistinct] ♪ Anthony: Devin, let me show you how we're related, and everything of that nature.

- Cool.

Anthony: So, my grandmother is your father's sister.

Devin: My aunt.

- Your aunt.

That would be your aunt right there.

Devin: Mhmm.

Anthony: And I have a few pictures of her right here.

Devin: Oh nice!

Nice.

Oh, okay.

- That's her right there.

- Very cool.

Anthony: My grandmother Laura is the sister of one of the brothers who could be Devin's dad.

She has a lot of brothers, nine to be exact.

We think there's a couple more possibilities of who it could be, but we're not too sure.

Devin: Oh wow.

Look at this.

So where's that?

Anthony: This right here is a big picture.

This is one with all of the brothers.

Devin: Got you.

Anthony: So it's a possibility that your father may be in that picture right there.

Devin: Huh.

There's still so many of them.

Anthony: Yeah.

The other possibilities, if I would have to be honest with you-- Devin: Yeah.

Anthony: The other possibilities of who your father could be we might not find out because these guys, we can't really get in contact with them.

Devin: You can't locate them.

- You can't locate them at all, yeah.

Getting in contact, it's the locating of them that's the hard part.

Devin: Wow.

Anthony: It did hurt me that we might not be able to find who his biological father was, but Devin took the news very good.

He's a very strong individual, and I commend him for that.

- My biological uncle, her younger brother really stepped up, you know.

He basically-- We were living in the projects, housing projects, 'cause she was on section 8, and he literally came to the hospital one night, my sister was sick-- Anthony: Stepped up and really took initiative.

Devin: And just brought us home to his wife.

Anthony: That's a blessing right there.

- And he sacrificed his whole life for us, so I'm eternally grateful to him, so it's okay that I don't know the biological piece.

I'm a firm believer God does not make mistakes.

It really actually makes me appreciate even more the house and the lifestyle that I had.

- Got you.

Devin: And I'm glad I got to meet a bunch of cousins.

Anthony: Yeah.

Same here.

Devin: Because when it really comes down to it, you know, I always love connecting with my cousins, you know.

Adoptive, biological, it doesn't matter.

I meet you today, it don't matter you're my cousin, we're family, that's how I look at it.

What I learned from Anthony today is that it's really, you know, inconclusive who my biological father is, and I'm completely okay with that.

I am perfectly fine with, you know, the life that I had and the family that raised me, and I'm happy to be able to add to my family, but really appreciative of the family that I have as well.

Anthony: I appreciate doing this for you, like you said.

You're awesome, and you'll always have us.

- Cool man.

Anthony: We'll be there for you forever, man.

Devin: That's what's up.

♪ [Kacey and Sean laughing] Rachel: Yay!

Well, as you can see, We have a lot of little pictures here.

Now that I've met Kacey, I now have reason to get to know her more, and I'm just, I'm thrilled.

I've got a new addition to my family.

You know what that is, obviously.

- Is that my ultrasound?

- That's you.

Kacey: Oh my gosh!

Sean: Oh my gosh.

Rachel: Yep!

And this was when you were five months old.

Sean: Oh my gosh.

Rachel: Yeah!

- Who does that look like?

Sean: Kit, for sure.

Kacey: That looks like our daughter.

Sean: That looks like-- Rachel: Oh, that is so sweet!

Sean: Which means probably she's gonna end up looking like-- - This is, like, surreal.

Like, I don't have baby pictures, so this is, like, insane.

So, I kind of teared up a little bit because I don't have any pictures before I was one, pretty much.

So it was really cool to see, like, really young photos of me, and that's something that she cherished and wanted to hold onto forever.

Rachel: And this is from-- There are some letters, I think, in here.

Kacey: Yeah, I recognize that was my mom's handwriting, or my adoptive mother's handwriting.

Rachel: Yeah, it says, "Hello.

"Hope everything is going well for you.

Our girl is doing great and growing all the time."

Meaning you.

Kacey: Mhmm.

It was really cool to see the love of two moms for one child.

Um, it was just a really, really interesting snapshot.

Rachel: "We love her so much.

"She is really a beautiful child.

"God bless you and take care.

Bye."

- Oh.

- You are a beautiful child.

You were a beautiful child.

And if there was anything-- any, any, any way I could've not made that decision, I would have, but I took myself and tried to take the emotion out of it.

- Mhmm.

Rachel: When Kacey asked me, you know, why I gave her up, I just told her the truth.

Uh, it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

I had nowhere to go.

I actually ended up living on the streets of Columbus for about a month and a half.

At that time, I did not want to have a five, six-month-old baby out on the streets, so I took my emotions out of it and did what I felt was best for her.

I think I did a good job.

- I think-- I think you did a good job.

Rachel: For you.

- Yeah.

Rachel: For you.

Maybe not for me, but for you.

- [laughing] Rachel: You know, it's hard.

It really is, so.

- Yeah.

- But now, I'm just-- There are no words.

Kacey: Today moving forward, I will always remember this as the day that I met my mom and got to hear from her own mouth how much she loved me and wanted me.

My heart grew ten times bigger than what it is now.

♪ Dan: The Day 7 results are about to be delivered, and two teams are one strike away from elimination.

Magen: There are multiple teams with two strikes tonight going into the call, and it is nerve-wracking.

Anthony: I believe we did good, and I think we're going to contend very well with the other teams.

If they succ-- If the other team may have done better, that's okay.

We just know we did good.

Sean: We're gonna be really sad if we don't win and get to talk to our kids tonight.

Liz: If we don't get first, it's because other people nailed it perfectly, just-- And then therefore, they deserve it.

- Correct.

Dan: It's now time to find out who will receive today's strike and possibly be eliminated from the race.

Welcome, teams!

I gotta tell ya, it's exciting for me to know that we still have four teams with us here at the end of Day 7.

What a day this has been for all of you.

By design, when you arrive at your relative, your clocks stop.

Nothing else matters.

Forget the race.

Forget the frustrations.

It's all about family.

For the boys, who was waiting for you?

Joseph: Today, we got the great pleasure of meeting our brother Daniel.

[gasps] Daniel: Hi!

Joseph: Yeah.

- I'm so happy to see them.

It's- it's-- I'm so grateful for everything, and it means everything to be able to meet them finally.

Dan: Wow.

Joseph and Anthony, I'd love to get your thoughts, your emotions when Daniel says, "I'm your brother."

What was running through your minds?

- Um, it was, um, the best feeling I've ever had in my life.

♪ Dan: I'm really happy for you guys.

Team Red, Devin, did you receive answers about your father?

Who did you meet today?

Devin: Today, I got to meet my cousins, Anthony and Amanda.

- [laughing] Devin: So, what I learned today is that while we've narrowed it down from the brothers, um, that were related to his grandmother, we still don't have a conclusive of who my biological father is.

Um, but I'm really okay with that, you know.

It's definitely been a great journey, and I look forward to continuing to grow with them.

- Team Black, did you meet someone important today, Kacey?

- Um, so today, I came face to face with my mom.

Dan: Wow.

Devin: Congratulations.

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- So, it's been a-- It's been quite the journey, so.

Rachel: Mhmm.

Dan: These are the moments that we all wait and anticipate and hope for.

And Kacey, I'm so glad that today, you and your mom have met for the first time.

- Me too.

Me too.

[tearful laughing] - Team Green, today, did you have a good day?

Did you find another good answer?

Monika: Today was probably the most special day yet.

I got to meet my birth mother, Robin!

[clapping] Kacey: Oh my gosh!

That's fantastic!

Dan: When you have a great day like this on Relative Race, and these are the days that we all work for and hope for, but it is difficult to shift back to the race element of this show and to find out if someone receives a strike today.

Now, to be clear, Team Red had immunity.

So if Team Red finishes in last place today, they would have received the strike, and means that no one will receive a strike today.

- Oh.

Sean: Hmm.

- I'll tell ya right now that's not the case.

Team Red, you actually finished in first place once again.

You were three minutes under your allotted time, so congratulations, and you pick up the game day benefit.

Your next day benefit by finishing first is a five minute video call to whomever you want to tomorrow.

Liz, I think I know who's getting a video conference call from you tomorrow.

- Um, yeah, I mean, this is an extremely bittersweet moment actually, because, um, of course-- So, I'm emotional because I'm excited to be able to see my two boys that I've been missing tremendously, but then I'm-- I'm really praying that no one gets sent home today too.

- Seriously.

Dan: Liz, I appreciate your sentiment that you hope no one is sent home.

We're about to find out.

I will tell you that, in quite a surprise, we had two teams that were under their allotted time.

Finishing in second place one minute under their allotted time is Team Green.

- Yes!

Dan: Congratulations.

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

Team Blue, you had a great day navigating, you had problems with the challenge.

Team Black, not one of your better days.

- No.

Dan: But, Team Blue, if you earn the strike today, it will be your third strike, and that means that your race is over.

Team Black, if you pick up the strike, it will be your second strike.

You'll be safe to journey on.

[suspenseful music] Finishing in third place nine minutes over their allotted time...

Team Blue.

Boys, the navigation kept you safe.

Team Black, you finished 29 minutes over your allotted time.

- I figured that one.

- Yep.

- Yep.

Dan: You've earned your second strike on Relative Race.

But again, everybody is in the race.

That means that all four teams will be with us for Day 8 of Relative Race.

And remember that any day finding family is a good day, so let's have a good one tomorrow when we pick up Day 8 of Relative Race.

Good night, everybody, and good luck.

Kacey: Bye!

Anthony: Good night, everybody!

Joseph: Good night!

Anthony: Love you guys!

Devin: Glad we're all here!

- That was to be expected, though.

- Saw that one coming.

Magen: [sigh] Safe another day!

Liz: I think a lot of the teams were relieved that the strike went also to Team Black that allowed more people to meet more family.

Amanda: Mhmm.

Devin: Correct.

Joseph: Third, it don't mean-- We still-- we still got third, man, and I'm so happy, 'cause I know we can go on now to Day 8 and meet another relative, man.

And that to me is, like, so exciting.

Yeah.

- Tomorrow's a new day, so we're just gonna-- we're just gonna try-- try harder and keep at it.

- 'Sup everybody?

It's Team Blue and our brother.

- Team Blue!

It's been great.

I'm thankful for everything, and I'm just happy I got my brothers now.

- It, like, just hit me emotionally that this is the longest Devin and I have been away from our kids.

I can't wait to share all of our new family members tomorrow.

Joseph: Family is, like, the best.

At the end of the day, your family is all you got.

- Yeah, family is everything.

You can't replace family.

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