Dan: Previously on Relative Race: Austen: Oh, come on!

Dan: Communication broke down for Team Green.

I can't do this.

I can't look up and down.

Dan: Michael saw his father's final resting place for the first time.

This isn't the end, this is the beginning of the family.

Dan: And Team Green's winning streak ended with Joe and Jerica capturing the biggest prize yet.

You guys finished in first place.

We would like to grab that immunity.

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

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... [screaming] Dan: ...to win $50,000... Yeah, baby!

Dan: ...and to find their family.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ [banjo music] ♪ Dan: In the backwoods of Tennesee, Team Black, Joe and Jerica, wake up on Day 8 of Relative Race at their cousin's campsite.

Jeff: We saw that Joe had a little difficulty with the tent.

♪ Jeff: We decided later on after we had our s'mores and sat around the fire that Joe would just stay inside.

Jerica would stay in the tent.

And everybody would get a nice rest before they went out.

Hey, guys!

Jerica: Yeah, yeah.

All: Good morning!

Morning, sunshine.

How did you sleep?

Jerica: It was good.

I had a great night's sleep.

I need to get my beauty sleep.

I'm sorry.

♪ Austen: We woke up at my cousin Nikki's house in Connecticut, and after an amazing night meeting tons of family, we start to get sad because we realize that we're going to have to leave them.

Greetings on Day 8.

The beginning to Day 8.

The beginning of Day 8.

And we really don't have much of voices left, because last night we had so much fun meeting family.

And so we just had some breakfast and now we're about to pack it up and get on this road.

Well, when Dan sends us a text message.

Juju, are you gonna miss me?

Yeah.

How much are you gonna miss me?

A lot.

Thanks for snuggling me.

You're welcome.

I love you.

Love you.

[cries] No, don't go!

It's just the beginning.

This is just the beginning.

[dramatic music] ♪ Preshious: It is Day 8, and as we were talking about like different strategies and what we can do better, communication is number one.

We're just gonna try to really keep that together today.

Paris: Team Black is definitely a sleeper team, but I still think they'll bring it.

That would be the smart thing to do, because the last thing they could do is just slack off just because they have immunity for today.

And then you bang a left, go down a little bit, and then make that right.

Jerica: That right.

Perfect.

We're heading out.

We're gonna pack it up and we're probably gonna cry a little.

You guys are from Texas.

So like, you know where, maybe how to get back on the freeway.

Right.

Okay.

She's crying.

This is so much... so much love.

Mmm.

So much.

I love you.

Oh, oh!

Daddy, a text message just came!

Oh, no!

The text message just came.

[dramatic music] All right.

Good morning teams, and-- Welcome to Day 8 of Relative Race.

Austen: Team Red will be traveling to Queensbury, New York.

Queensbury?

Team Black will be traveling to Winchester, Tennessee, and Team Green-- Will be traveling to Dallas, Texas.

Austen: Today's first place winner will give a five minute penalty to another team-- Or choose a Day 10 benefit.

Your time starts now.

All right.

Gotta go!

We need it!

All right, let's go!

We love you!

Okay!

All right.

Today we are starting a new day with immunity, which we're super excited about.

[screams] We're so excited.

It takes a lot of pressure off.

♪ Oh.

Austen: We're really hoping that Team Black decides to take the day off.

That would be helpful.

All right, here we go, here we go!

Day 8!

It's Day 8 of Relative Race.

All of our teams continue to race along different paths in the eastern half of the country, each team looking for new family, each in a different location, all of them still searching for the finish line in an undisclosed location.

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

Now they're headed to new cities.

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

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

Three strikes, and you're out of the race.

This is Day 8 of Relative Race.

[rock music] ♪ Preshious: We got two more days.

We've got to, we can't crack now.

We've got to get there.

We're so close.

I'm shooting for another first place.

Dan: Team Green remains in the Lone Star State today.

Paris and Preshious will travel from Austin to Dallas, Texas.

They have the longest allotted time of the day, including the challenge, at 4 hours and 12 minutes.

Joe: I do have one problem, Jerica.

It's kind of serious.

I don't have any more clean shirts after today.

What do you mean, I'm serious!

It is serious!

I have to do laundry tonight.

Dan: With laundry apparently their only concern, Team Black, Joe and Jerica, are racing with two strikes and immunity today from Sevierville to Winchester, Tennessee.

Their allotted time, including the common challenge, is 4 hours and 2 minutes.

We know how to get out of here.

Daddy, this is-- Let me do this while we're making progress.

Daddy.

No.

Dan: Meanwhile, with one strike and their clock running in Connecticut, Team Red is in a holding pattern, so to speak.

Let's not go, "Let's just do what you said."

Let's not do that again, that was a mistake.

Okay, I'm the navigator, and you're gonna take my advice.

Okay?

Let's go.

That's what you just said, right?

No, no.

No, no, no.

I need to know what it is.

I knew the clock was running, but there was no way I was getting in that car without a plan.

Austen: Let's not do this today.

Okay.

Austen: Daddy.

Let's hug it out.

Okay.

Morning-- Shh, don't talk.

Just, Daddy.

Be quiet, be quiet.

You're not listening.

No.

I'm gonna hug you until you actually commit to this hug.

You're fake hugging me.

No you're not, I can tell when you're hugging me for real.

I don't care.

Dan: Once they figure out where to start, Team Red, Michael and Austen, will race today from Bozrah, Connecticut, to Queensbury, New York.

Their allotted time, including the challenge, is 4 hours and 3 minutes.

♪ Austen: Who are you texting, Daddy-o?

I'm texting Team Black.

What're you saying?

Enjoy your day off!

Amen to that.

Oh, we got a text from Team Red.

What'd they say?

Enjoy your day off?

What?

There's no such thing as a day off on Relative Race.

No way!

Enjoy your day off!

That's funny.

It's Day 8.

Enough Mr. Nice Guy.

We need to, like, get some competition going.

Some friendly competition.

You know what that is?

We want you guys to do really well today.

♪ Joe: We decided to text Team Red because we want Team Green to get the strike.

Mike: It's from Team Black.

We want you all to do well so we can give Team Green their second strike.

Boo-yah!

Jerica: We also texted Team Green that we hope they did well today so that Team Red gets a strike.

That way, they both think we're on their side, and if one of them gets the five minute penalty, they're not gonna use it on us.

[laughing maliciously] Preshious: Oh, we got a text.

So they're planning on being with us on Day 10, and Red is planning on being with-- I love how they know we're going.

At least both teams know.

Y'all are not going against each other.

Paris: Who knows?

They could have sent the same exact text to both teams.

Preshious: Yeah.

Team Black could have been like, "Hey, Team Green, let's give Team Red the second strike."

And they could have texted Team Red, like, "Hey, Team Red, we need to knock Team Green "out of this.

Let's give them their second strike."

What if they said the same exact thing to them?

To Team Green?

I mean, I don't-- That's why I don't like to do all that stuff.

[squeals] Oh, that's funny.

Preshious: We're watching you, Team Black.

And Team Red.

Trust nobody except the Green Team.

[chanting] Money Team Green.

Money Team Green.

♪ Preshious: I want to see my dad, because he's actually still alive, you know?

I just want to hear everything from him.

Yeah, I see what you're saying.

You know?

I've heard a lot of stories, and now, like, I look at him in more like a positive manner.

It was hard finding out that my mom passed away early on in the race, but I know my dad is still alive out there somewhere.

My dad is like that last piece, though.

I don't-- He's like the last piece that I have to hold onto.

So I know how he looks now.

I'm gonna know it's him when I see him.

I just need to find my dad.

There are still so many questions that I need answered.

♪ Dan: All teams are now on the lookout for a city sign.

Austen: On all the street lamps?

Mm-hmm.

There are signs that say Queensbury.

Awesome.

Preshious: City of Dallas.

Paris: Where?

Fire station city of Dallas.

City limit, should I-- Yeah.

Should we get a picture with that sign?

Go in right here, yep.

Okay.

[dramatic music] ♪ Joe: Let's go.

Come on.

[car beeping] Preshious: Okay.

And hold it.

[camera shutters] Paris: What you think?

Preshious: No, he's not gonna take that.

After eight days of taking selfies, you'd think it would be easier by now.

♪ [camera shutters] First try!

Pow!

Joe: There.

Now hold.

[camera shutters] ♪ Preshious: Dallas is right here.

Okay.

Perfect.

Hold it right there.

Right there!

Literally right there.

Okay.

Take it.

[camera shutters] Preshious: Okay.

That's it, that's it.

[phone dings] Oh, and there he is.

Welcome to Queensbury!

Your challenge is located at 211 Round Pond Rd.

6543 Talmadge Lane.

Winchester Tennis Courts.

Austen: Let's go!

Come on, Daddy-o!

Okay.

Let's go, let's go.

Dan: All of the teams have successfully submitted their city selfie and now gear up for today's challenge.

I am not ready for another challenge.

Mike: Me either.

We're old.

Feeling it.

We've just got to hang in there, and if we can make it through today, then we are guaranteed to get to Day 10.

Joe: Here's the park.

It's tennis court?

Ugh.

We're not good at sports, so this sounds like another challenge that is not up our alley.

I don't want to.

I want to go lay down.

Paris: We just have to make up for yesterday.

You know?

Yesterday was tough.

You know, we have to use the anger from yesterday to motivate us to go even harder on this challenge.

Oh, it could be tennis.

It looks like tennis.

[dramatic music] ♪ Joe: Color match.

♪ Dan: Day 8's challenge for all teams is Game, Set, Color, Match.

Teams wear overalls with different colored Velcro patches on them.

Their goal?

To correctly stick fuzzy tennis balls on the Velcro patches.

One teammate spins a wheel that selects a color and body part.

Teammates then alternate shooting fuzzy tennis balls from an air gun at their partner.

Once teams successfully stick 10 balls to the correct patch, the challenge is complete.

The allotted time for Game, Set, Color, Match, is 20 minutes.

♪ Alright, Daddy-o.

Oh, my goodness.

Joe: I don't think they got the right size.

♪ Joe: When we spin the wheel, we find out what part of the body we have to aim for.

Jerica: Leg, blue leg.

The challenging part of this is we only get one turn each to try and get it right.

Ugh.

Mike: Red leg.

Austen: Leg, red leg!

It was-- It was gotcha tennis.

Wheel of Fortune.

It was Wheel of Fortune tennis.

Ugh.

Okay.

Your turn.

Paris: So we get started and we connect two of the targets pretty easy.

Preshious: Green leg.

♪ Jerica: Torso, green.

[bell dings] Jerica: Yeah!

I have no idea what to think.

We're just shooting at each other.

Austen: It's just, we're just shooting at each other and thinking that it's kind of funny.

♪ Joe: Oh!

No!

If we spin and land on the X, we have a penalty.

Jerica: The pentalty is we have to turn around and our partner has to aim for the X. Joe: Get it!

[buzzer] Joe: Put some butt into it.

[buzzer] Paris: All right, your turn.

[buzzer] Austen: Then we got our first penalty X, and then we stayed on our first penalty X for 439 years.

Mike: Well, the good thing is that soon after that, we found another penalty X. Austen: And then after that, guess what we did?

We found another penalty X. Whoo!

No X, no X, no X, please!

You're, are you kidding me?

♪ Mike: About halfway through, I realize that Plan A wasn't working, so we might as well go to Plan B.

Do a little launching, a little up ejection, Play the bounce.

[bell dings] Mike: That's what I figured might work.

And it did.

Best target we were really good at was our head.

We had our head in the game.

Yeah.

Come on, Jerica, put it in!

[bell dings] Joe: Good job, that spin!

I could totally see someone getting injured.

Or slipping and falling, because the court is slippery.

Ah!

Ah, man!

Ah.

I go to lift my left leg, and for some reason, I just go down.

I feel something kind of pull in my right thigh and I can't even get back up.

Ah, I felt something pop there.

Which one?

This one.

I got to stretch it out.

Paris: That hurt?

Preshious: Get me up, get me up, get me up.

All right, all right.

I thought it was going to be something quick, you know, just get back up and stretch it out, but it turns out, this really, really hurts.

I don't know, babe, I don't... Paris: The first thing that comes to mind is just to make sure that she's okay.

And I'm thinking that, you know, it could be something serious.

[bell dings] Jerica: Okay, go spin, go spin!

Off the bounce.

Austen: Yep.

[bell dings] Preshious: All right, all right, let me try it.

Let me see.

You've got to walk first.

If you can't walk, then it's over with.

♪ [clock ticking] ♪ Joe: Green tors'.

Even though we have immunity today, it was really important that we do this challenge because we want to win.

Jerica: Okay.

Ah!

[buzzer] Joe: Shoot!

Go.

[buzzer] Jerica: That was way too far.

Joe: Ugh.

Okay.

We are not gonna be like Black Team from last season and go to the beach.

I never found so much joy in trying to shoot you in the butt.

♪ Mike: That's it!

Got it!

Did it really?

Mike: Yeah.

Ow!

Ow.

I got up, kind of walked through it, and we continued through it.

Got it, got it, butt.

♪ [bell dings] [bell dings] [bell dings] Mike: Nice.

[bell dings] [bell dings] Mike: That's it!

Yeah!

Come on, Daddy-o!

Jerica: Yeah!

We got it!

Jerica: We did it!

We did it, right?

Get our, get our-- Joe: Okay.

♪ Joe: Your relative lives at 401-- Paris: 635 Hanes Avenue.

38 Chestnut Ridge Road!

Let's go!

♪ Joe: Ugh.

Oh, my goodness, come on, Jerica!

I can't get it off!

Jerica, just come on!

Dan: The challenge is finally complete for all three teams, and they are now on the hunt to find their relative.

I believe we are gonna head left.

Did we come from this way to come in here, or did we come from that way?

You got to remember-- Oh, yeah, okay, uh-- We came from that way, right?

♪ Chestnut Ridge Road.

Let's ask him, right here.

Hey!

Do you by chance know where Chestnut Ridge Road is?

Okay, thank you!

Thanks!

Yes he does.

He knows.

All right.

Joe, come on.

Okay.

Paris: Oh, which way did we turn on Willow?

We made a right onto Willow.

So we're leaving the challenge, we have the address now, so now it's time to kick our navigation skills in.

We stop at a gas station and we kind of ask, he goes one way, I go another.

We try to ask who we can, hurry up bring it together, figure out what was similar, and then go from there.

Preshious: Okay, so 30 West to Sylvan.

So a left on Colorado?

Paris: And Jefferson, is that a road or a street?

Man: It's Jefferson Street.

Bae!

Paris!

Got it?

I got it!

Street.

All right, thank you, sir!

♪ Okay, hop out.

Go, go, go.

Jerica: We have no idea where we're going, so we immediately pull over to a gas station and ask for help.

Austen: Our immediate reaction, you know, we will ask anybody for directions.

Hey, ma'am, do you know where Chestnut Ridge Road is?

Chestnut Ridge?

We start asking everybody in the parking lot.

Do you know where this street is?

Do you know where this street is?

Excuse me, do you know where Chestnut Ridge Road is?

So go up and turn left?

Woman: Yep.

Austen: Okay, thank you!

She said turn right here and it'll be your first right.

Okay.

Jerica: Perfect.

Joe and Jerica: Thank you!

Joe: For the first time on this whole race, the very first person we talk to knows exactly how to get there.

Okay.

That was very clear instructions.

Well that was awesome.

Great.

Okay, so just go on to the right.

That was pretty clear.

Not bad.

We basically got step by step instructions just from a gas station attendant.

Paris: There's about three exits you get off on East Ave.

It's okay.

We don't know what nobody else is doing right now.

We're going against Red, maybe they're in crazy traffic too.

[clock ticking] ♪ Chestnut Ridge, where are you?

♪ Mike: So when you said it'll be right here...

I said, like right here at this light?

She said, yep, right here, and it'll be your first right.

Well, what is this?

30, 21, 19...

Pull in right there.

And stop.

Go on in.

When we pull up to the house, we walk up to the front door, and it's raining outside.

Austen: Come on, Daddy!

Hello.

Austen: Hi!

Come in, come in.

Hello!

Welcome, it's raining, come in.

Mike: The door opens up, and I know the face, but I don't know, I don't know how to place it.

Hi.

Hello!

Austen: So y'all know each other.

You've never met my daughter Austen.

I know.

I'm your cousin.

Hi.

Hi!

Which cousin are you?

I'm Lorraine's daughter, I'm Shay.

Hi!

I know your name!

Mm-hmm.

Yes.

Nice to meet you!

I hear all about you from Nana.

Oh, Nana.

My name is Shalyn Nasuti.

I am 32 years old.

I am Michael Brown's niece and Austen's first cousin.

I haven't seen you in... Shay: Since 2012.

That's a long time.

Mm-hmm.

Mike: How's it going?

Good.

It's good.

Good to see you.

Good to see you, too.

Lori is the sister that was closest to me in age.

She got married and had three children.

Shay is one of those children.

I hadn't seen Shay since 2012, my sister's funeral.

She died of some medical complications.

Austen: So the last time you saw each other was at your mom's funeral?

And before that I think I was probably this big.

You were exactly, you were exactly that big.

Austen: Wow.

Mike: Seeing Shay finally all grown up, I recognized her by my sister's eyes and nose and mouth.

Just this.

Austen: Shay is my first cousin and I've never met her before, so this is my relative on Relative Race, because he already knows her.

I'm meeting her for the first time.

Well, it's great to see you guys.

Let's have a group hug.

I won't throw tennis balls at you.

Thank you!

Dan: Still on the road, Teams Green and Black make the final push to find new family.

♪ But this is Bell Acres Estates.

Bell Drive West!

This way.

Preshious: It's okay, it's probably this far down.

Hanes, Hanes.

Right, right, right.

Paris: We finally find the street, Hanes.

It's very difficult for us to see these addresses.

We weren't really sure if we were going in the right direction, 'cause it was hard to tell if they were going up or down.

Joe: 407.

We're getting really close, I can feel it.

Preshious: You're good.

We're like at 14.

We need to get to 635, bae.

All the way down, all the way down.

Jerica: Right here, left here.

Joe: 407, there it is.

Preshious: 631.

635 should be behind it.

Right there!

We may not have even needed immunity.

What of a, that's a waste of immunity.

[intense music] ♪ [knocking] Joe: Hi!

Are you our relative?

I am!

I'm your cousin!

Joe: Hi there!

Jerica: Hi!

Nice to meet you!

Joe: I'm Joe.

What's your name?

I'm Jerica.

Nice to meet you, Jerica.

Hi!

And you're?

Hi, I'm Joe!

Hi, Joe.

So good to meet you.

Good to meet you!

I'm Dawn Parrish.

I live in Winchester, Tennessee.

I'm a real estate agent, and I am Joe and Jerica's cousin.

Good to meet you!

Are you exhausted?

We are.

We're a little tired.

Oh, we've got something planned for you.

Jerica: Okay.

Joe: Really?

I hope you like-- have you ever been skydiving?

[record scratch] What?

Our relative asks us if we are ready to go skydiving.

Oh, my goodness.

Skydiving.

I don't think either of us are up for that.

No!

What!

I'm just teasing.

I was gonna say.

I would believe it!

Dawn: Oh, the moment they, Joe and Jerica ran to my front door was so exciting.

I didn't know what to expect.

I didn't know what they looked like, I didn't know how old they were.

And they were just so bubbly, so exciting, and so happy.

And so it was wonderful.

Okay, you ready?

Yeah!

Let's go.

Let's go!

Let's go.

Joe: This is always our favorite part of the day.

Jerica: Right off the bat, our cousin Dawn brings us into the house to show us how we are related.

This is your mom and your dad.

Jerica: Yes.

Joe: Uh-huh.

Dawn: Okay, so if we scroll on over here, we are actually connected through Jacob Henry Applegate.

Jerica: So the Applegate is through our mom's side of the family.

Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

I think it's our mom's mom's side.

And I think this is through my mom's side also.

Really?

Okay.

Uh-huh.

This is so cool.

This is really neat to see how the tree spreads out and actually seeing a visual of what that looks like.

So you've never seen them all together like this?

No!

That's really neat.

When we looked at the family tree, I don't think they had ever seen anything all grouped together in terms of all their relatives.

And then being able to look back and see the past relatives that they've just met recently, they started seeing the patterns and seeing the trail.

It's just so cool to meet a new cousin and then to sit down and actually see through DNA how we are related.

Our family just keeps getting bigger.

♪ [upbeat acoustic guitar] Hey!

Hi.

Woman: How are y'all?

Good, how are you?

Fine.

Woman: Good, good, good.

Whose relative are you?

I am Paris's relative.

Preshious: Wow.

Good to meet you, I'm Cyana.

Oh, nice to meet you, how are we related?

I'm your cousin.

Sounds good.

Good!

Nice to meet you.

My name is Cyana Moore.

I am from Louisiana originally, but I live here in Dallas in the DeSoto area.

Family is extremely important to me.

I come from a very big family, and it's nice to have even more family.

It's really cool to meet another cousin, especially someone my age like Cyana.

I'm just excited to see exactly how we're related.

We got an activity planned, and if y'all are ready, we can go.

All right, let's go.

Cyana: All right.

Cool.

[slow piano music] It's crazy good to see you.

Good to see you too.

It's always nice to be around Mom's side of the family.

It's so important to me to keep everyone close, 'cause you guys are what I have left of her.

Mike: Right.

I was really close to my sister Lori when we were growing up.

And to see Shay here is, it's substantial.

It was amazing.

She's a wonderful woman.

This is probably the Shay you remember.

That's, that's, that's the Shay that I remember.

This is, she was in-- in high chairs, and... Shay: And my leg is actually broken in that picture.

I'm wearing a cast.

Yeah.

What?

It's really fun to share some memories and some photos, reminisce with my Uncle Michael and to share it with Austen, 'cause I don't even know if she ever met my mother.

My mom tried to use you as like a... kind of a crutch inspiration back when you did Miss Teen South Carolina.

Austen: Are you serious?

Shay: Austen has such a good GPA, Austen is Miss Teen South Carolina.

Look at your grades.

That's terrible.

So that was my first impression.

I was like, this sounds like a really great girl.

I think I want to be more like that.

Austen: Now Nana, I mean, every time I talk to Nana, she's like, oh, Shay is doing this, and Shay is doing that.

And always speaks so, so fondly of you.

Shay and I actually have the same grandmother, and she and I both have a relationship with this grandma, so whenever we talk to Nana, Nana is telling me about Shay, and Shay said, you know, Nana tells me all about you.

And so in that regard, like, we know who one another are, but we've never met each other personally.

So it's really cool to have an opportunity to actually put a face with the name and cultivate a relationship.

Shay: I can't tell you guys how amazing it is to see you both.

To meet you, Austen.

Uncle Michael, it's...

It's so cool.

I just see Mom's... Like in the eyes especially, I see Mom there.

Yeah.

Smile, just like me.

For me this is very special because there's little pieces of my mom that I can pull from every one of these family members.

So it's important to me to endear that and keep them close.

♪ Joe: I can tell we're gonna have a blast together.

Jim: Well.

Joe: This is already cool.

Dawn: We're all about fun.

Jerica: Cool.

We get in the car and our relative takes us to Tims Ford Lake and tells us we are actually going to be going on a pontoon boat ride.

Joe: This is such great news, because we were really hoping for a relaxing activity with our relatives tonight.

This is right up our alley.

♪ Joe: We are here on a boat.

We are.

We have the most awesome relatives ever.

Here's one of them.

Say hi.

It's raining.

[laughing] Dawn: Today we went on the pontoon boat.

It was a little dicey, we didn't know if it was gonna rain.

We did have a little bit of time, we had a good time, and then it started to sprinkle.

[pouring rain] ♪ It turned out okay.

We parked the boat and then we had our dinner at the dock.

I do have to tell you, though, that-- I cooked one of my specialties.

Jim loves to smoke all kinds of meat.

Jerica: Okay.

Shoulder.

This is pork shoulder.

I just brought it all with me.

Oh, good!

It sounds amazing!

Jim: We could be stranded for days and I'll have enough here.

Okay, wow.

It looks like it's enough to feed an army over there.

You guys went to way too much trouble.

I think it made for even more of a memorable experience, because there's something about that, "Oh, it's raining," and then like all scurrying around trying to fix it, have a solution to the problem, and it just brings you together through those moments.

Oh!

We can go ahead and try to eat.

Thank you, all right!

At least we're not getting wet.

You're our guests, so we will serve you first.

Joe: I, I guess I just wasn't expecting such a warm welcome from the South.

Living in the North, I just didn't quite fully understand what the southern hospitality meant.

This has really opened my eyes to just how warm of a welcome they can give you, and I really appreciate that.

Dawn: We are proud of our southern hospitality.

We like to make people feel welcome and to feel important and to feel loved.

And we do that through our words and through our food and sharing.

And we always try to come across as someone that will be there for you.

And that's just who we are as southern people.

Thank you so much for dinner.

Thank you so much.

Dawn: Oh, you're so welcome!

That was so good.

It was delicious.

I hope you liked it.

Oh, we did.

We loved it.

Well, we're gonna have to go back to the house for dessert.

Jerica: Oh, yeah!

Joe: Perfect.

Jerica: That would be great.

Cyana: I planned the activity of going to the batting cages, 'cause my hobby is softball.

Been playing since I was a kid.

And that's something that I really like to do, and so I kind of wanted to share that with them.

Here goes nothing, you ready?

Mm-hmm.

Cyana: Whoo!

Got a piece of it.

Paris: I'm not really too big on baseball, but I've always thought that it was something that I could be good at, you know, if I tried.

Preshious: Oh!

Whoa!

Oh, girls is beating you!

Why do you, like-- Oh, that works, doesn't it?

Like if it goes a little, they have to run and get it?

You've got to switch it up sometimes!

Cyana: So it was cool to get to know them and like show, teach them something at the same time.

♪ Dan: Back in upstate New York, a family recipe is on the menu for tonight.

Tonight I prepared my mom's goulash, which is kind of a Polish recipe for anything.

My mom made it for us often growing up.

It was one of our favorite recipes, my brothers and I.

As long as it has some kind of meat and pasta, you can put anything in it.

But Mom's little trick was to add a packet of sloppy Joe mix to the marinara sauce, and it just takes the bitterness out of the tomato and makes it taste completely different.

Mom kept it really simple, but it makes it taste special.

It tastes like home to me.

Are you close to your brothers?

Yeah.

My dad and my brothers, we're in a group text and it's going off all day, every day.

Austen: Yeah?

It was really fun for me to meet Shay today.

We are cut from the same cloth, like spitfire, witty, straightforward, gonna give it to you direct.

And I think we really bonded in that regard.

Poor Dad.

Poor Dad's surrounded.

I was, all I can do is stand back.

That's all I can do.

Wow, it smells amazing.

I remember this is your mom's recipe.

I remember it.

Shay: You remember it?

Yeah.

Shay: I feel my mom is looking down on me right now and Michael and Austen and she's just absolutely thrilled that I'm continuing on with the relationships in the family.

Dan: In Texas, Paris is finding out how he is related to his new cousin Cyana.

Cyana: When we got back to the house, we had the family tree that shows exactly how we're related.

And so I kind of wanted to surprise them with that.

I see some familiar names.

Oh, you are on my dad's side.

Right, 'cause that's my uncle.

Where?

DeJournett, DeJournett, DeJournett, DeJournett.

Earl DeJournett.

Cyana: What?

So do you recognize these?

Cliff De-- That is my grandfather right there.

Brenda is my grandmother.

When we sit down, Cyana brings out this huge family tree.

I immediately look at a last name that sticks out to me, which is DeJournett.

So I immediately knew what side of the family she's on.

And that would be my father's side.

Cyana: It's gotta be...

These are my grandparents.

That's my great-grandmother.

And immediately, I'm recognizing names, and he's recognizing names, and so we're kind of like working our way up on the side until we come to a point where we're like, okay.

Well, this is how we're related.

So what does that make you guys?

Cyana: So that would make you my third cousin once removed.

Mmm.

Wow.

Just to see the family tree go back so far and to connect with someone that I probably would have never met, that's a great feeling.

I also learned a lot about my family while looking at the family tree.

It was more than I could ever ask for, to be honest.

Wow, this, this is so cool.

I've never seen a family tree, you know, structured like this.

So I appreciate it.

You know?

This is a first for me.

Me too.

So we're in this together.

[dramatic music] ♪ Dan: Evening falls on Day 8 of Relative Race.

The final times have been verified, and it's now time to gather the teams.

Mike: I was kind of thinking, you know, if we get a strike, we get a strike.

There's still, you know, it is what it is.

We can only do the best we can do.

Paris: We've gone seven days with only getting one strike.

If we can get through tonight without getting a strike, we're guaranteed to make it to Day 10.

♪ For some reason, we just feel really good about today.

I feel like we're at our strongest, and I think the reason for that was because of the fact that we had immunity.

And so for some reason, all of the pressure was taken away and we were able to perform at our best without that distracting pressure.

♪ [mouse click] ♪ Dan: Good evening, teams.

It is Day 8 on Relative Race, and all three of you are still here.

Still surviving.

Some of you even thriving.

Seems like Joe's physical fitness is back, and yet today, Preshious, your physical fitness went down.

What happened?

Are you okay?

Preshious: Yeah.

We started the challenge, we were doing well, I went to lift a leg, and I injured myself.

But I'm okay now.

Dan: We wish you well, but most importantly, we wish you good health.

So we know that you had a challenge in the challenge.

How do you feel the rest of your day went, Paris?

Paris: Oh, I feel like we finished strong, definitely.

I'm actually surprsied with the way that we finished.

We didn't finish very strong yesterday and today, despite the injury, we definitely improved today.

Michael and Austen, how do you feel your day went today?

I feel pretty good about today.

It was a challenge, obviously.

Definitely.

But we started off a little slow at the beginning.

I think the travel went well, and the challenge was, I'm not quite sure.

Challenging.

The challenge was challenging.

Right.

Dan: All of you appear to be getting better at the game.

All of you continue to find deep connections to your family.

Michael and Austen, who did you meet today?

We actually did meet another relative on Dad's side, but it was from Dad's mom's side.

And it's actually Dad's niece, but I had never met her before, so today I met my first cousin for the first time.

This is Shalyn.

Dan: Paris, who did you meet today?

Because my understanding is that today for the first time you met a relative that's actually close to your age.

I'm curious, when you thought that this entire journey would be for Preshious.

Did you expect to discover relatives that you didn't know?

I mean, you think you know everything, but then this happens.

I actually thought I met everyone in my family on my mother and father's sides, so I'm smiling.

You know, I'm definitely more than grateful for everything thus far.

♪ Dan: It's that time.

Who finished in first, and who receives a strike?

Joe and Jerica.

You have two strikes.

But you have immunity.

So regardless of where you place today, you will move on to Day 9.

Finishing 32 minutes over their allotted time, something has changed in this race as far as a dynamic goes.

Because Team Black, you finished in first place.

Again.

A very interesting strategy.

I can tell you that you are the first team that had immunity and did not take the day off.

You chose to forge forward, trying to pick up another first place finish.

And it paid off for you.

We never thought that we would get first place two days in a row.

No.

In fact, that seemed impossible.

So I ask you.

Do you choose a next day game benefit, or a Day 10 benefit?

A reminder: the next day game benefit allows you to give either Team Red or Team Green a five minute penalty towards their overall time.

What do you choose?

Well, it's not a secret, we really do love Team Red and Team Green and we would never want to give them a penalty.

But, yeah.

We're gonna go with the Day 10 benefit.

It didn't shock me that the team with immunity won first place, because we texted with them earlier, and they told us that they were in it to win it.

I see no reason why they couldn't or shouldn't have won today.

Dan: All right.

A Day 10 benefit.

You'll be getting that from your relative.

♪ Dan: And so now, who has picked up their second strike?

Finishing 50 minutes over their allotted time and safe for another day... is Team Red.

Team Green, you have gone from the dominant first-place finishers to a couple of challenging days, and you finished one hour and one minute over your allotted time.

You finished in last and have received your second strike.

Congratulations, Team Red.

You will definitely make it to Day 10.

But who will be joining you?

Will it be Team Black or Team Green?

Or maybe both?

We'll have the answers to those questions tomorrow, Day 9 of Relative Race.

Get some rest.

Good luck.

Tomorrow is a very important day.

Good night, everybody.

See you soon.

We love you guys!

Dan: Day 8's results are official.

Once again taking first place, Team Black came in 32 minutes over their allotted time.

Here's your Day 10 benefit.

Oh.

Ooh!

After the Skype call, our relative hands us this white flag with a black X on it.

And she tells us that this is our Day 10 benefit.

X marks the spot?

Can you tell us anything about this?

Nothing.

Jerica: We do not know what will happen tomorrow.

It'll be a new day.

We're gonna do our best, and we'll just have to see.

Dan: Taking second and securing their position on Day 10, Team Red came in 50 minutes over their allotted time.

We're definitely going to Day 10.

Shay: Good job, guys.

Yes, we are.

What the pickle.

I'm astounded right now.

We both know that we're going to Day 10, because we knew yesterday that we only needed to be safe for one day to get to Day 10.

We just needed one day.

Yes we needed-- we needed one more.

Dan: And finishing in third, Team Green picks up their second strike.

They were one hour and one minute over their allotted time.

Ah!

Second strike.

Paris: Not the results we were hoping for, so that puts a lot more pressure on us, you know, moving forward.

So, I mean, that's the bottom line.

The bottom line is that, I mean, we have to work twice as hard tomorrow.

Today we're feeling extra dreadful, because we just found out that we're going all the way to Day 10!

We made it to Day 10.

[screams] What is life?

We're so excited.

Slow and steady wins the race.

We're the tortoises.

First place again.

And we chose a Day 10 benefit.

Yeah.

Because we think we're gonna make it.

We hope we just get a good night's rest and just do our best tomorrow.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's our last chance to make it to Day 10 and that's all we can do is our best.

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