Dan: Previously on Relative Race, Team Green took first place with their photo.

- Ah!

Dan: And Team Red's immunity prize pushed Team Black into fourth place.

You have now picked up your second strike on Relative Race.

Both Scott and Jaime met younger brothers.

Scott: I have absolute unconditional love for my brother.

Dan: Shawn connected with his father, Steve Sunter.

Shawn: What I have experienced on this trip is that I'm not in this alone and that I'm wanted.

Dan: And Jamie reunited with his father, Billy Jack.

Jamie: For the first time in my life, seein' him and actually talkin' to him outside of a hospital room.

I'm speechless.

For the first time.

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

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing... Hannah: Oh my gosh!

Dan: ...to win $50,000... Alex: Fingers crossed.

Dan: ...and to find their family.

[knocking] Singer: ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Jamie: This journey has meant the world to me.

I have been able to find out about my family.

Mark: You got two brothers, that, you're gonna love 'em.

Jamie: I have brothers, I have my dad, I have another mom.

Life has changed.

- My grandma.

Leticia: I can't take it anymore.

Jaime: It's been an incredible journey.

Look at you with this outfit, turn around!

You got your hair!

[laughs] Aw.

Alex: [sobs softly] Knowing that there are people out there that were looking for me is life-changing.

Oh, wow.

♪ - [laughs] - Okay.

Curtis: There's nothing like that.

Scott: It's been amazing to meet all of the, my new family.

- I'm your big sister.

- Hi.

And to learn so much about everybody.

Steve: I'm 5'3 1/2", so... - Me too.

[laughs] Steve: So we're the same height.

That's, that's good.

- This whole thing has just been such a blessing.

It's, it's just, it's miraculous.

♪ Dan: It's Day 9, and all four teams have two strikes going into the final day of racing and discovering family.

The stakes couldn't be higher.

Shawn: We've come too far to go home now.

- We wanna make sure that everybody knows we're here to win this thang.

Dan: Whoever finishes in last place today will head back home with newfound family but will not have a chance to compete for the grand prize of $50,000.

- We've gotta bring it hard, and, we gotta go all the way.

- Wish them all the best, but also, maybe a little bit of traffic, some weather, you know?

Alex: Yep.

Dan: In Daleville, Indiana, Jamie and Jansen are spending time with Jamie's father, Billy Jack.

Jamie: My dad wanted to show us somethin', so he asked us to come outside.

Billy Jack: I rode that bike a million miles.

Cindy: Yep.

Jamie: Maybe.

Billy Jack: Yeah, that speedometer ain't right, 'cause it don't work.

Jamie: [laughs] I like it.

Billy Jack: It's a '91 Ultra Classic.

Jamie: This is a nice bike.

Even after 30 years, it's still in immaculate condition.

Billy Jack: I was hoping, maybe, that we could, uh, work on this together.

Jansen: Oh yeah, I'd be down with that.

Cindy: [laughs] - My dad wants us to help him get the bike back up and on the road again.

I think that's pretty awesome.

Jansen: That's a gorgeous bike.

Jamie: Absolutely.

Billy Jack: Well... boys, I'm gonna gift this to ya.

You and your dad.

Jamie: We appreciate it.

- I love you.

Jamie: Love ya, too.

Jansen: Thank you, it's a beautiful bike.

I mean, I'm speechless, though, really.

Jamie: That's the first time on this whole trip you've been speechless.

I'm just, I'm in shock.

That's amazing.

Jamie: If you're a Foshee, you gotta ride a bike.

Jamie: [laughs] That's exactly right.

- I would never have expected to be given somethin' like that.

- He didn't have to do that.

Billy Jack: This is to make sure you come back.

Jamie: [laughs] Jansen: Oh, we comin' back.

Jamie: We'll be back.

Yeah, there ain't no doubt we're comin' back.

Billy Jack: Well, I want y'all to have it.

Jansen: I don't think I've teared up much on this whole trip, but this makes me wanna tear up.

Jamie: [laughs] What he did this mornin' is... above and beyond.

I can get used to this again.

Billy Jack: Well, enjoy.

Jamie: Oh, we... Cindy: Yep.

Jansen: Oh, we will.

Jamie: Definitely will.

He's welcomed us in, and he's let us know how hey, I wanna be a part of your lives.

Dan: In St. Louis, Missouri, Shawn's biological father, Steve, has a gift for him.

Steve: Hello, Shawn.

How ya doin'?

Shawn: Hey, hey.

Steve: There is somethin' I wanted to give you that's a token of my appreciation.

Shawn: Oh, really?

Steve: To meet you.

Shawn: [laughs] A jersey?

[laughs] I've never had a jersey before.

Steve: That's always been my favorite team.

Shawn: Yeah?

- NFL.

Shawn: [laughs] The Dolphins.

It's my new favorite team.

- [laughs] - Getting this jersey just means so much to me, and I cannot wait to spend more time with him.

Steve: Thank you.

Shawn: [laughs] Steve: [laughs] Dan: In Desloge, Missouri, Scott and Hannah are learning more about Scott's brother, Sam.

- Thanks for having us out.

This has just been... Getting to know you and just learning more about what all we share as far as interests and so many things that, uh, are similar between us, it's just, wow.

Wow.

Sam wanted to share some of the things that he enjoys around cosplay, and I very much enjoy that, too, and-- - I do cosplay for Tom Clancy's the Division 1 and Division 2 video games.

This is, uh, some ear pro that I have that I use quite regularly.

These were some that I use quite a lot, and it just really helps with the aesthetic.

- Getting to meet Sam, learning about all of his interests and hobbies, has just been amazing, and, we're gonna spend a lot of time just running around to some of the conventions and just having a good time.

♪ Dan: In Kings Point, New York, Jaime and Alex are saying goodbye to Jaime's younger brother, Anthony.

Jaime: You know what's the hardest part, man, is, like, I get to see my family for, that I've never, you know, you, I've never met before.

Anthony: Mmm.

Jaime: But leaving this door today is one of the toughest things that I'll do, and I know I'll see you in, like, four days, five days, you know what I'm sayin'?

Like, once I'm off Relative Race, and once it's over, it's over, and we get to start our life as a family.

W-we get to be like brothers for real, you know what I'm sayin'?

- Make up for lost time.

Jaime: It's been a really long journey, and I'm excited to get home and spend some time with family, but, we have a race to win, and we're not planning on slowing down now.

[intense music and clock ticking] - I thought you might like that.

Jamie: [laughingly] Yeah, I mean, I'd, I'd say so.

[phone pings] Jansen: Ope, I got a text.

Jamie: Oh boy.

Cindy: Uh oh, here we go.

Jansen: Oh, here goes Dan.

Jamie: Know what this means.

Jaime: "Good morning, teams, "and welcome to Day 9 of Relative Race.

Team Red will be traveling to Great Neck, New York."

- "Team Blue will be traveling to Sedalia, Missouri."

- Yeah.

Jansen: "Team Black will be traveling to Logansport, Indiana."

- "And Team Green will be traveling to St. Clair, Missouri."

Scott: St. Clair, Missouri, okay.

Curtis: "Today's photo subject is land and sky."

- "The first-place prize you are competing for "is annual national park passes "for you and the relatives you meet today.

Your time starts now."

I gotta go, G. Alex: All right, do or die.

Anthony: All right.

Scott: We gotta go.

Samuel: Let's go.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Scott: Oh, oh, oh!

Curtis: It was great meeting you, Steve.

Shawn: Dad, I, I have to run.

I have to run.

Alex: Good meeting you.

Jamie: We're outta here.

Jansen: Nah, we'll be back in a couple days, though.

Jamie: We'll be, we ain't gonna be gone long.

Cindy: All right, okay.

All right, we love you guys.

- Drive safe, guys.

♪ Shawn: Bye, Dad!

Jamie: See y'all!

Cindy: Bye, guys, love ya!

Jansen: Love ya!

♪ Dan: Today's photo challenge is land and sky.

The teams will have up to 30 minutes off the clock to take their photo.

Hannah: Hey, Dad?

Scott: Yeah?

Hannah: Actually, our subject is land and sky.

Scott: Yeah.

Hannah: Do you wanna just stay here and do our photo?

Scott: I mean, we don't get more land and sky than here.

Hannah: Okay, and then Sam, you can come with us, even.

Samuel: Let's do it.

Hannah: Okay, let's do that.

Scott: C'mon, let's go.

To the photo challenge!

Hannah: We took a few photos around the house, and it all started to kinda look the same, so we found some sunflowers in, like, a pail by this, like, old truck, and we put the bucket of flowers next to the water spigot so you could see the, like, barbed wire fence behind it, and you can see the sky and the land.

I like it.

I like the sunflower.

I think it kinda breaks up all the green and blue you see.

Samuel: Yeah.

Hannah: I think it just made for a really pretty photo.

That one's pretty.

Samuel: That one looks good.

Hannah: It's the one we want?

Samuel: Yes, that's it.

Hannah: All right, it is sent.

Samuel: Perfect.

♪ Alex: Do it, go, figure it out!

Move it or lose it!

Jaime: Where are you going?

Alex: What are you doin'?

Dan: Stuck in New York traffic, Team Red, Jaime and Alex, are leaving Kings Point, New York, and heading to Great Neck, New York.

They have an allotted time of 1 hour and 9 minutes to arrive, finish their challenge, and find their family.

Shawn: We are looking to get to, looks like I-64 'till we get to I-70.

Curtis: I-64 what?

Shawn: Uh, west.

Curtis: Thanks.

Dan: Quick to navigate to the highway, Team Blue, Shawn and Curtis, are leaving St. Louis, Missouri, and navigating to Sedalia, Missouri.

They have an allotted time today of 2 hours and 58 minutes.

Jansen: Is this 24?

Jamie: I don't know!

Jansen: Downtown-- Jamie: There's no sign!

This is ridiculous!

See what the sign up here says and-- - You're gonna have to calm down.

Dan: Feeling the pressure of Day 9, Team Black, Jamie and Jansen, are leaving Daleville, Indiana, and making their way to Logansport, Indiana.

They have an allotted time of 1 hour and 29 minutes.

Jamie: There's no SIGNS!

Go, just go.

You've gotta drive the speed limit-- - I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!

- You've gotta find somewhere where I can talk to somebody that knows what-- Go to that gas station.

- Good grief, we're gonna lose today.

- Yeah, we've lost.

Scott: We are, we're goin' the right way, goin' the right way.

Hannah: Good, good, good, good.

See, good.

Scott: Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.

Hannah: Good, good, confidence, confidence.

Do not second guess yourself.

Confidence.

Dan: Embracing the pressure and feeling confident, Team Green, Scott and Hannah, are leaving Desloge, Missouri, and heading to St. Clair, Missouri.

They have an allotted time of 1 hour and 19 minutes.

Scott: Like, agh.

Hannah: No second guessing.

We are doing fantastic.

Scott: Doing great, we're doin' great.

Jansen: Why can't you just roll the window down?

Jamie: Can you tell me how to get to Logansport?

Just go out of the parking lot, right here?

And that'll take us right to it?

Man 1: Yeah.

Jamie: A'ight.

We're on the right spot.

Jansen: So we were goin' the right way the whole time.

Jamie: Yep.

You gotta go right down that road.

Jansen: Jeez.

From one thing I've noticed with my dad and pressure?

They don't go so well.

♪ Well, we're driving' on the road, and we see a bunch of American flags just flyin' everywhere, and we realize that it's a cemetery with, uh, some really pretty land around it, and we decide to pull over and see if we can catch some good shots.

Jamie: All right, let's get it where we get a bunch of these flags in there.

Like, keep the house out of the background.

Jansen: I don't know, I feel like we're just wastin' time.

Jamie: Let's go over here and look.

We noticed this row of flags at the end of the cemetery, and we thought, everybody else has won a challenge... - Off of a picture of a memorial.

- ...off of a memorial!

It's our turn.

It's land and sky.

Jansen: I believe it fits the topic great.

Jamie: This is it?

Jansen: You wanna go with it?

Jamie: I think so.

Jansen: All right, we'll go with it.

Jamie: All right, you ready?

Jansen: Yep.

Jamie: Send.

Jansen: Sent.

[camera shutter snaps] ♪ Alex: Great Neck, here we are.

[phone pings] Jamie: Oh!

Message from Dan.

Jaime: "Welcome to Great Neck.

Your challenge is located at Village Green Park at 5 Beach Road."

Shawn: "Your challenge is located at Hubner Park."

Jamie: "...Houston Park at 1721 Smith Street."

Hannah: We're goin' to St. Clair City Hall.

Jamie: Houston Park.

There's a sign that says Houston Park.

Man, this must be a big park.

Jansen: Yeah, it looks like a forest.

Jamie: Yeah.

Shawn: No, there it is, right there.

Curtis: Yep, got it.

Shawn: Aw, man.

- Whew.

Jaime: Go, go, go.

- Let's go.

♪ Scott: What we got, what we got?

Jansen: Welcome to Cube It Up.

Dan: Day 9's challenge is Cube It Up.

Contestants must stack four oversized cubes in a way so that all sides of the cubes do not have a repeating color.

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

[tweet] ♪ Jamie: I got it.

Hannah: I can't see above the cube.

It was hard to get my arms wrapped around it, so I couldn't carry it very well.

Scott: Yep, yep, yep.

Hannah: I'll just go get another one.

Shawn: This one... Curtis: It looks... simple.

Jamie: Go.

Jansen: All right, oh, this is blue.

Jamie: Turn it!

Jansen: It looks like a Rubik's cube, so we're gonna assemble it like a Rubik's cube.

- Only problem is, they don't want it to match.

They want it to not match.

Alex: All right.

Curtis: Okay, we're in.

Shawn: 'Kay, we got, what, blue, red, green, and black?

Curtis: Yep, yep.

Shawn: The boxes weren't that heavy, but they were very awkward.

♪ - [grunts] Scott: As Hannah was bringing the other cubes, I'd orient that cube to where all four colors were showing on each of the four sides.

I feel very confident about this challenge.

Hannah: Come...

Okay, blue, red, green, you're good.

Curtis: Okay.

Shawn: Nope.

Curtis: Nope.

Shawn: Hmm.

I think we first, uh, started to realize this was gonna be harder than we thought right about the, the third block that we stacked.

Curtis: Okay, this is a little bit more... Shawn: Yep.

Curtis: What it-- Yep, that's not workin'.

Jamie: What color is this?

Jansen: That's green.

Jamie: I can't see... Is there two reds on the top?

Jansen: You have eyes, Dad.

Jamie: All right.

Get that off.

Alex: Two greens.

Three greens!

Ugh, a lotta greens.

The hardest part of this challenge was when we'd get a cube set up and only to find out that there was a repeating color on one side.

Jaime: Pull that one, flip it.

Let's, let's-- Alex: Let's pull this one down.

Scott: As the tower's getting taller, it does get to be more difficult to place the last cube up on top.

♪ Hannah: You almost dropped the box on my head.

Alex: Let's flip these two cubes here.

Pull that one down.

Shawn: And that sides good.

Curtis: We good?!

Shawn: No.

Curtis: Oh.

Jamie: Now do it again.

Jansen: No, I got black over here when you do that!

Jamie: What?

Jansen: Yeah!

Alex: All right.

Put that one there.

Hannah: Flip it back to the black.

Uh... No, stop, stop, stop!

Turn back this way!

This way!

When we get the last cube on top, me and Dad both look around to make sure that all the colors are where they're supposed to be.

Scott: I got blue on this side.

- Black here.

We're good, we're done!

Scott: We're done!

[ding, ding, ding] Hannah: And they were at the very first try.

Scott: Red, blue, green, black.

Hannah: Yeah, we're done.

Scott: Yeah, we got it!

Hannah: We're good!

Scott: Let's go!

Hannah: Okay!

We did a really good job, and we did it in great time, I think.

"Your relative lives at 1600 Oak Knoll Drive, St. Clair, Missouri."

Great, let's go!

Curtis: What about now?

Shawn: Uh, I got a blue up there, blue down there, two blacks touching, two reds touching.

We decided to unstack 'em, uh, and I, I know I felt frustrated in the moment.

Curtis: Very frustrated.

Jamie: I would have a blue on this side-- Jansen: I hate this challenge.

Jamie: Hey, look, blue on this side.

Jansen: I can't see all the sides!

It's like playin' Rubik's cube, but you don't know where all the colors are.

Jamie: I have blue here.

Are you good?

Jansen: I've got blue here!

Dad, it was fine the first time!

Jamie: Oh my gosh.

Alex: That's black.

Curtis: There's something we're not thinkin' about.

Jamie: We get the cubes down on the ground, we have 'em spread out, we get 'em ready to go before we put 'em back on top of each other.

Jamie: This is it!

Get it up there!

Jaime: One, two, three, four.

[ding, ding, ding] Alex: All right, we're done, we're done!

Let's go get a card, come on!

Jamie: Let's get it up there, get it up there!

[ding, ding, ding] Done, done!

Shawn: It was on the last block.

Imagine what it would look like if we had flipped it 90 degrees, lifted it up, and that was our last block.

Time.

[ding, ding, ding] Curtis: Aw, yeah, great.

I'm so... Let's go.

Jaime: Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

We're goin' home, baby, let's go.

Alex: Let's go.

- So after we complete the challenge, we get our relative's address, and we are heading back to Brooklyn.

Jansen: "Your relative lives at 301..." Both: "...West Logan Street, Markle, Indiana."

Jamie: Let's go!

- "Your relative lives at 111 West Cooper Street, Sedalia, Missouri."

Shawn: All right.

Curtis: All right, let's go.

Hannah: I don't even know where to begin.

- I think we go this way for now because... Hannah: We don't have a choice.

[chuckles] Eh, what do you mean we'll just ride it?

We, like, this is the only way to go.

Jamie: I think we can make up any time that we lost just to stop.

We did, we didn't go out of all, off the route this mornin'.

- I know exactly where I'm goin' though.

Jamie: That's what I'm sayin'.

This is the deciding factor, right here.

Curtis: There's a lotta scenery around here, it's a beautiful park, so, I think we're gonna take advantage of this for our photo challenge.

I don't know if...

I don't like that pole in the way.

Alex: On the way to Brooklyn, we stopped to do our photo for the photo contest.

Jaime: Yeah, that, that's it, right there.

Alex: Jaime here found a hollowed out log, and it turned out to be a pretty righteous way to take a photo.

Look at that!

Jaime: I like that.

That's beautiful, with a little sunburst.

Shawn: We decided we wanted to take a lotta different pictures and really try to use all the things that we've learned from the other photo challenges.

Curtis: Okay, let's see what we got.

- Somethin' like that?

- Yeah.

Let's say that one.

Shawn: Okay.

It's always comes out to the photos.

Curtis: Yeah.

Jaime: That's a beautiful picture.

Alex: Yeah, I think so.

Jaime: Send it to Dan.

Alex: It's off.

♪ Scott: In someone's driveway.

Yep, this is not the right location, the right direction.

Somehow, we end up on this private driveway, and I really hope this doesn't cost us.

Jaime: You ready?

So we're goin' west on the Belt Parkway.

Alex: Oh it's, oh, no!

- Um, hold on.

Alex: All of a sudden, it's just a sea of red brake lights, so we had to make a decision right then and there, are we gonna stay on or get off?

Jaime: Get off at 6.

- You sure?

Jaime: Agh, no, get off.

Get off, get off, get off.

Go, go, go, go.

Go, go, go.

Alex: We just decided to take surface streets.

Curtis: Okay, let's see if one of these people knows.

Shawn: We're lost, do you know where Westwood Avenue is?

Shawn: All right, thank you.

Hannah: Mary's Lane.

- Yep.

- Left or right?

- I think we go right.

Hannah: Okay.

Scott: I really do.

I just, for whatever reason, I'm just, I'm thinkin' it's a right.

Hannah: That's, that's what you're thinkin'.

Alex: Lafayette, right here.

- Perfect, all right, uh... - Which way?

Jaime: Make a left, there's only one way.

Alex: It's, oh, but it's, no, I only can go, I can only go right.

Jaime: Only go one way, all right.

So we found the street, but we're on a one-waroad, and we're goin' the wrong way.

Jamie: I remember seein' Logan Street.

- I do, too, but it was to the right of the gas station, not the left.

Jamie: No, it wasn't, it was to the left.

It was on this road.

Stay on this road, do not turn.

♪ Jaime: But that was Lafayette there!

Alex: Ugh!

Jaime: You had to just make the right.

- But dude, I mean, you're not payin' attention.

Jaime: But I thought you knew to make the next right, brah, come on.

- It said Lewis!

- Yeah, but that's okay, 'cause we're gonna hit Lafayette.

Lewis hits Lafayette.

Alex: It's not as simple a matter as just missing a turn because everything is one-way this way, and it's all the wrong one-way.

Scott: Excuse me, have you heard of an Oak Knoll Drive?

Nope?

All right.

Thanks a bunch, guys.

Scott: No one knows where this road is, and I'm really startin' to feel the pressure.

Jaime: Please make a right on green and listen to me.

- [sighs] Dude, all right.

Jaime: I know where I'm going-- I'm looking at the sign!

It says Van Buren!

Jaime: Then the next one is Lafayette then.

- Which, what are we doing?

- We're just going around the block.

I don't know how we missed that turn.

Make a left.

- I'm not trying to come this far just to lose.

Jaime: All right, well, make a left.

♪ Jamie: Go.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Let's find it.

This is Logan Street.

- This isn't Logan Street.

- This is Logan Street, right here.

- Oh, it is.

Jamie: You're lookin' for 3-- - 365, 325.

Jamie: It's right here!

Jansen: It's this one, yeah, this one.

Jamie: Right here, turn in.

♪ Jansen: Well, we're here.

Jamie: We're here.

♪ Hey.

Woman 1: Hi, guys.

Jansen: Hey.

Jamie: I'm Jamie Cowart.

- I'm Jansen Cowart.

- I'm Ashlee Garrison.

- And how are we related?

- I'm your niece and your first cousin.

Jamie: [laughs] [laughs] Jamie: And I know he's happy 'cause this is what he's been lookin' for is a first cousin.

Ashlee: Yep!

You got two more, but... [laughs] Jamie: Oh, I'm so glad.

I'm glad we finally get to meet you.

Ashlee: Gosh.

- So I take it you're Josh's daughter.. Ashlee: I'm Josh's.

Yep, I'm Josh's oldest.

Jansen: Okay.

- And he's got two boys, but, yeah.

So you, you technically have two more.

Jamie: I'm, I'm, I'm glad.

I'm eager to get to know more about you.

This is, um, first and only niece that I have on this side of the family, which is amazing, so we're gonna love her just like everybody else.

- You guys couldn't have, couldn't have been brought into a better family in my opinion, even though I know it's my family, but they are just truly, great people.

- That's what we like to hear.

Ashlee: Yeah, so... Jamie: And that, and that's-- Ashlee: I'm excited to-- Jamie: And that's what we're kinda feelin' from everybody because it's, it's like, it's like we're home.

Ashlee: Yup.

Jamie: And, like, we have just-- Ashlee: Good, that's, that's Foshee right there.

We love bringin' people in and makin' 'em feel home.

Jamie: Yes, exactly.

Ashlee: It's even better when-- [chuckles] We, you know, you already feel it.

We want them to be welcomed just like the rest of us.

We're all really tight and, um, close-knit and feel like we want them to feel that way as well.

It's just really special for us.

We actually have one more surprise for you.

Can we get in your car and go for a ride?

Jamie: Sure.

- Sure, yeah.

- Let's go.

I'm, I'm ready.

Ashlee: [laughs] Jaime: Then next right is Lafayette, make a right.

- All right, what's the number?

Jaime: Uh, 930.

This is the street we have to be on.

- I am a little worried that the wrong turn cost us some precious minutes, but, all in all, we're here, we made it this far; I'm proud of that.

- Stop.

It should be right here.

♪ [hopeful piano music] ♪ Jaime: Hello.

Woman 2: Hi!

- I'm Alex.

- Hi, Alex, good to meet you.

Jaime: I'm Jaime.

Woman 2: Hi, Jaime, good to meet you.

Well, I'm Julie, and I am your relative, Jaime.

Jaime: You're my cousin.

Julie: I'm your cousin, Julie.

- You're Justin's sister, yeah.

♪ Jaime: I've had a love for Julie and all of my cousins in my heart since the day that I was separated.

I've been waiting for the chance to reunite with them, and, uh, uh, hopefully rekindle that relationship with them for years.

You were on my list, you were on my list.

Julie: Was I?

- Yeah, you was, like, top of the list.

Julie: I feel special!

- Julie, Julius, Justin, top of the list.

Julie: Yes, you remember?

- Yeah, I remember us, like, having the greatest time, the greatest time, greatest childhood, yeah.

New York City childhood, for real.

Julie: Yes, right?

- Yeah, runnin' around, and stoop time, and yeah.

- I was super happy that, you know, we just fell back into being family.

Well, it may feel like you're meeting a stranger, but, like, for me, this is a reunion.

Jaime: No, for me as well.

Julie: Like, you have been ever-present even though you haven't been here, so... Jaime: Well, thank you for that.

Julie: I am so glad to see you.

Jaime: My cousin Julie.

Both: [laugh] Jaime: I've done enough crying today.

I just left Anthony.

I was crying so much when I left Anthony, it's crazy, yeah.

It was, it was heartbreaking, like, I, I didn't wanna leave the door.

You know, it's so hard to have to leave and go meet somebody else, but I'm glad I met you here.

Julie: Me too, I'm glad to see you.

Jaime: Back in Brooklyn, where it all started.

- Yep, mm-hm.

Jaime: Pretty close to where it all started.

Julie: Mm-hm, yep.

So, you wanna go inside and chat?

Jaime: Yes, ma'am.

- Let's go.

Jaime: Yep, follow you.

♪ Curtis: So is it getting smaller?

Shawn: Uh... 900, right there, right there on the office.

Curtis: Park up here on the side and see what happens.

♪ ♪ Shawn: You ready?

Curtis: Yeah, man, I'm ready.

♪ [chuckles] My name's Curtis.

- I'm Shawn.

Curtis: And this is Shawn.

Man 4: How you doin'?

Shawn: How's it goin'?

Curtis: [laughs] Cye: Huggin' my son for the first time was a like a dream come true, 'cause I've fantasized about it so many times.

And, um, it was everything that I thought.

♪ Curtis: Yeah?

I see the resemblance.

[laughs] - No question.

Oh.

No question.

Curtis: You look good.

Cye: Oh, man, I try.

Curtis: [laughs] That's what I'm sayin'.

[laughs] There was a comfort level that was just automatic because he knew that I was his son, and I knew that he was my dad, and there was no question about it.

LaJayda was tellin' me that you already, you know, you always got yourself together, so I'm like, okay, uh, I see we definitely have that in common.

But, you know, they had me in, in my, my blue outfit.

[laughs] But, uh, yeah.

I, I can't wait to learn more.

Cye: Yeah.

- Seriously.

Cye: I'll bet, come on in.

Curtis: For su-- Yeah, let's go.

I like them kicks.

[laughs] Wow.

I didn't think that somethin' like this was ever gon' happen.

I really didn't.

Cye: I didn't either.

Hannah: Turn right.

Scott: Oh no.

Hannah: Let's just go down here.

Scott: Gotta look for 1600.

Hannah: 1600 Oak Knoll.

Scott: 1600 Oak Knoll.

Hannah: Yeah, okay, this is it!

This is the right place!

Scott: Where, where!

1600!

Hannah: Yay, there we are!

Scott: There we are, yeah!

♪ ♪ Woman 3: Hi.

Scott: Hi.

Hannah: Hi.

- My name is Pat.

- Hi, Pat.

Pat: You'll probably know me as Ladybug.

- Hi, Ladybug.

- And I am your biological mother.

- I'm Scott, nice to meet you.

Pat: Hi, Scott.

Pat: It just felt really, really good to embrace somebody that I have wanted to embrace for a very long time.

- Let me introduce you to someone.

- Hi, I'm Hannah.

Scott: This is Hannah.

Pat: Hi, Hannah.

It's so nice to meet you.

Hannah: It's so nice to meet you.

Oh my goodness.

Scott: I've had such an amazing life.

- I'm so happy, I'm so glad to hear that.

Scott: I've got wonderful children.

Pat: How many?

- Two.

Pat: Two!

Scott: I've got Hannah and then Scott Junior.

Pat: Oh!

I'm a grandma!

I didn't know that.

Scott: Twice, twice over.

- Twice, I didn't know that.

I didn't know that.

- Wow.

I, it's been, like you said, 46 years since the last time we've seen each other, and... Pat: Yeah, yeah.

I saw you on, um, March 14 was the last I saw you.

Scott: Well.

- You know, so I know that you're 46 this year.

- I am 46 this year.

Pat: [laughs] I did the math.

Would you guys like to come in and sit down?

Scott: Hugging her was just another way to communicate my gratitude.

My unconditional love for her and her courage.

- Since the day that that happened.

Yeah.

Wondering what are you doin'?

You happy?

How's your life goin'?

Prayed for you.

Prayed for you a lotta times to make sure that you were happy and you were safe and that you were given a good life.

Something that I couldn't do at the time.

- And my mom and dad wanna thank you and they wanna see you.

- And I wanna thank them.

I wanna see them, I wanna meet them.

I wanna thank them.

Scott: They're from Frankclay and Potosi.

I've been up here in the country for Christmases and summers my entire life.

- You're kidding!

Scott: No.

Pat: Oh my gosh.

I guess that's why there was that s-- always that strong feeling, you know?

Um... Scott: That's why my connection to this area as well, too.

'Cause you've always been here.

♪ Pat: I've lived in a lotta turmoil over the last 46 years knowing that he was out there, somewhere.

The constant thoughts, how is he doing?

Those questions never had answers.

I got my answers today.

And knowing that he's been happy, was well taken care of... has completed my heart and has made my heart full.

Complete, happy.

♪ Dan: In Brooklyn, New York, Jaime is reconnecting with his cousin, Julie.

Julie: I have a lotta memories, like...

I, I always say, like, I feel like I'm the gatekeeper 'cause I'm, like, I'm the oldest.

- Uh-huh.

Julie: And I remember a lot of things.

Jaime: I sat down with my cousin, Julie, today, and, um... we done mem-- like, a trip down memory lane.

- I remember going to visit you guys a lot in the Bronx.

Like, for birthdays and stuff like that.

Do you remember us hangin' out in the park?

- I remember Roberto Clemente Park, I remember Crotona.

Julie was the one who was making sure that we were safe and got home safely, and I love her for that.

I, I'll always love her for that, and I always have.

- I'm glad you have that memory, 'cause I have it, too.

Jaime: I have very good, striking memories of us.

Like, that's why, um, I remember you took care of us.

Julie: Mm-hm.

Jaime: I remember you made sure that we were, like, not hurt and, and were well-fed and all the things that, you know, an older sibling does for her younger siblings, so...

I felt like you were my older sister more than you were my cousin.

Julie: Yeah, it did feel that, it did feel that way.

- When I was having my darkest times in the darkest moments throughout my life, uh, no matter where I was, the thought of those memories, you know, they got me through.

- So, I have a picture of you when you were a baby.

Alex: Do I get to see a baby photo of Jaime?

Julie: Yeah, a baby photo.

Alex: Oh boy!

- The youngest picture I've seen of myself is me at, like, five.

- So, this is you.

And that's Lillian.

That's you as a baby.

Alex: Oh, you haven't changed a bit.

Julie: Like, you look like a Gerber baby.

Jaime: Yeah.

Alex: Look at ya.

Jaime: Got Chimene's nose.

Julie: Mm-hm.

Alex: [laughs] Jaime: My daughter asked me for, for pictures of me.

She's four.

She goes, where's your baby pictures?

- Aw.

Well, now you have one.

And there's more where that came from, but that's the only one I have in my phone.

Jaime: Thank you so much for being here for me.

Julie: Of course.

- It's great to have family.

♪ Julie brings me out to the backyard, and she has a surprise for me.

Julie: I have a surprise for you.

Alex: No way!

Julie: Come on down!

All: Surprise!

Jaime: The family's here!

Anthony: Woo!

Jaime: And I come downstairs, and my entire family, everybody who I've met on this race, and lots of people who I even haven't.

Alex: And then some.

Jaime: 'Sup, bro?

Julius, you look so good, papí!

I met Julius.

[laughs] It's my cousin, Julius.

Is Justin's brother, bro.

Grandma Leticia was there.

- Grandma.

Jaime: Grandma, bendición.

Leticia: Dios te bendiga, mi amor.

Jaime: Chimene was there.

Mama.

Aw.

The entire family just celebrating me, and I'm hugging and, and, and loving on everybody.

Something that I'd never had before.

I felt celebrated.

It was absolutely beautiful.

We had a great time with my family.

Julie: Although we're all here for you, there's one more surprise.

♪ Alex: [gasps] Leticia: Hoo-ee!

[applause] - Come to Papi, oh, come to me!

[laughs] Woman 4: Hi.

[kissing] Jaime: I turned around, and there was Stephanie and Kaleo, and I got to hold my family on Day 9 of Relative Race.

Grandma Chimene.

Say hi to Grandma.

That's Daddy's mommy.

That's my mom!

Stephanie: For him to be able to meet his mother was immensely overwhelming, and to be able to meet his siblings that he's been waiting years to get to know, and for them to be so welcoming and open arms has been, has been absolutely amazing.

♪ [shutter snaps] ♪ Dan: Back in Indiana, Jamie's niece, Ashlee, has a surprise for them.

Jamie: We realize we're gettin' close to a direction that we're kinda familiar with, and we realize, as we get closer, that it's my brother, Josh's house.

Jansen: Oh my goodness.

Jamie: This is different!

Ashlee: [laughs] - Oh, good grief.

Ashlee: Aw, man.

Jamie: And as we pull up, we see this whole group of people outside.

Are you serious?

Jansen: That's crazy!

Woman 6: Back again!

Jamie: Our whole family from Indiana that's, that's standin' outside with one person standin' out front.

How you doin'?

Man 6: Good, I'm your brother, Joe.

Jamie: I'm Jamie!

You're my brother!

Joe: Yep, welcome to the family.

Jamie: All right!

Great to meet ya, man!

Joe: Great to meet ya, man.

- He was just so excited, and, just as much as I was to meet each other.

This is my-- Jansen: I'm Jansen.

Jamie: This is my boy.

Joe: I'm your uncle.

Jansen: That's awesome.

Nice to meet you.

It was a little overwhelming.

I'm just eager to get to know them.

Jamie: This is amazing.

Woman 6: Welcome to the family!

Jansen: We'll start huggin' everybody.

Woman 6: Yep.

Billy Jack: This is your great-grandma.

Woman 6: Well, you know me.

[laughs] Jansen: Yeah, I know you.

Woman 6: This is my daughter, Triss.

Jansen: Nice to meet you.

Jamie: There's my dad, there's my brother, there's my uncle, Kent, there's his wife, there's my grandma.

I mean, everybody, right there together.

I got to have a family reunion with family that I've only met in the last few days, and they were all sittin' here, ready and waiting and willing to welcome us in, and I'm just, I'm just overjoyed.

Kent: We got somethin' for you.

Jamie: Oh, really?

Kent: We'd like to, uh, give you this on behalf of the family.

Wear it proudly.

Everybody signed it.

Jansen: Awesome.

Jamie: Ah-ha, wait a minute, Hoosier?

Cindy: Daddy.

- [laughs] All: [laugh] Kent's wife: So you can all remember us.

Kent: And everybody signed 'em for you.

Jansen: Awesome.

Jamie: That's amazing.

That is amazing.

Kent: Welcome to the family.

- We are so happy to be here.

This is great.

I'm just, I'm just overwhelmed, overjoyed.

I can't, I can't explain what this means.

I mean, this is... Kent: Just know you're home.

Jamie: Oh, we, we feel it.

♪ Dan: In Sedalia, Missouri, Curtis is getting answers to questions that he has had his entire life.

Curtis: I never thought that this day would happen.

I can't wait to learn more about you.

I've had questions, and I've been trying to piece together this whole story.

- Me and your mother was high school sweethearts.

Curtis: Mm-hm.

- When she told me she was pregnant with you, with me, plans to get married, whole nine yards, you know?

So, uh, I went off to Everson, Il-- Everson, Illinois to live my, live with my brethren, to find a job.

And God, you know, sees the mover burden.

Curtis: He actually gave me some information, and enlightened me on some things that happened during that time.

- The mother and grandmother, they didn't, didn't care for me.

You know, for whatever reason, you know.

I think that was the beg-- that was the root to all the troubles, you know.

- Good or bad, um, I appreciate honesty in any form that it comes, and, you know, the information that he provided me, I-I appreciated that, and more than that, I respected it.

I'm happy.

Um, I'm more than happy that you, um, opened yourself up to providin' me some answers, meeting me, and, um, just being a part of this.

It's a bad thing not knowin' where you come from.

You know, I had my adopted family, and I had a good life.

- Yeah.

- I have you, and we're going to build on this.

- [indistinct] Both: [laugh] Curtis: We're gonna build on this, for sure.

Hey, man, I'm happy to meet you.

I'm happy to know who my father is.

Cye: I know, boy.

Curtis: Man, it's... My biggest hope and wish goin' forward with my dad is that, um, I learn more about him.

That, um, we grow our relationship.

It's 54 years later, but that doesn't matter because we're going to definitely do everything we can to try to make up for that.

♪ Dan: In St. Clair, Missouri, Scott and Hannah get the chance to connect with Scott's biological mother, Pat, also known as Ladybug.

Pat: I was 16 when this happened, so, um, I was a minor.

- Yeah.

Pat: Didn't have a voice.

I, I didn't have a say so on anything.

My mother had actually placed me, um, in a home for unwed mothers, and, um, stayed there until it was time, and then, after I had you, then went back to the home for, like, a two-week recoup period, and then I got to go home, but I had to stay there.

Yeah.

It was the times.

Scott: I know.

Pat: You know what I mean?

Scott: I'm sorry that you had to endure that.

I'm, I'm really sorry.

Thank you.

- It's not your fault, no, thank you.

- Thank you for the courage... - Well... Scott: ...you had, thank you for the courage that you had to, to do what you did.

[sighs] You didn't have to.

There was a lot of other options.

- That was my mom, you know?

And, um, my mom had to do what she felt was the right thing to do during those times.

- Yeah.

Pat: You know?

- Talking to her about some of the things that, unfortunately, she had to endure, and what she was willing to go through to give me the foundation that I have in my life and the family that I was, that I have been afforded.

It's just... it's inspiring.

My whole reason for this journey is I wanted to, I wanted to meet you, I wanted to hug you.

I wanted to thank you for the, the courage that you had, and, and the life that you have provided me, and the opportunities that you afforded me by allowing my mom and dad to adopt me.

It was just, I'm just so grateful.

- I'm... beyond words.

It just, um... my heart feels, um, happy.

Scott: Yeah.

- Complete, you know?

My little puzzle piece was... wanderin' around out there, and, my puzzle piece found me.

Scott: That's right.

It is great to have this weight off of my shoulders.

And...

I am glad that I'm able to pull this similar weight off of Ladybug's shoulders because I know she's been carrying it around, too.

- There was always a constant thought, you know, of what is he doing, is he happy?

You know, that, that was always a constant for me.

I'm gonna have a really, really good night's sleep finally, you know?

- After 46 years?

Pat: [laughs] Yes, yes.

Means the world to me that you wanted to do it, you wanted to meet me.

Scott: I did.

Pat: You know?

And, um... never, ever, ever think that dreams don't come true.

But they do.

- They do.

Pat: They do come true, you know?

That's why I always say ask, believe, receive, and I asked, I believed that today would happen, and it was received today, so... ♪ Dan: After nine days of racing to meet new family, the teams await the final results.

Hannah: I'm not worried about the drive.

Do I wish it had been a little bit shorter?

Yeah.

Jamie: I feel really confident about today, even though we didn't have a clue where we was goin', we was goin' in the right direction, anyway!

Dan: Who will be going to Day 10 to compete for $50,000?

Shawn: And we only gotta be in the top three.

- Yes.

Shawn: We got 75 percent chance, man.

Dan: And who will be headed home.

- Four teams, two strikes each.

Alex: Yep.

- One team goes home today.

[click] Dan: Four teams remain for this, Day 9 of Relative Race.

To remind our audience, this is an incredibly important day because all four of you have two strikes.

That means three of you will be headed on to Day 10, and one will be headed home.

Team Black, I wanna start with you today.

Jamie and Jansen, you always seem to be kind of calm, cool, and collected.

However, you also started the day with two strikes.

- A little anxiety, but, we was, we was right on point.

♪ - Team Green.

You had a really good day.

Until you headed off to find your relative.

What happened?

- We got turned around, but, uh, we, uh, then got spun back around and got here okay.

- No matter how you think you fared throughout the day, there's one thing that is guaranteed: that family is waiting for you.

And on this final day of discovering relatives, Team Black, who was waiting for you at the door?

- Today, Dan, I got to meet my niece, Ashlee, and... my other brother, Joe.

- Another brother!

Jamie: I got another brother.

I got two, now!

So, this is, this is amazing.

It's been a great day.

Dan: Wow.

What a good day for Team Black.

Team Red, who did you meet today, Jaime?

- Yeah, Dan, so, I, I get to my door in Brooklyn, and my older cousin, Julie, is, Julie is waiting for me.

Dan: Hello, Julie.

Julie: Hi!

Hello, everyone.

Jaime: You know, more than my older cousin, she was like an older sister to us, you know, growing up in New York City, and, uh, it was really, really amazing to sit down and share memories that we have together, and I come downstairs, and my entire family is here!

All: Epa!

Jaime: And not only that, but right there, that's my daughter and my wife.

They also came, so my entire family, my mother, my grandmother, all my, my, uh, my cousins, uh, my brother and my sister get to meet my, my family, and that was amazing today, Dan.

Jamie: Jaime met his cousin tonight, and the rest of his family showed up for a reunion.

What more could you ask for?

- I naturally wanna now turn my attention to Team Blue.

Curtis, who was on the other side of the door?

- Uh, today, I was able to meet my biological father, Cye Casey.

[laughs] - Wow!

[applause] Dan: I can see where you get your looks.

Congratulations, Curtis, couldn't be happier for you.

Curtis: Thank you, Dan.

- And now, we get to turn to Scott and Hannah.

Who was waiting for you on this final day of discovery?

- I'd like to introduce you to my biological mother, Pat, who we call Ladybug.

[soft applause] - That's beautiful.

- Forty-six years she's looked for me and has prayed for me and kept me in her thoughts, all of this time.

And we got a chance to talk and connect and to share the weight that both of us was carrying and remove that today off of both of us.

- It's liberating.

It's very liberating to, all those feelings and emotions that you carry with yourself for so many years, and it's good, good.

Leaves the heart very happy and very full.

Complete.

- It's certainly been a day of joy; a day of beautiful discoveries.

This is also the day that we find out who's headed to Day 10 and who's headed home.

♪ On this day, several of our teams were far under their allotted time.

As a reminder, all of our teams have two strikes.

Finishing in first place on this final day, seven minutes under their allotted time... [intense anticipatory music] Team Black.

- Yeah!

All right!

Jansen: Oh my gosh!

- Woo!

[laughs] Ashlee: I told you you were all right.

Jamie: Woo!

- Finishing only 60 seconds behind you, 1 minute... congratulations to Team Red.

Julie: Yeah!

Jaime: That's right, baby.

[soft applause] Dan: And so it comes down to Team Blue and Team Green.

One of you finished exactly on your allotted time.

The other one finished two minutes over their allotted time.

Finishing spot on with their allotted time and finishing in third place, Curtis and Shawn, Team Blue.

Team Green, you finished two minutes over your allotted time.

However, there's a photo contest, and the fans have voted.

Remember that whichever photo the fans voted for, that team will receive five minutes off their allotted time.

The subject for your photo today was land and sky.

Let me clearly state the importance of this photo today.

This may be the difference between a team moving on and a team going home.

The fans have voted.

The winning photo...

Team Blue.

The fans chose your photo.

That trellis opened up to the sky and seemed to open the hearts of the fans.

With your win, you do not overtake any other team, and so, our standings remain the same.

Team Green, you have earned your third strike.

You unfortunately will not be moving on to Day 10, but what family discoveries you made and how you enriched all of our lives, and you will forever be a part of our Relative Race family.

Hannah: Thank you.

Scott: Thank you.

Hannah: Thank you so much.

Scott: Thank you so much.

We've had nothing but just encouragement from everyone, from my parents encouraging me to do this, from our family, now, all the new relatives that we've been introduced to.

I mean, I know you guys are goin' to Day 10, but I think we're the real winners here, guys.

- Good race, guys, keep your heads high.

You ran a good race.

- We love you, Scott and Hannah.

- We do.

Scott: Love you guys.

- Team Black, you finished in first place, and with that, you and your family today will receive this, and this is a national park pass for you and your family to enjoy.

So, we'll be sending this to you very soon.

I'm sure Team Red, Team Black, and Team Blue would love to know where you're headed for Day 10.

You're leaving your cars behind, and you're headed to upstate New York, to one of the most beautiful lakes in the country.

get ready for Lake George to welcome you and unique challenges awaiting you, for tomorrow is Day 10.

Tomorrow, we will crown a new champion, and it's all waiting for you in beautiful Lake George, New York.

Think about that, and for all of you, what a race.

For three of you, one final day remains as Relative Race rolls on and gets ready for Day 10.

Good night, everybody.

Jamie: Good night, Dan.

Scott and Hannah, we love y'all.

Scott: Night, guys.

Love you all.

Jaime: See you guys, talk to you soon.

Shawn: Be safe.

Alex: All right!

All right.

Julie: Good job.

Jaime: Thank you.

- What is there to say?

- We're goin' to Day 10.

- We're goin' to Day 10!

- We're goin' to Day 10.

- Honestly, now, with the three teams going, we're all on an even playing field since Green Team actually had the advantage for Day 10.

Jamie: I just, I, I do.

I mean, more than anything, I feel for Scott and Hannah.

Hannah: It sucks, but... [sighs] - Yeah.

- I mean, what are you gonna do.

- Mmm.

Hannah: We came on here, and we did exactly what we wanted to do, which was meet our relatives.

You know, it wasn't 50,000k race, it was, you know... Scott: Relative Race.

- It was Relative Race, that's what we cared about.

Scott: At the end of the day, this is what I was here for.

- [laughs] Thank you.

♪ Jansen: It all led up to this point, gettin' to see Billy Jack, and him makin' it out of the hospital and bein' at the house when we got there.

Uh, an amazing experience.

Jamie: I really can't explain what, what this all has meant to me.

I'm so thankful that my dad gave me the opportunity and accepted the, the invitation to be on Relative Race.

I truly believe that everything was set up.

God had a plan, and, His plan was carried out perfectly.

♪ ♪ [inhales sharply] [sighs] There's a part of me that was relieved that he was no longer in the pain that he was in, but... [sniffs] [sighs] The other part of me was... [sniffs] I just lost my dad that I'd only just met, and, uh, it was just, like... like he just ripped my heart out.

Billy Jack: Jamie.

[kiss] Jamie: [sniffs] [sniffles] [sobs softly] ♪ Jansen: Well, I just lost my grandfather that I'd just met.

There was so much more to talk about with 'im that I didn't get to.

Jamie: God set this up for us.

He allowed him to spend a little extra time here on this earth so that we'd be able to spend time with him.

Jansen: Makes you not wanna lose any time that you can with your own family.

I-I don't want nothin' to ever happen between me and my dad to where we don't wanna talk to each other, 'cause all that time is valuable.

I know that Billy Jack is sittin' up in Heaven, and, every time I hop on that motorcycle, he's gonna be with me.

Jamie: Well, he may not get to get up on that ride, here, but he's, he's gonna be with us in spirit.

Luckily, we had a chance to make it to my dad's funeral.

It was a celebration of my dad's life.

They shot the guns to salute him, and, you know, he was a veteran.

It was a great culmination of his life that we all was able to share together and show p-- show everybody how we felt about him.

He had such a huge heart, and, uh, we didn't get to know him as long, but I'll tell you somethin'.

With the stories that I've been told, they're gonna, he's gonna live with us forever.

♪