Dan: Previously on Relative Race, Team Black was eliminated from the race.

- But I'm your Aunt Pam!

Dan: But traded in a Day 10 benefit to meet one final relative.

Kaley: You just knew that we've been searching for each other.

Dan: And while Elizabeth met her biological father, Marcus was introduced to his big brother, but losing their flip phone and valuable time on the road led the brothers to receive their second strike of the rac.

You've earned your second strike.

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

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

- Blue!

Dan: ...to win $50,000... [cheering] ...and to find their family.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ It's Day 8 of Relative Race, and the remaining three teams move another step closer to the grand prize of $50,000.

All teams are spread out across the United States with the finish line still a mystery.

In Chicago, Team Blue is gearing up for another day.

Demetrius: Hey, good morning, good morning, good morning!

Chonta: Good morning!

- This is, uh, Day 8.

- We are excited about Day 8 because if we come in first place, then we get a Day 10 benefit, which is amazing, but the big thing is, just don't get a strike because if we don't get a strike, we are a shoe-in for Day 10.

- Yes.

- Thank you guys for following us along the journey.

We appreciate it.

- Hopefully that you're rooting for Team Blue!

Bye!

♪ Marcus: Right here, St. George is right here.

We've gotta know where we're going, we gotta be precise before we leave because we're not getting another strike today.

We can't afford another strike today.

We actually need a Day 10 benefit, so we really gotta know where we going.

So this morning I'm feeling the pressure, you know, we got two strikes so the pressure's on.

We pulled out all our maps this morning because we wanna be sure where we're going and not miss any turns today.

I think we've got it.

We've gotta nail it for sure today, bro.

We don't have no choice.

We gotta go hard 'cause that's the only way we know how.

We're going to crush it today.

We're going to nail the navigation, we're going to have that eagle eye, be extra precise and sharp.

Dan: In New York, Elizabeth is spending the morning with her biological father, Ha.

- This experience has just given me a newfound sense of gratitude and appreciation for who and how I was raised.

I had questions growing up and some of those are now answered, and that's the best part about meeting Hap.

Every summer, we would go to the beach for a couple weeks down in Jersey, Jersey Shore.

Yeah, so that's what that is.

Before heading out this mornin, I wanted to share with my biological father Hap some pictures of me while I was growing up.

You think I look like you in that picture?

[laughing] That's where I got that from, huh?

You know, it's actually a pretty good feeling sitting here, laughing with Hap and we're really having a good time.

I'm grateful that I met Hap because at the very least, at least now I have the opportunity to see what could be.

♪ [phone chimes] All right, let's see what this says.

- All right, good morning teams... - And welcome to Day 8 of Relative Race.

- Team Red will be traveling to Chestertown, Maryland.

- Team Blue will be traveling to Lafayette, Indiana.

- And Team Green will be traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada!

- Lucky guys.

- Right?

- Today's first place prize... - Step-by-step directions... - From your challenge location... - To your relative's home tomorrow.

- Oh!

- Or a Day 10 benefit.

- Your time starts now.

- Starts now.

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry!

- Hap!

So nice to meet you.

Group hug.

- Now, now, now!

- Come on, let me roll this up.

- We're going back to Indiana?

- Where's Dad at?

What the?

Dude, he cannot be doing this right now.

So we come outside and my dad is nowhere to be found, like yo, really?

- Bye!

- Bye, Hap!

- Hey, you gotta get out of here!

Maria: Today is the day.

If we kill it and we don't get a strike, we go straight to Day 10.

- He cannot be doing this right now.

- Are we allowed to text him from this phone?

- No, it's restricted.

We have no idea where my dad is and he's supposed to be here when we come out.

- I got both of the book bags.

Let's go!

This is the make or break day for us.

We're coming in here with one strike, we're coming in with two Day 10 benefits, and so we're really going for another Day 10 benefit today, so we are truly focused on not just finishing this Day8 but finishing it number one.

♪ [ticking] - He can-- oh, there he goes.

It's Day 8!

Keith: Come on, Pop!

Marcus: We have two strikes already.

My dad cannot be doing this right now.

This is extremely irritating.

Dad, what took you so long?

Keith: Where was you at?

Marcus: Where was you at, Dad?

- I had to get gas, man.

We was low on fuel.

Marcus: Dad, it's Day 8!

We shouldn't have been out of gas!

- Come on, man, come on, we can go.

- Love you, man.

Stay in touch, man.

Dad being late and stuff, we got two strikes, Dad, we cannot afford a third.

We cannot afford a third strike, Dad.

- Okay.

We got this.

- You almost gave me a heart attack.

We better not get our third strike because of this.

- It's Day 8 of Relative Race.

All of our three remaining teams continue to race along different paths all across the country, still searching for new family, each in a different city, all of them still wondering where the finish line is, this season in an undisclosed location.

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

Now, all of our teams are headed to a new city.

They must take a city selfie proving that they've made it before successfully overcoming a common challenge, and then ultimately finding their new family.

Each team has a different allotted time, and once again, the team that goes over their allotted time the most will receive a strike.

If it's their third strike, they're out of the race.

Welcome to Day 8 of Relative Race.

Bishop: All right, we're going to go straight down here and I want you guys to crush that challenge.

We can't miss a beat today.

- Oh, we'll definitely crush that challenge today.

- Most definitely.

- Call us the challenge crushers.

Dan: Ready to crush today's challenge, Team Green leaves St. George, Utah, for fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.

They have the shortest allotted time of the day at 2 hours and 20 minutes.

- Out of the way, let's get it!

♪ - The race is on.

- The heat is on!

[singing and beat boxing] - Why you sound like a dog?

[mimics dog] Dan: Departing the Windy City, Team Blue travels back to Indiana, this time to the city of Lafayette.

With the common challenge included, they have an allotted time of 2 hours and 53 minutes.

Chonta: Crushing the drive coming through, Great start to the day, babe.

Elizabeth: We got this, boo.

Girl, we gonna have to dig deep today.

Dan: Team Red, sisters Maria and Elizabeth, depart New York and are heading to Chestertown, Maryland.

They have the longest allotted time of the day, 3 hours and 56 minutes.

- Please, God, help us with this.

No traffic.

- No traffic, safe drive, we got this.

♪ Marcus: Man, this journey is crazy, bro.

- You're right, only a few days left.

Marcus: Coolest week of my life, bro.

And I'm glad you is here.

- Likewise.

I'm glad to be here, brother.

Marcus: It wouldn't be the same if you wasn't here.

Being on this journey with my brother and my dad is definitely something I'll never forget.

And at the end of the day, it's super worth it when you get to meet your relative, do a fun activity.

It was super cool.

Camping too, bro.

With Brian and them.

- Oh yeah, that was cool.

Marcus: That was mad cool.

We've been across the country, met so many great people, and we tried a lot of new things.

It's been the adventure of a lifetime, and I wouldn't trade this for anything.

♪ Every day on this trip, brothe, just something to look forward to.

Except the navigation.

But we fine right now, so I'm cooling.

♪ - Is it just us or is Team Green on vacation?

[laughs] - Team Green, living it up.

Wake boarding.

Zip, what they?

- They went and did everything.

Slingshot.

- Slingshotting, zip lining.

- Right.

They just doing all the-- Yeah.

- Sleeping in tents.

- Sleeping in tents, cabins.

- Under the stars.

- Right, right.

♪ Elizabeth: So, blue team says, "Is it just us, or do y'all also feel "like we have been on a challenge and Team Green has been on a family vacation?"

- Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Elizabeth: Yeah, I agree.

- No, I agree.

- Absolutely.

- What are we replying back?

[phone chimes] Chonta: Oh, Team Red sent us a message too.

What did they say?

"Oh, absolutely.

"They should just quit now and go to Disney and let the grown folks handle business."

Yes!

[laughter] Love it.

- I know, every day it's like a challenge, and they're like, we went sightseeing, we went [indistinct], we went tubing.

Oh, we went to the Grand Canyon.

- I know.

- We're going to Vegas today.

- I know, we went camping.

- I'm sitting here like-- - Oh, okay.

- They're not even driving.

They're sitting, hanging out.

Elizabeth: That's why they have all the energy.

♪ Maria: They're just hanging out.

Keith is taking naps in the back.

I think he read the map one da.

And Marcus is just catching up on a talk show.

I don't know what's going on here, like.

- I know, I know.

- See the rainbow?

- Yeah, we looking at it right now.

- We looking at a rainbow.

- This is crazy!

♪ Marcus: So I'm gonna send to Team Blue and Team Red, "So which one of you is gonna meet us there on Day 10?"

- Oh, yeah, send that, bro.

Elizabeth: We got a text message.

[mimicking fanfare trumpet] From Team Green.

- Oh, hey, boys.

- They said, oh gosh, they say, "So which one of you is gonna meet us there on Day 10?"

- Haha, cute.

Chonta: Look at this.

Team Green just sent us a text.

View now.

"So which one of you is gonna meet us there on Day 10?"

Uh, okay.

[phone chimes] Keith: Team Blue.

"Well you guys may get lost coming from Boy Scouts.

LOL."

[laughs] - That's funny.

- From Boy Scouts?

Keith: 'Cause we went camping and all of that.

- But we not lost today.

- [mumbling] - We ain't lost today.

Chonta: Team Green responded.

"It won't be funny losing to so-called 'Boy Scouts' then, huh?"

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

- We eat Boy Scouts for breakfast.

Marine Corps!

- I'm not sure that you understand the rules correctly.

The team with the most strikes goes home first.

- Yes, yes, yes!

[laughter] I love it!

Ahhhhhh!

[laughter] Dan: With friendly competition alive and well on the road, something else seems to be on Elizabeth's mind.

Maria: You feel good, everything's good?

- As far as, what?

- Life.

- Life.

Well, you've been, you know, you've been in my life for the past... Well, my whole life.

- Yeah, but I'm not in your head.

Elizabeth: True.

It-- I guess my... [sighs] What I want...

It's not that I need, I feel that I need to speak my truth, but I feel like it could be potentially helpful to other people who, like, build up this fantasy in their head of who they believe their birth parents are gonna be, and then they turn out not to be that person.

- Yeah.

Elizabeth: It makes me appreciate what I have had more.

I think that's the most important thing, and one of the misconceptions is they didn't want you.

Or you felt like you were given away or given up.

And it's quite the opposite.

Our parents did something so selfless to... Maria: Give us a better life.

Elizabeth: To place us, yeah, for adoption so that they can give us a life that they knew they couldn't give us.

And I don't know any greater love than that.

♪ Chonta: Awesome drive in!

What a drive in.

- Be ready to see the sign.

Grab the phone.

- I got it in my hand right now.

- It's coming up.

It's gonna say Town of Chester Whatever.

We're in it in less than a mile.

- Lafayette, next three exits.

- Any of these say Chestertown?

Elizabeth: You gotta slow down.

Chestertown Builders Inc., right there.

♪ [camera shutter] ♪ [camera shutter] [phone chimes] ♪ - "Welcome to Chestertown, Maryland!"

- "Your challenge is at Kent Athletic and Wellness Center."

Both: "Welcome to Lafayette!

Your challenge is located at 821..." - "Bick Lane."

821 Bick Lane.

- Let's go, let's go!

- Ow!

[screaming] ♪ Marcus: Man, this is cool already.

Keith: And all these big hotels.

I recognize these being out here.

Marcus: This is crazy.

- And I remember being on this, like, I remember being on this freeway.

- It's like a bigger L.A.

It's super cool to be here in Las Vegas and to be going down the strip.

I've never been here before, so I'm really excited.

This place is cool.

Bishop: The Trump buildling.

Keith: Why is Trump the same color as his building?

That's crazy.

Even though we are enjoying the sights, we have got to stay focused and find our sign.

Look, bro, right there, right there.

Vegas sign.

Marcus: Pull in here, Dad, right here.

Right here.

We get here, we find a sign instantly, we grab our selfie.

[camera shutter] [phone chimes] ♪ Both: "Welcome to Las Vegas!

Your challenge is located at 2295 N. Walnut Road."

♪ Dan: All teams have now successfully submitted their city selfies and are en route to today's challenge.

- We came straight down, nonstop.

That was good.

You guys will kill this challenge, that'll be good.

You guys navigate after the challenge real good, I think we'll be okay.

Keith: It is really important for us to come out ahead in this challenge due to the fact that we have two strikes.

- We are on it today, girl!

- Yes, we are!

We're not sleeping!

- We are on it today!

- Don't sleep on us!

- Uh-uh!

We are on a roll today.

There's nothing that's gonna stop us.

Chonta: All right, let's get to this challenge, let's knock this out.

Let's meet this relative.

Demetrius: What we were talking about was just making sure that we get mentally focused for the challenge.

Because we want to go in, really dominate, but I may completely go at this thing.

- Let's get it!

♪ - Don't lose your marbles.

Dan: Day 8's challenge is Don't Lose Your Marbles.

For this challenge, teams must work together to guide a large marble along a groove track.

However, the track is missing key pieces, and the teams will quickly need to fill in the gaps to keep the ball rolling.

If the ball stops moving or falls to the ground, they must start over.

To complete the challenge, teams must successfully roll five balls all the way to the finish line.

The allotted time for Don't Lose Your Marbles is 15 minutes.

- Let's go, girl.

- All right, go ahead.

♪ Ah.

Dead ball.

We gotta get this ball around the track as fast as possible, so my plan is to use the same piece and go at it all the way around.

- Check it.

- Let's do it.

- Boom, next.

Clock starts, and we definitely feel like we need to map it out.

This one, boom.

- Boom.

- So my, that's a problem right there.

- Okay.

- That's the problem right there.

- Leave it a little space, and it'll go right here.

- Just like that.

- So leave this one right here.

- So that's my second piece.

So we start off trying to figure out how, where the pieces match at.

- Dang it!

Sorry about that.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

- I feel like if we just started running into it, it would have taken more time.

Then we kind of would've been like, oh, what piece goes where.

Elizabeth: Used more energy.

Maria: Exactly, so I think it was very strategic to walk around, see what piece fits.

See what didn't fit.

- Ah!

This is tough and frustrating.

Not all of these pieces are the same size, so I keep dropping the ball.

- Ah!

Man: Dead ball, restart.

Demetrius: Dang it.

Chonta: I'm feeling like I really could be doing some more.

My husband is running around like a chicken with his head cut off, and he's doing a great job at it, but there are several spots and places which need to be filled.

He makes it around and it works out, but I think that it could work faster if I were used in another place to give him some time to breathe.

Demetrius: Once we've established this rhythm, it's just, let's go.

Let's just get it done.

We, it works.

- Once we figured it out, it kind of became choreography, kind of like a dance.

Like, it was like, I'll go over here, he goes over here, we go over there, we go over there.

Put that there, put that there.

And we kind of got the hang of it.

Keith: Let's go, we got it.

Bring me that drop key.

- Beautiful.

That's it.

Piece.

Boom.

- I felt that was beyond beneficial.

I think that was smart of us.

- So one has-- - Keep hustle, hustle.

- All right, let's do it.

[buzzer] [buzzer] [buzzer] - It's all right, it's okay, we-- [buzzer] [buzzer] - Get it-- [buzzer] Ah!

- Atta girl.

[buzzer] [buzzer] [buzzer] ♪ - I believe we had a dead ball maybe, what, six times?

- Maybe more.

- Maybe six or more times.

Marcus: It's actually pretty easy to get a dead ball.

You have to be precise on what, on how you put the piece on the track to get it to keep rolling.

Maria: I feel you have to have endurance for it, because if you don't get it, one, you have to stay calm and collected and cool.

- Just, it's at.

- You gotta throw the long piece!

And then two, you also have to be able to weave around each other or find different ways to replace it.

- It takes us a little while the first time.

We get another-- - Just had to get a rhythm.

- We just had to get a rhythm.

Get it around the first time.

The second time, eh.

But then three, four, five, boom, no problem.

- No problem.

♪ Keith: Let's swap.

Let's keep it going.

Chonta: Two.

Ready?

♪ Elizabeth: We got this.

We gotta just get in our flow.

- Exactly.

It was kind of more about a flow.

'Cause once we kind of got it going, I felt it just kept moving, one after another.

Marcus: And now it's like a rat race.

We're going extremely fast.

You-you have to be really quick and really precise just to get the ball to go around this course.

- We got this.

Last one.

Go.

Last one.

Chonta: We got this one.

Last one.

Last one.

♪ - Let's get it.

♪ Let's go.

Chonta: Five.

- We get the last one in, and we feel-- - Accomplished.

- Relieved.

Marcus: We end up doing it, I think we nailed the challenge, but still by far the most frustrating challenge I had to deal with on this show.

- Yes.

- All right, come on, here we go.

- Your relative lives at-- - 2534 Pierce Avenue.

- At 112 Wendy Hill Drive.

- 6722 Petrified Forest Street.

♪ Dan: All three teams have now completed their most frustrating challenge yet.

- Come on, let's go.

- Once we finished, guess who was across the street?

- The mail man.

[whistles] Hey, buddy, wait, wait, wait!

Can I talk to you?

- And so my husband turns into Spider-Man, jumps over the fence, and this guy knows exactly where our relative is.

Marcus: All right, Dad, we're going to North Las Vegas.

Keith: We find out our relative lives in North Las Vegas.

- So I figured we should just head north 'til we find a gas station and ask for directions.

Keep your eye open, Keith.

15 North, right there.

- Yeah, we came back in the way we went.

We made a left on Ninth.

- I know we did, I was just saying he told you to do that, to make a left on Nine.

- Yeah, he told me, y-yes, babe.

- Okay, okay.

- He said, he, remember, I was standing on the road with him.

He was facing this way.

- I was looking at you.

- He told me go this way.

You're gonna go to Teal.

I should have written down the directions, but I was in a hurry.

We don't know what hiccups everybody else is having.

All we can do is focus on us right now.

So come on, we got this.

Dan: While Team Blue tries to get back on track, Team Red's frustrations are about to begin.

- Just anyone on the street.

See this person here.

- Yes.

- Can we pull over and almost park.

It's gotta be safe.

We can't find this anywhere on the map, so we, we're just gonna have to ask everybody that we see.

Maria: Excuse me!

Do you know where Point Lane is?

- Thank you.

This guy.

Excuse me, sir.

Both: Do you know where Point Lane is?

- Thank you.

Maria: After running around trying to ask people for different directions, we just kept trying.

Elizabeth: Point Lane is?

- Would anyone know where Point Lane is?

Point Lane?

Point Lane?

Elizabeth: Not at all?

Thank you.

- Hi, sir, Point Lane?

- Not at all?

Not a clue?

Thank you.

Maybe it was a fluke, just ten people happened to not know, because it has to be around here, right?

- So we asked another ten more.

And another ten more.

Elizabeth: And another ten more.

Maria: I guarantee, it had to be over 50 people.

Elizabeth: Yeah.

Maria: We could do the replay, I guarantee it was over 50-something people.

- 50, 50 people.

- That did not know where we were going.

Elizabeth: Let's try to get to a main street.

Maybe U-turn this, get to the main street, okay?

- We're in-- Are we in Chestertown?

Elizabeth: Are we in Chestertown?

Yes.

- Thank you.

Elizabeth: All right, let's go!

Thank you.

Okay.

- Thank you.

- What is going on?

♪ Keith: Do you wanna hit that truck stop?

- Yeah.

Keith: See if we can get a local map.

- Yeah.

So we get to North Las Vegas.

We stop at a truck stop for a local map, but we ended up getting something even better.

Keith: We got turn-by-turn directions to our relative's house.

[chuckling] Oh, we are definitely getting first today.

- Do you see any other streets?

- Uh... - I'm at Union Street, I'm at Union Street now.

- Mm.

- Just trying to make sure we're going the right way.

Despite the directions I got from the mailman, we have to stop and start asking people.

- 'Cause we are lost.

- Do you know where Wendy Hill Drive is at?

Chonta: Teal Street?

- Teal Street.

- Teal Street?

- Yeah, we-- - Teal is back up that way.

- It's this way?

- Yeah, take that road.

If you take that road, keep straight, you'll run into Teal Road.

- It's right, how far down?

- It's a little distance.

- Dang it.

Okay.

We went the wrong way.

This isn't good.

We went the wrong way.

We just gotta stay focused and keep our heads in the game.

Come on, we can still do this.

We can still do this.

We got it, we got it, we got it, we got it.

- Excuse me.

Would you guys know where Point Lane is, the direction?

Tolchester?

- Uh, yeah.

- Route 20?

Tolchester?

Tolchester!

- What's that?

Elizabeth: Route 20.

I don't know!

It's not here!

Tolchester, Route 20!

What is Tolchester?

Dan: Turns out, what Team Red didn't know is Tolchester is a suburb of the city of Chestertown.

- How would we know that?

- I-I don't know.

- How would we even know that?

- I don't know, and it's 20 minutes back in the other direction.

- They said it's 10, 15 minutes down the road.

Elizabeth: Seven, eight miles away.

- That's not even within playing game fields.

Like, that's not even fair.

- Yeah, Chestertown.

- Who cares, nobody even knows the name.

Nobody even knows the name.

Elizabeth: I know, I knew it when ev-- when-when the first 15 people didn't know, I'm like, we're screwed.

We're absolutely screwed, because there's some, there's some... - The people in Chestertown said it's not in Chestertown.

This has been the most frustrating day that we've ever had.

Like, we're driving backwards.

It doesn't even make any sense, and it's getting dark.

Like, I'm losing it.

I don't even know.

I'm losing it.

I'm fine.

I can vent, though.

I can vent, and that's totally fine.

Elizbeth: You're allowed to vent, it's fine.

- Listen, I'm not looking crazy.

This is how I would be mad.

Anybody would be mad.

♪ Keith: It's gonna be on the right side, 'cause it's even.

Right here!

- 6722!

Right here.

We pull up to the relative's house, I knock on the door.

[knocking] Hi, how are you doing?

- Pretty good.

- What's your name?

- I'm Daniel.

- Daniel, how you doing, I'm Marcus?

- Keith.

- Pleasure to meet you, nice to meet you.

Marcus: How are we related?

- I'm your dad's cousin.

My name is Daniel Dunlap, and I'm Marcus's cousin on his dad's side.

- That's so crazy, man.

Honored to meet you.

- Yeah, good to meet you too.

- I think that's extremely cool, because I have a mixed family.

You know, you could be walking past someone at a store or something and just never guess that you guys had like the same bloodline.

Like, that is just crazy to me.

- Yeah, I'd like to get to meet some more of Marcus's family to see where everybody comes from and what part of the country we're all from.

I've been all over the place myself, and who knows, I might have passed him on the street one day.

I can definitely see the family resemblance.

He's a lot like his dad in a lot of ways.

- We even look alike too with the goatee and the facial hair.

You could tell, if I was to grow mine out, it would grow in the same format, you know?

- Well, uh-- - Really?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Oh, let's go!

- Really?

So we fittin' to drive race cars?

What?

- Let's go, bro.

- I'm excited, let's get it.

- It's already set up.

All we gotta do is go.

- Let's do it!

- Let's go.

- Ah, wow!

♪ - We were right around the corner.

Right.

Come on.

- Demetrius.

- Yes.

- I'm Kyle Heffner.

- Kyle... - Your cousin.

- My cousin, Kyle Heffner.

How are you doing?

- How are you?

- Good.

- Nice to meet you, man.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- This is my beautiful wife, Chonta.

- Hi.

- Hi, Chonta, I'm Kyle.

- Hi, Kyle.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm Kyle T. Heffner.

I'm a professional actor, and I'm Demetrius's second cousin.

How are you guys doing?

Are you tired?

- Asleep.

- Meeting all the different family members that you don't meet, coupled with some of the things that come along with the, uh, you know, the challenges and things like that.

- So it's a lot.

- It can be draining.

- Yeah.

- You know, truly draining, so.

Kyle: I could see in his eyes our kinship.

And I could also see, here was a guy yearning to meet and know another part of his family of which he was not aware.

And I was glad to share that with him.

Well, I know you guys are tired, and you've been-- Demetrius: Super exhausted.

- Yeah, exhausted.

And you've been going through all these challenges and all that, and it's emotional and... We're gonna do some crafts.

- Oh, cool!

- Are you up for it?

- I'm up for it, absolutely.

- Let's do it, yeah, let's do it.

- 100 percent.

- Thanks for coming to see me.

- Oh, thank you.

- One more.

- Thank you.

- All right, Demetrius, nice to meet you.

Chonda.

- Chonta.

- Oh, Chonta.

- Chonta.

- All right, are you ready for some woodworking?

- Yep, let's do it.

- Yes.

- Let's go.

Here please, after you.

- All right.

♪ - Here.

I don't even know.

So we finally find the street.

I'm sure we passed it a few times earlier.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.

♪ So we're walking up to this door, and this fuzzy-faced man comes walking- walking towards us with this big smile on his face, and I saw someone in that face.

- Well hello, guys.

- Hi.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- Are you our relatives?

- Yes, I am a relative.

- Whose relative are you?

- Elizabeth, I am your relative.

- Mm, I thought you might be.

And how are we related?

- Elizabeth, I am your grandfather.

- Oh, I knew it!

- Yes, welcome, ladies!

And this is Mary.

- Hi, Grandma Mary.

- How are you?

- My name is Gerald, and I am Elizabeth's grandfather.

[laughter] So it was really trying, though, huh?

- Yeah.

- So, did you, you couldn't find this place?

Do you know-- - Well you guys live in one of the most beautiful places, so no wonder we couldn't find it.

- So of course, it's gotta be hard to get to, you know?

- It is, it really is at night.

- Before coming on Relative Race, I had found my biological mother, Michelle, although I'd not met a lot of her family.

Tonight, I met my grandfather.

Well, one woman had an idea, but we're like, there's no way we have to get back on a route to go to... Yeah, but, turns out we did.

- We did.

- At this part of the race, I can see it's the most darkest time of the process that they're going through.

I think that by being able to meet me at this time, I may be more able to show them a little ray of that light at the end of the tunnel and be there for them, even though this is the first time they met me.

I wanted to be able to convey to them that they really have the whole world in front of them, and this is just a short journey in the entire journey of their life.

- It was very comforting, and I knew that maybe if our day didn't start off all that great, it was gonna end well.

- Come into our house.

- Thank you.

- And it's your house too.

♪ Elizabeth: My grandpa Gerald brought us inside.

We finally had a moment to relax, sit down, and get to know each other.

- I really want to learn a lot about both of you.

- Yes.

Gerald: I want to hear your journey.

And you did a lot of traveling when you were kids, I understand?

- Yeah.

- Your mom and dad took you to a lot of places, huh?

- Yeah, absolutely.

Gerald: As I said to both of them, as long in life as you love somebody and make that unconditional, you are a success.

And those two girls will be successful in their life no matter what they do.

Maria: I never went to Disneyland 'til I was like 26.

- I know.

- Which is one hour from our house, so when you come, we'll go to Disney-- Maria: That's Disney World.

- Even better.

Sitting there with my grandfather and my grandmother started to ease the tension.

And then I feel a touch on my shoulder.

I may have to ask you to take this off.

- Why?

- Because we have a Team Gr-- Oh, my!

- Michelle!

- Michelle!

[screaming] It's my biological mom, Michelle.

I knew I smelled you!

- Oh, you smelled!

Elizabeth: I knew I smelled you, and I was gonna say, you smell just-- Or I was like, some, I smell Michelle.

- Oh, Michelle!

Michelle: My name is Michelle, and I'm Elizabeth's birth mother.

Elizabeth: My biological mother and I, Michelle, have recently connected.

We've seen each other a handful of times but it is so great to see her, so great.

[inhales sharply] Yeah.

It was a very hard day today, and... as great as it was to see a familiar face within a face, it was even, even greater to see an actual familiar face.

- This is so awesome.

- Oh my-- - Yeah, I wasn't that excited.

- Sorry.

- I wasn't that excited when I'd seen her.

Elizabeth: In the best way it was like a balloon that was just popped, like a balloon of tension that was just freed, you know?

And it was just like.

[sigh] Yeah, exactly.

Oh my gosh.

- I got to hear my daughter meet my father today, and for him to meet her, it was amazing, and I know it was amazing for Lizzie too.

I'm so glad to see you guys.

- I'm so happy to see you.

You don't understand.

This makes everything so much better.

Same here, same here.

Michelle: When I heard that Lizzie met her birth father yesterday, I wanted to-- I wanted to make sure she was okay, and I don't know yet.

I have a knot in my chest and I need to know she's okay.

I brought that baby into this world and I need to make sure that she's okay.

Gerald: As an elder in a family, your responsibility is to teach them the core values that you've learned.

I had the most magnificent mom who had so much wisdom that it's just an honor to pass on some of that wisdom to our kids.

- It's hard, especially like a day today.

We're like, can we please call our mom?

Like... - No.

- Even better, another one shows up.

We needed that.

We just needed a mom.

We needed somebody you know?

- We said we needed that motherly love, absolutely, that only a mother can give.

- Yeah.

♪ Demetrius: So, seeing that I'm a Heffner, my cousin Kyle, he brings us around the back of the house and they have these plaques laid out for us to paint and they have the Heffner name on them.

Kyle: Oh yeah, that's good.

Well, she, Chonta knows what she's doing.

- I do.

- I'm just gonna watch you, Chonta.

When I met Demetrius and Chonta today, I didn't know what their full story was, but to find out that he just recently found out that he's a Heffner is quite moving.

How long have you guys been married?

- Ten years.

- Ten very long years.

- Man, why you gotta say ten very long years?

- Ten.

- Congrat-- [laughs] Demetrius: Well, after ten years and eight long days on the road with this one, it was great getting to know my cousin Kyle and very therapeutic to paint and get to know a little bit about one another.

- You guys have been sleeping like eight, nine hours a night.

- A little paint love.

- Stop.

Kyle: You know, I'm gonna move a little further... - Stop.

Demetrius: We got lot of it... - Stop.

Demetrius: We had a long day.

Chonta: So we finished it off with a little paint fight.

He put some paint on my forehead so he started it, but as you can see, I finished it.

- You guys ready?

Both: Yep.

Demetrius: Keep it all together.

There we go.

Kyle: Yeah!

With your instruction.

Demetrius: Meeting all of these Heffners along the way has been very emotional.

It's been a lot to take in.

I did not expect, you know, to feel the way that I feel, and so I'm just really looking forward to meeting many more and closing that gap and really figuring out exactly who my dad is.

Wow, that looks really good, man.

- Welcome.

He's met some of our other relatives already and I know them and he's surprised, "You know them?"

I'm, yes, I've known them all my life and to meet a new cousin is quite moving for me and to meet someone as terrific as Demetrius is even better.

Chonta: Oh, that's beautiful.

"Sometimes the journey teaches us about the destination."

I love it.

- I think that’s very fitting for um... - Wow.

- All of this.

- What we're doing.

- You guys have-- gone through a lot, haven't you?

- Yes, we have.

- Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

Kyle: As accomplished man as Demetrius is, this is a final piece to his puzzle I think is necessary and will be very helpful for him.

Are you guys hungry?

- Yes, starving.

Kyle: I'm really hungry.

All right, let's eat.

All right.

♪ - Well, this is where you guys gonna get to learn how to drive.

- Let's get it!

Marcus: So, my cousin Danny tells me he's taking us race car driving but we pull up to a go-kart place.

Yeah.

- When's the last time you guys drove go-karts?

- When I took my son a couple years back.

- Mario Kart.

Keith: Oh, I'm definitely excited because I've driven go-karts before with my son.

- I've never driven go-karts before.

This is my first time, but I've been itchin' to drive something these past eight days.

I'm really excited.

♪ Daniel: Drop of the green flag, Keith took off in front of us.

I tried to keep up with him.

Keith: I kind of had my strategy already down.

Try to get out in the gate early, because basically, once you're in the front it's hard to get in front of hm because you're not supposed to bump each other too much.

Marcus: My brother overlapped me.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

My cousin Danny overlapped me, he knew exactly what he was doing.

They could've gave me some tips in the beginning, you know?

I thought I had to like, slow down every time I turn and use my brake every now and then but after a few laps, I realized I barely, pretty muh didn't need my brake at all.

Definitely a good bonding experience with my cousin.

He was already really experienced on it, like, he told us this is his thing so he knew what he was doing.

- It was really fun to get to do this activity.

You get to drive go-karts and stuff and it was a lot of fun.

Elizabeth: My biological grandfather had prepared an awesome dinner for us.

What else would you eat in Maryland?

Crab, of course.

Oh my word.

This is so exciting.

Oh, hello little crab.

Thank you for letting us eat you.

Gerald: For being so good.

Maria: It smells amazing.

- The crab experience, what I thought was really kind of cool about, is I love watching people do it for the first time.

All right, what we do is we take the shells off like this.

- Let me do this with you.

- Yup, yup.

You have to participate now.

- Now did you just use the um... - All you have to do is-- See this is their little center part here.

That's what we call the key.

They don't know how to attack it.

They look at it and they're gonna say to themselves, like what am I going to get out of this?

This is not like eating a fillet.

Elizabeth: We're not used to eating crabs like this.

Maria: No.

- Usually just comes on the plate ready to go.

- Yeah, no.

Elizabeth: We had to put a little elbow grease in it, but... - It was a little messy.

- It was messy, but it was worth it.

- Oh, yeah.

- Ooh!

Mother lode.

You don't just cut it with a fork and go, ah!

You're picking, you're putting your fingers in it, and tomorrow after your shower when you smell your fingers, [sniffs] smells like crabs!

That's the crab experience that my kids got tonight.

♪ Dan: After a strenous day, the three remaining teams can only wait with their newfound relatives as the day's results are tabulated.

Daniel: I hear you guys got a phone call coming up here in a little bit.

How do you guys feel?

- A little nervous because we got two strikes.

Going into the call tonight, for me, it's just like every other call.

I'm always nervous, anxious, you don't know what to expect.

You don't know what's about to happen.

Maria: We seemed okay and felt great about everything today.

It just, except for the drive to our relative's house where it just, everything fell apart.

Demetrius: Today was a rough day.

The street name thing really messed us up.

We have no idea how we're gonna place tonight.

[click] Dan: It's Day 8 of Relative Race.

Teams Red, Green, and Blue are all still battling to make it to Day 10, but Team Blue, Demetrius, it looks like you're preparing for battle early.

What is that on your face?

- Well, Dan, we had-- I had the opportunity to meet my cousin today and he took us to paint so we did some painting and this one here, I tried to give her a little love tap with some paint and she went all out war on me and this is the remnants of that.

- Do you by chance have anything you can wipe that off with?

- We got it.

Dan: You do?

Oh, look he's sporting Team Red!

- No!

- Oh yeah!

Dan: He's got-- Oh, that's good.

It's Day 8 and the day starts differently for each of you.

For Team Green, how did you approach the fact that you had two strikes?

Did you approach today differently from any other day?

- Oh, we approached it a lot differently, Dan.

We got a lot of rest, a good meal, we checked the maps extremely well, we navigated perfectly, today went a whole lot better.

Dan: Well, that's with one giant exceptio.

Your driver is your father, who you met on Day 1. Who was late to pick you up while the clock was rolling today?

- My dad was a few seconds late, about 20 seconds late.

He showed up a little late.

A few seconds.

Keith: We came outside, kind of looking around for him and then here he comes cruisin' down the street.

Said he had to get gas.

Dan: So, Dad shows up late, but you have a good day overal.

You navigated perfectly to the challenge, and while the other teams did struggle a bit, you guys seemed to cruise through that challenge.

How did you do that?

- Well, Dan, the challenge kind of reminded me of a game I used to play as a board game called Mouse Trap, and it's like a similar type of thing, and once me and my brother figured out the pieces, we kind of flew through it.

Dan: Chonta, you are just nodding your head.

Is that what you were reminded of when you got there?

- Yes, I said that several times.

"It looks just like Mouse Trap!"

That I've never played by the way, but I knew what it was because I've seen people play it.

Dan: Demetrius, once you got past the challeng, what happened on the way to the relative?

- When you're in a small town like the one that we're in, typically people call streets what they may have been named years ago and he gave us the name of a street that, on the street that we were on, on the main thoroughfare, it's called something completely different.

- And we have a map.

Both: And on the map, says it's the street that the people had gave us.

So nobody ever changed it except the sign.

Demetrius: It was just truly frustrating.

- Super frustrating.

- But the beauty is we ended up getting to our relatives and I was able to meet a cousin of mine tonight.

- Who did you meet?

- Dan, I was able to meet my second cousin on my dad's side.

Guys, meet my cousin, Kyle.

- How you doing?

- Hey, Kyle!

- It was really exciting to meet Demetrius.

I mean, he's a terrific dude and his lovely wife, Chonta, it was amazing.

We've been having a really good time.

Dan: Well, congratulations, Demetrius, on meeting another important member of your famil.

Team Red, Liz, for you, tell us, who was on the other side of that door tonight?

- So today, and I've been really anticipating meeting this person.

As you all know, I've met my birth mother before, before this show, but today I was able to meet her father who is my furry-faced grandfather, and yes, he prefers you call him that.

This is Jerry.

- Hello.

Elizabeth: And his beautiful wife Mary.

- Hey, Jerry.

- How are you, Jerry?

Elizabeth: This model that you see here with the glasses, this is my beautiful birth mother, Michelle.

Say, "Hi," y'all.

- Hi, everyone.

All: Hi, Michelle.

Dan: We've had teams in the past that have kind of grown close to each other throughout the race, but you guys genuinely seem excited when somebody else has a discovery.

Have you guys grown like family?

- Yes.

- Absolutely.

- When they meet family, it's our family.

So our family is growing.

- We realize, we recognize that this is a challenge, but at the end of the day, I think everyone understood coming into this that we want to meet, you know, a part of us that we didn't know.

And so to see that culminate and come together for some of us is truly exciting.

Dan: Team Green, whose relative?

Was it Keith's?

Was it Marcus's?

- This is my cousin, Danny.

He took us go-kart racing today, so we got to race some go-karts.

Him and my brother beat me really badly.

I-- Actually overlapped me.

I wasn't really good.

It was my first time driving a go-kart, but they overlapped me.

- Well, we know it's your first time driving, 'cause your daddy's driving you, so... - We just wanna say that Team Green has been at 4-H Camp during this challenge.

- You were there, Demetrius, I would've beat you too.

- You wouldn't beat me!

I-- Man, you don't understand the training I got.

You wouldn't'a beat me.

Both: Oh!

Dan: All right, guys.

It is that time once again.

The team that finishes in first will once again have a decision to make.

The team that has that decision to make today, finishing 11 minutes over their allotted time... Keith and Marcus, congratulations, you're not headed home.

- Whoo!

So, we just got first place, right now.

I'm excited.

I'm happy we did not get a third strike.

It's one day closer to Day 10.

Tomorrow is all or nothing.

Dan: Congratulations to Team Green, you're still in this race, and now you have an important decision to make.

Will you choose the next day benefit: printed step-by-step instructions to your relative's house from the challenge location, or do you choose the Day 10 benefit?

Marcus: We need another Day 10 benefit if we want to tie these Day 10 benefits with Red Team, and we just can't afford second place tomorrow, period.

Dan: Wow.

You choose the Day 10 benefit, we're gonna see if that helps you in the end or whether it hurts you tomorrow.

And so now, it comes down to Team Red and Team Blue.

Each of you has one strike.

I can tell you that a mere five minutes separated the two of you.

Team Red, you finished 17 minutes over your allotted time.

Team Blue, you finished 22 minutes over your allotted time and earned your second strike of the race.

One more, and you're out.

Maria: I was very shocked that we did not get a strike.

Even if it was 10, 20 minutes of feeling lost, I felt lost for hours.

I felt lost for hours.

- You never know what's going to cost you that valuable time.

In this case, for Team Blue, back to back to back bad directions cost you that additional five minutes, but tomorrow is another day.

Each of you will be in this race once again, determined to find relatives, determined to make it to Day 10 and earn your shot at $50,000.

Get some rest, and good luck, because tomorrow is Day 9 of Relative Race.

Good night, everybody - Good night, y'all.

- Good night, everybody.

Congratulations, y'all.

- Good night.

- This is so awesome.

Mary: Maria, you're speechless.

Elizabeth: She's speechless.

Like, what?

Maria: So, just the emotions, everything I'm feeling, just hit me all at once.

I thought I always had it together and you know, you're human.

Nothing, I'm fine.

Nothing, I don't know.

- You don't know?

I know.

It's like-- - I have to get up, like two seconds, like.

Elizabeth: Maria just kind of got up and left, 'cause she needed a moment.

[Maria sobs] Maria: It's just a lot, 'cause I just have to drive, I have to sleep, I can't.

I'm happy, I'm sad, and like I'm frustrated and... - Surprised, even?

- All of that.

- Like... - All of that, but I talk about like, my feelings, and it's hard not to do that.

- I know.

And then to do that in front of people and strangers and cameras.

Maria: No one can expect the rollercoaster that this show puts you on, so I just needed to step away for a moment.

- I can't, it's like, you're so upset, just pretend you're happiest person in the world, but I'm meeting amazing beautiful people who I love and I'm just like, I can't sit here.

- I know, we were really like, worried.

I know.

Just... My sister has always been my protector.

I rarely see her cry.

I rarely see her vulnerable.

I mean, I'm in the same boat.

We have the same feelings.

I was telling you like, trust me, if anyone knows, I'm here with you.

I understand.

- I know, I know.

- But, I don't know.

Something came over me that gave me strength.

He gave me strength.

I'm so happy that I could give back and I could be there for you the way you've been there for me for so many years.

- And you were, 'cause you reeled me back in.

I love you.

- I love you.

- Seriously.

I probably would've broke the windows or something of the car.