♪ Dan: Previously on Relative Race... You finished 41 minutes over your allotted time.

As Team Red's second strike leveled the playing field, the best friends geared up.

- We're number one!

- Woo!

- Let's do this!

Dan: And grabbed another first-place win.

Team Green.

[screaming] [laughing] Liz met her final sibling of the Willis family.

Jennifer: She's real, and she's my sister.

It was beautiful.

Liz: I am so grateful to be a big part of that family.

- Hi!

Dan: The twins met their mom's sister, Bobbie.

- Look at you!

Dan: And received answers to questions they've had their entire lives.

Bobbie: She gave you guys to somebody who could properly take care of you.

Joseph: It blew me away because I didn't realize the kind of predicament that our mom was in.

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

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

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

- [scream] Dan: --to win $50,000-- - Yes!

Dan: --and to find their family.

[knocking noise] ♪ Devin: Look, this is it.

It's the last day, do or die.

We're either gonna win it now, or we're going home crying, and I'm not going home crying.

- We're feeling great after that first-place win, and our challenge benefit today hopefully leads us to another first-place win.

Dan: It's Day 9 of Relative Race, and for the first time ever, all four teams have two strikes.

Sean: It's Day 9, we've got nothing to lose, so we're going all out.

- When we started this race, we had one goal, and that was to visit and see every relative.

Dan: All of the teams will meet their final relative today, but one team will be going home while the others will move on to compete for $50,000.

Monika: It's really anybody's game, and it's a little nerve-wracking, but I'm really confident in our skills.

Every day we've been getting better and better.

- We're not going home.

Dan: Will the ongoing feud between Teams Green and Black come to an end, or will both teams be moving on?

We're about to find out.

♪ In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth and Devin aren't wasting any time getting ready this morning.

Liz: We woke up this morning, downtown Philly, we're saying goodbye or see you later to my sister, Jen.

Thank you so much, guys, for your hospitality.

It's been amazing to meet you.

Jennifer: Cami, go ahead and give her the first thing.

Liz: Oh!

Oh, that's really sweet!

So, one's for me, one's for you?

Jennifer: Yes.

For the big sister, you're the Big Dipper, and you found us, so.

Devin: Nice.

Liz: That is really cool.

Jennifer: The constellation.

Liz: I'm the Big Dipper now!

I'm kind of geeked about it 'cause all, like, the little sister stuff I wanted to do growing up now I get to have.

Aw, that was awesome.

That is so awesome.

Thank you.

- And then the other picture is... Liz: Oh.

Devin: Oh, wow.

- The official Willis family!

- Oh man!

This is awesome!

Oh, look at all of us together, babe!

Devin: That's really cool.

Liz: Ah!

Oh my gosh!

In this frame is Jennifer, my sister, Angelica, my brother, JJ, and me, and this truly completes the Willis family for me.

It's amazing to know I have even more siblings in my life.

Thank you.

- I'm glad you like it.

[kissing noise] ♪ Dan: In Nashville, Tennessee, Team Black is reflecting on the importance of family in their lives moving forward with Sean's cousin David.

- What happens if you get the W?

Any plans for the prize money?

- Since we're wanting to do adoption, it's a pretty long process, and it requires a decent amount of money to get started.

- Yes.

- After being on this show, adopting a child into our lives has now become more important than ever.

- And winning Day 10 means everything and could really make that happen for us.

- That's awesome.

- Wow, yeah.

That is such a great use for it.

Brittany: Absolutely.

David: Yeah.

Let's hope you guys can take it home.

Sean: Yeah, that's the plan.

Yep.

Team Black.

Kacey: You're representing; I love it!

David: Yep!

Brittany: Yes!

Sean: We got it, we got it.

[chuckling] ♪ Dan: In Cocoa, Florida, Team Blue is relieving some of the pressure of Day 9 with their Aunt Bobbie.

Anthony: This is the view.

Bobbie: Gotta take it all in.

It's beautiful.

Can you believe it's Day 9 already?

You made it this far.

Twins: Yeah.

- We've got one more day, and we've come so far already, we can't go home at this point.

- You ready to do this?

- Yeah, I think-- Bobbie: Gonna make it happen?

- Yeah.

[laughing] Bobbie: Excellent.

♪ Dan: And in Omaha, Nebraska, the best friends, Monika and Magen, are more focused than ever on making it to Day 10 and taking home the $50,000.

- The nightly ritual, and the morning ritual, is to plan and map, plan and map.

So, this morning, I've been working on this, and I've narrowed it down to about 10 or 12 cities.

Definitely wanted to sit down with Dave this morning, he's a native, and check my work.

And maybe you could help me look at it?

Dave: Yeah!

- Okay, cool, cool.

Dave: Yeah, of course.

Monika: We came on this show to meet every family member and take home the cash.

- And that's exactly what we're gonna do.

- We didn't work this hard to go home now.

- Punch our ticket, 'cause Team Black is gonna be there.

- It's elimination day, and it's not gonna be us.

[clock ticking] ♪ [phone notification sounding] Liz: I think we know who this is!

Joseph: Guess what?

Text.

Anthony: Oh.

- Good morning teams and welcome to Day 9 of Relative Race.

- Team Red will be traveling to West Chester, PA. Devin: Okay.

Joseph: Team Blue will be traveling to Clermont, Florida.

Kacey: Team Black will be traveling to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

- And Team Green will be traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska!

- Whoa!

Liz: Today's first place prize is two airline tickets to visit a relative of your choice.

- Wow.

Liz: Your time starts now.

- Your time starts now!

Okay, we gotta go!

Magen: Dave, we love you.

We're taking these tickets!

Sean: Oh, awesome!

Okay, love you!

[panicked goodbyes] Kacey: Bye, love you!

- Good luck!

Kacey: Oh my gosh!

Sean: Come on, let's go!

Joseph: All righty, we gotta go.

We're not even packed.

We thought we had a little bit of extra time, but nope, we gotta go, like, now.

Liz: Love you guys!

[kissing noise] Thank you for this.

This is beautiful!

Magen: Come on, let's go!

Monika: Good job!

Anthony: I'm almost ready, Joe, just go ahead.

Joseph: Okay.

Devin: Ready?

- Yep.

[paper rustling] Sean: Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Liz: Let's go.

Devin: I can't.

Somebody-- I think they-- Liz: Oh no!

Devin: --moved their cars last night.

I can't... ♪ Joseph: You ready?

Anthony: Yep, ready.

♪ - Are you-- Ugh!

- Wait, wait, wait, hold on, hold on a sec.

Hold on.

- Are you serious right now?

- We're gonna get it, we're gonna get it.

Hold on.

- Oh my.

We gotta go!

- We're in downtown Philadelphia, and somebody parked their car inches away from ours on our way out.

Liz: So, you're serious, like this is--?

Devin: We're wasting so much time!

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh!

Liz: You got it, you got it, you got it, you got it, you got it.

Devin: Phew!

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

♪ Dan: With a bit of a slow start, Team Red is departing from Philadelphia and heading to West Chester, Pennsylvania.

They have an allotted time, including the day's challenge, of 1 hour and 29 minutes.

[horn honking] - Getting out of downtown Philly, these streets are tiny!

[horn honking] Hey, babe, I got this!

Let me drive.

Magen: We don't even know what side of the road we're going to and it's right here, so.

- I'll figure it out.

Magen: Okay, but there's one off to the right is my point.

♪ Dan: Team Green is departing from Omaha, Nebraska, and they're headed to Lincoln.

They have an allotted time of 1 hour and 6 minutes.

- You're gonna go west.

Go west.

- I know!

But that's east, dude!

Magen: Okay, okay.

Sean: We need to just make it into Day 10, and then we'll really turn the fire on, so we're gonna rock the war paint again, we're gonna get this.

Kacey: Go Team Black!

Go Team Black!

Hoo-ha hoo-ha!

Roar!

[giggling] Sean: There's the on-ramp right there.

Today we're coming for all you.

- Every single one.

- We're getting that $50,000.

Dan: Feeling determined, Team Black is starting in Nashville and headed to Chattanooga.

They have an allotted time of 2 hours and 19 minutes.

- Here we go!

♪ Anthony: Yep.

- That would be.

Oh!

Dan: And excited for the opportunity to win airline tickets, Team Blue is leaving Cocoa, Florida, and making their way towards Clermont, Florida.

They have an allotted time of 1 hour and 36 minutes.

- My goal is for us to win today, Joe.

We have to.

Like, it's out of the cards.

Like, we have been losing and getting second and third place, but we need to get today, because we need those airline tickets more than any other teams.

♪ Dan: While all four teams will meet their final relative today, Team Blue, Joseph and Anthony, are reflecting on their journey thus far and wondering who is waiting for them.

- As Joe and I became adults, our relationship with our adoptive family went through some hard times, and Joe and I found ourselves sleeping on a park bench at one point.

That's when we decided to go live at the Union Gospel Mission in the Twin Cities.

Joseph: All of my life, there's been a space in my heart filled with questions.

Anthony: We've come a long way on this journey, and we have met amazing cousins and two of our mom's sisters.

We're really hoping that we meet our mom today.

It’s amazing, man.

When you have true hope... Joseph: Yeah.

- ...and you don't give up, you don't give in, and you just keep going, do good things, and good things will come your way.

- That’s right.

Anthony: Mm-hm.

♪ Dan: As all four teams approach their destination cities, tensions rise as they look for city signs.

Magen: You worry about your side, I worry about my side.

- Okay, okay.

Liz: Go straight, catch this light, baby.

Devin: The light just turned green.

Relax.

I need you to relax.

When you get hyper, that's when we start making bad decisions.

So, just take a deep breath.

Take a deep breath.

Thanks.

Magen: That way!

That way!

You've got to get over.

It's the BMW of Lincoln!

Joseph: Yeah, I see it.

Clermont, Florida, right there.

Sean: Here we go, Chattanooga Salon right there.

- Where?

Sean: Right there.

- Where?

Sean: Right there.

Liz: There's a-- - There's a sign that says West Chester right there!

Liz: Okay, you need to be able to park somewhere.

- Okay, that's fine.

So, we'll pull-- Liz: Pull-- Get in the right lane!

- Relax, relax.

Liz: Right.

Devin: You see it?

Liz: Right here.

Devin: Do you see it?

Liz: Yes, behind us.

Just stop!

- All right, cool.

All right, cool.

Anthony: One more.

We got one more!

- Okay.

Liz: Stop right here.

Right here, right here.

Just stay right here, baby.

I got it in sight.

Magen: Don't move it, okay?

Liz: Okay, hold it right here.

Kacey: And go!

[shutter snapping] - Let's go!

[phone notification sounding] [clock ticking] [Anthony grunting] Joseph: Thanks.

Anthony: Okay.

Liz: Come on, Dan.

Welcome to West Chester.

- Your challenge is located at-- - 2491 Babb Road.

- 1800 Polk Street.

Okay, come on.

Go, go, go!

Ah!

- Brandyvine Street.

Let's go!

- Old Cheney Road.

- Brandyvine, one word?

- Brandyvine, one word.

Devin: Got it.

Kacey: Hoo-ha, hoo-ha!

[clapping] [suspenseful music] Dan: With their selfies completed, the teams are about to dive into Day 9's challenge.

- Ready?

Dan: Day 9's challenge is Dodgy Divers.

Teams must transport fish from one side of an obstacle course to the other, while wearing flippers and goggles, of course.

If teams spill their fish or knock over an oar, they'll have to start over.

To complete this challenge, teams must drop three fish in the bowl on the far side of the course.

The allotted time for Dodgy Divers is 8 minutes.

♪ Kacey: All right.

Shoes off.

♪ Monika: As soon as we started our challenge, there's a card sitting on the table.

Congratulations on yesterday's win.

For your benefit, you may remove one oar from this course.

- Okay, which one do you want gone?

- The bottom one!

- The bottom second?

Okay.

The decision was pretty clear.

We were moving the second oar from the last stop, so we only had to clear under one oar and not step over it.

It felt great to chuck it to the side and know that other teams were going to have to clear it.

♪ Liz: I'm ready.

Bowl, bowl.

[water bubbling] Monika: Okay, hold on.

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

Big side steps.

- Yep.

Kacey: All right.

Here, I'll go up first?

Sean: Yep.

Go ahead.

Kacey: And up!

Sean: Okay.

Kacey: Oh, there's something short there.

The scuba flippers make this so much harder.

Anthony: Joe, grab here, and grab here.

We're thinking we're not going to be able to hold the wheel like the other teams, so if I can get my hands under the wheel, maybe Joe can have enough leverage and put his feet above the oar.

Okay.

You ready?

Push down.

- To be honest, I don't know if I can do this.

[Joseph groaning] Anthony: Good job.

Joseph: Okay.

Anthony: Good job.

Anthony: Takes a lot of strength on his part because he has a lot of spasticity with cerebral palsy.

Push on me.

Lean on me.

Joseph: Okay, hold on.

Anthony: You can touch it, you can touch it.

Don't worry.

Push on it, there you go.

Joseph: Okay.

Anthony: Okay, that's one.

Magen: I kind of like where we are right now, okay?

I want us to keep pushing through.

I'm not sure how much harder this obstacle would've been had we had to step over and duck at the same time.

All right, I'm gonna grab these blackout goggles.

We gotta carry this back, let's go.

Monika: Oh, okay.

Devin: Oh!

Liz: It's all right, we still have enough water.

We have enough-- We lost the fish.

Devin kind of bumped into the thing, and our fish fell out.

- Had to start over.

Kacey: All right.

Watch.

Okay, good.

- You got it?

[Devin grunting] Nice.

Nice.

Sean: Get the fishy.

Kacey: Got the fish.

Sean: 'Kay.

Okay.

You take the black goggles first.

- All right.

Liz: One.

Devin: Good job.

So just remember that for the second.

Anthony: Yep, don't worry about it touching.

Don't worry about it touching.

Just push it through.

Just push it through.

There you go.

Joseph: Okay.

Anthony: Good job, good job.

Good job!

Push it through, push it through.

[Joseph grunting] There you go.

'Kay?

Joseph: Okay.

Anthony: Put it down.

Joseph: There's one fish.

Anthony: Are you gonna do the blackout ones?

Joseph: Yeah.

- Finishing the first round was crazy, and now, one of us has to put on blackout goggles for round two.

♪ Magen: Just tell me what to do.

Monika: Okay, just take your right leg really far up and over.

Okay stop!

Magen: 'Kay.

Kacey: Two, three.

Up.

Sean: Okay, good, good, good.

Kacey: Good!

Sean: Stop, stop, stop.

Liz: Come over, over, over, over.

Good.

Side step.

Devin: Yep.

Liz: The hardest part is walking with the flippers and being blindfolded.

Magen: That's how we want to get low!

[yelp] I got it, I got it, I got it, okay?

Monika: Step back up.

Magen: I got it.

Anthony: Use me, Joe.

You got this.

Joseph: Come on!

[grunting] Anthony: A little bit more.

Good, good, good.

Good job, good job.

Liz: Good, you've got it.

Side step through.

You got it.

Devin: Side step through.

Liz: No, you don't need to step over, baby.

Devin: I don't need to step over?

Liz: No, no.

We're in the middle one, just duck only.

Devin: Oh, right, right, right.

LIz: Duck only.

Okay, stand up.

Sean: Back yourself up a little bit more.

Awesome.

Okay.

Kacey: I don't know how the heck I just did that.

Sean: Stop, stop, stop.

I think my instructions to Kacey went pretty good on round two, because we got through without any mistakes.

- Yep.

Other way.

Sean: Okay, okay, you're good.

Switch.

Kacey: Trade!

Magen: I'm following.

Monika: Okay, down.

Magen: We moved the fish over to the bowl, and it's her turn for the blackout goggles!

Devin: I can take these off now.

Switch?

Liz: Yes.

We gotta switch.

Devin: Okay.

As we're doing this challenge, it's really hard not to think about Joe on Team Blue.

[Joseph grunting] Liz: Yeah, and how difficult this must be for him with his disability.

Anthony: Fish number two!

Now I wear the blackout ones.

Joseph: Okay.

We get the second fish in the bowl, and I'm feeling we can actually do this, I just need to push through a little bit more.

♪ Devin: Three.

- Okay, let me know when we're ready.

Devin: All right, all right.

Anthony: I can see a little.

Joseph: Third fishy in.

Anthony: Okay.

Magen: You can't see, so you need to trust me.

Monika: Okay, ready?

Magen: Up and over.

Good girl.

Monika: Am I over it?

Magen: You're over.

Kacey: Um, take your left leg straight up over.

Good, good, you got it.

Okay.

Joseph: Keep walking, just a little further.

Okay, stop.

Lift up your leg.

Yep, perfect.

Beautiful.

Liz: Watch the bowl, baby?

Devin: I got the bowl.

Liz: It feels too high for me.

- I have the bowl.

Liz: Okay.

- Lift your leg over.

Liz: Why is it up so-- Can you drop the bowl?

Thank you.

- I can drop it, yeah.

Lift it up.

There you go.

'Kay, great.

All right.

Liz: [grunting] Devin: Whoa, whoa!

Devin: Nothing fell.

Liz: Drop the bowl!

It was too high for my arms!

Devin: Drop it lower, lower, lower-- Liz: Yes, lower your arms is what I'm saying.

Lower your arms.

Thank you.

Devin: Here.

You ready?

Liz: Lower your arms.

Devin: Ready?

Liz: Yeah.

Devin: We're good.

Okay.

Liz: Okay, thank you.

Liz: That was the problem.

Devin: No problem.

Liz: Okay.

Magen: Down.

And shuffle.

Anthony: Okay.

Joseph: Hold on, hold on.

Hold on, hold on.

Come ahead a little bit, come this way.

Okay.

Anthony: It's the part right here.

[water splattering] Did we spill it?

Joseph: Yeah.

Anthony: A lot?

Joseph: Yep.

We spilt the fishy.

Anthony: Ugh!

Really?

This is not happening right now.

So we have to go all the way back and start all over again.

Kacey: Yep, yep, yep.

Get down, get down, get down.

All right, lift!

And we're through.

Okay.

Monika: Do the fish!

Magen: I got the fish, I got the fish!

Joseph: Now lift your leg up.

Still stay ducked.

Anthony: Like this?

Joseph: Beautiful.

Yeah.

Beautiful.

Okay, lift up the next one.

Beautiful.

Anthony: Are we good on the water?

Joseph: Yeah, we're good.

Anthony: Okay!

Devin: You need to come a little bit closer.

Liz: Okay.

Devin: Right there.

Liz: Okay.

Devin: Pull your leg up.

You're high enough, yep.

Come over, that's right.

Now, duck, duck, duck, duck, leg over.

Great, perfect.

Magen: They were on the wrong side.

Monika: Put it in, put it in, put it in.

Magen: It's in, take it off, go!

Sean: Catch that little guy!

Kacey: Oh.

'Kay, there we go.

Sean: Okay?

[Kacey panting] Kacey: All right, we're done!

Sean: Okay!

Kacey: Go!

Woo!

Oh my gosh, how do you run in these things?

Ah!

Oh!

Your relatives live at-- - 2011 South 27th Street!

- Let's go!

Joseph: Okay.

Come over here.

Anthony: Where's the table?

We can't spill any, Joe.

Joseph: Okay.

Right here.

Liz: All right, get these fish out.

Get these fish out.

Devin: Got it, perfect.

♪ Joseph: We dropped the last fish in the bowl, and I'm like, "Yeah!"

Like, "We did it!"

And it was amazing.

- It was.

Liz: Okay, okay, okay.

- Your relative lives at-- - 6509 North 2nd Street.

Okay.

- 10919 Rushwood Way.

You ready?

Joseph: Yeah.

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

[Joseph grunting] Dan: With Day 9's challenge behind them, all four teams are now on their last leg of the race, finding their relative's address.

Monika: You got it?

Magen: Yeah, it wants you to turn right, you know, when we get up here, okay?

- Turn right?

Are you sure?

Magen: 100% sure.

- Okay, awesome.

- This is it.

We have to find our relative's address faster than anyone else.

Sean: Got a notebook?

Got a marker?

Kacey: We see cops on the side of a dirt road, and today is definitely our lucky day.

- See the flag, it's like straight.

- Oh, okay, cool.

Let's go.

We've been doing this for eight days.

We got this.

- We're on our way to our relative!

This is our last relative, and I'm so excited.

This could potentially be who we've been looking for our entire lives.

- You got it?

Kacey: Yeah, so we're gonna turn right out of here.

[grunt] Sean: Okay.

- So it’s gonna be on this side.

Magen: 1.42 and falling.

- Just keep giving me that update like you always do.

Kacey: And then we're gonna go over the river and we're probably have to ask someone after that 'cause it gets real dicey.

Sean: Great.

- Uh... Liz: Try to navigate this quickly.

- Yeah, yeah, I got you.

Kacey: [sighing] It's all right.

It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

Red lights are red lights.

It's fine.

Sean: Nothing we can do.

- Please don't take forever.

Liz: Are you serious?

Devin: Nah, bro.

We gotta go.

[horn honking] - I'll get out and let her know.

- Hey, we're in the middle of a race.

Liz: It's a competition show.

- Yeah, we shooting that thing right now.

Liz: We're being timed right now.

[sigh] ♪ - It's fine.

- Rushwood Way.

- I know, like.

I don't even... We're in the middle of a city.

What are you supposed to do?

[backup beeping] - I agree.

[Sean sighing] - It doesn't do anyone any good except raise your blood pressure.

Sean: Okay!

I get it.

I'm trying to be as calm as I can.

Constantly telling me to stop isn't helping.

Joseph: Turn there.

Ant, turn here!

Anthony: Okay.

Joseph: Okay.

And then go this way.

- Okay.

If we keep this up, we're definitely getting those plane tickets.

♪ Dan: All four teams continue to race with the anticipation of meeting their final relative and to secure their spot in Day 10 and a shot at $50,000.

Devin: It says, "No outlet."

We gotta make a left.

Liz: All right.

- Here is 2nd Street, right here.

- What is it?

- 2011.

Sean: These streets are, like, so ridiculous!

They're like crisscross and diagonal and one-- Ugh!

- 'Kay.

Joseph: 247.

- We're in the back of the house.

See the word woodcress.

Where do we go?

Liz: 6509.

Devin: 6-5-0-9.

We're on 63.

So 63.

Anthony: Where's it at?

Joseph: All right, it's up here.

Anthony: Okay, where's it at?

Joseph: It's back there.

Anthony: Okay.

Joseph: Oh, we were doing so good!

Why did we have to miss a turn?

Devin: Why am I slowing down?

- Because this is the block, and if it's 09-- 03, 06, we gotta be here.

- Where?

- Right here!

- Where?

Woo-wee!

Good job.

[family clapping and cheering] Liz: It felt like we were crossing a finish line coming to our final destination, which was awesome.

Devin: How you guys doin'?

Look at you guys all Team Red-ed out!

- We're ready for you guys!

Liz: I appreciate that!

- I'd like to introduce everyone.

My name is Leon.

- Leon.

Leon: This is my sister, Reneese-- Devin: Reneese.

Leon: And this is my wife, Carmen.

Devin: Nice to meet you, Carmen.

I'm Devin.

- And I'm Liz.

- This is my wife, Liz.

Leon: Nice to meet you.

Devin: So...

I'm thrown off.

Whose family are you?

- Take a guess!

- What do you think?

Liz: I'm guessing yours.

Reneese: Who do you look like?

Leon: Well, Devin, me and Reneese, we're your third cousins.

- Third cousins.

Leon: Third cousins.

- Wow!

How are we related?

Oh wow.

- On the mother's side.

- On the Dobson side.

- On the Dobson side.

Devin: For the majority of the race, we've been finding a lot of Elizabeth's biological family as well as my biological father's family.

This is the first time we've met somebody from my biological mother.

So what's your last name?

- My last name is McCallum, but my great-grandma's last name was Peoples.

Liz: Yes!

- Oh, Williams Peoples!

Nice.

Wow!

[family cheering] And you're from Philly?

- We're from Philly.

Devin: Wow, that's crazy!

It was an incredibly amazing experience for me to meet somebody from my biological mother's family, but specifically from my grandmother's side of the family.

My grandmother died when I was very young, and I did not know any of their relatives, so this is the first person that I've ever met from that part of the family tree.

♪ Magen: You need to go slow, you may have to spin around.

Does that make sense?

- 2023?

- Turn right where he is.

That street right there.

Again, literally, as we were driving up here, we, like, passed the house.

- There's Rushwood Way right there.

- Where?

- No, that's Woodcrest Way.

- I see 2011.

Monika: There it is!

I see it.

Magen: So you need to spin around, okay?

- Ah, this is a dead end.

Kacey: If you would just stop, please.

- Let's just find the right driveway.

No one's behind you, there is no pressure.

- We're not going past it.

Really slow.

- Okay.

I think that's this one.

I think we'll have you pull in right there.

♪ - Oh my gosh.

I hope this is the right house.

- I hope we can get out on that side.

Yeah!

- Oh Magen, Magen, where are you?

[giggling] Magen: I'm right here!

[knocking] Monika/Magen: Hi!

- Hi!

Monika: How are you?

I'm Monika.

- I'm Magen.

Woman 1: Hi!

- Whose relative are you?

- I'm Monika's relative!

Monika: Okay.

How are we related?

- I'm your aunt Shelleye.

I'm your mom's sister.

- My Aunt Shelleye!

- Aunt Shelleye!

Shelleye: Hi, sweetie.

- How are you?

Shelleye: I'm good!

How are you?

Monika: I'm good.

Magen: Hi!

Shelleye: I assume-- - I'm Monika's best friend.

I'm along for the ride!

- You're my mom's sister?

- I'm your mom's sister.

Monika: Okay, okay.

Give me another hug!

Thank you!

Thank you for doing this!

- My name is Shelleye Grochowsky, and I am Monika's aunt.

Magen: Oh, thank you so much.

- Oh, no, no.

My pleasure, absolutely!

Monika: Okay, awesome!

I’m so excited!

Shelleye: She is so kind, and you could just feel her energy.

She's just awesome.

She really is.

She's amazing.

Monika: It's been an amazing journey.

- Now I'm gonna do it!

[laughing] Monika: Listen, listen, listen.

I have done it almost every day.

Shelleye: I bet.

I bet, sweetie.

Monika: Every day, all day long, so if you do it, it's okay.

This is pretty cool to find out because I didn't even hear about an aunt Shelleye when I met my mom, Robin.

- Well, we'd love to hear more!

- Well, I have a whole bunch more.

- Okay, cool!

- Awesome!

- Well, come on in!

Monika: Okay, let's do it!

Magen: Sweet!

[Shelleye laughing] Anthony: Rushwood Way.

Sean: Ask her.

Maybe you turn right here.

- Um, excuse me, ma'am.

Oh, Dronogan!

Never mind!

We're on Dronogan!

We're on Dronogan.

'Kay, what is it?

- 240, 240.

240, 240.

Both: 243.

- What’s it say, just keep giving me an update.

- 42, 41.

Sean: Okay.

Kacey: 242.

Sean: 240, right there!

'Kay, we're good.

Awesome!

Okay.

Kacey: No cars, okay.

Hello!

How are you?

Woman 2: Good!

How are you doing?

- Good!

I'm Kacey, this is my husband, Sean.

Woman 2: Hi, Sean!

I'm Gayvin.

- I'm Jack.

It's a pleasure to meet you guys.

Kacey: Yeah!

Sean: It's a pleasure to meet you too!

Gayvin: Welcome!

Welcome to our home!

Sean: So how are we related?

- How do you think we're related?

Kacey: I honestly don't know.

[Sean laughing] Gayvin: Sean, we're related to you!

- Really?

Gayvin: Yeah, we're related to you.

- How so?

- We are cousins on your father's side.

- So cool!

Very cool!

Awesome!

- So, welcome!

Sean: Yeah!

That's awesome!

Very good.

Jack: Fist bump?

- Yes, absolutely!

Tonight, I met my cousin Gayvin.

She is my cousin on my father's side.

I honestly, after meeting my cousin, David yesterday, I didn't really think I was gonna get, you know, a second cousin.

I figured we would probably go back and find one more person to Kacey's, so this was yet again a really pleasant surprise and an awesome treat getting to find someone else connected to me from my father's side of the family.

- I'm a huge nerd.

I love to play Dungeons and Dragons.

Sean: Awesome!

- So... - I actually played that when I was younger!

Gayvin: You did?

What did you play?

- Cleric, mostly.

Actually.

Gayvin: Oh, nice!

We could use a cleric today, right?

[laughing] We're gonna get along great.

Sean: Yeah!

Okay, good stuff!

Gayvin: We might be further along on the tree, but we might be closer than we think.

- That's fine with me.

- I was completely surprised to find out that Sean and Kacey are so into the same exact things that we are, and I love it!

So, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Do you want a little restoration right now?

Kacey: Sure.

Sean: I would love that!

I would love that, yes.

Gayvin: Well, should we come on in and let you guys-- Sean: Absolutely, yes.

Gayvin: --join us, join us.

Come on inside!

Sean: Yes, awesome!

♪ Twins: Rushwood Way!

Anthony: Right here.

Joseph: Rushwood Way.

- Beautiful!

Joseph: Okay, it's 10919 Rushwood Way.

- 10938, 34, 23.

Here's 19.

- 19, right there.

- We got it.

♪ Anthony: Ready?

Joseph: Yep.

♪ ♪ Woman 3: Hello.

Anthony: Hello!

Hi.

- Hi!

- Hi.

Woman 3: Hi.

- My name is Joseph, and this is my brother, Anthony.

Woman 3: Hello boys.

You guys are lovely.

I'm your mother!

- Hi Mom!

Woman 3: Hi!

- Hi!

Hi Mom!

♪ Woman 3: It is!

Oh, I love you so much!

Happy to see you guys!

Ruth: Seeing my sons' faces for the first time, it was a wonderful moment.

I love them.

I'm glad to feel my sons, you know?

'Cause I lost them, and now I've got 'em.

I'm all shaky and jittery, I don't know what to do.

Look at you guys!

You guys are beautiful!

Joseph: You are too!

Anthony: You are too, Mom.

[laughing] Joseph: That mystery that I always wondered about finally came to fruition, and there she was, our mom, our birth mother.

It's just something you can't really put to words, you just know.

Anthony: I have so many questions for you.

Wow.

- I'll try to answer them the best my memory will let me.

Anthony: Yeah, my memory's kinda bad too, so.

[Ruth laughing] Ruth: I think it goes around.

Anthony: You're so pretty!

- Thank you!

You guys are so handsome.

- Yeah, thank you.

- I can't believe you guys are standing right here in front of me.

I never thought I'd ever see you guys again.

Joseph: Yeah.

Ruth: You know.

That hurt.

And now, you're here, and it's amazing, and I love you, and you guys are-- look amazing!

I don't know what else to say.

Anthony: We have always wondered where you were.

- Yeah.

Anthony: We never stopped thinking about you.

- When did you know you were adopted?

- We were...

Both: 11.

Ruth: When she told you?

- Yeah, we found out.

Ruth: Wow.

Since you were 11, huh?

Anthony: Yeah.

- That's a long time.

Anthony: Yeah.

A long time.

- Now we got the rest of time.

Anthony: Yes.

- We do.

Ruth: Yep.

Joseph: We've been waiting our whole lives for this moment, and honestly, it feels kinda surreal.

I am grateful, I'm happy.

I never thought in a million years that we would ever get an opportunity to actually meet our mom.

It was just a dream come true for me.

♪ Dan: In Lincoln, Nebraska, Team Green is learning more about Monika's aunt, Shelleye.

- I'm just so glad you're here.

Monika: Me too.

Shelleye: I'm truly glad you're here.

- Me too.

Shelleye: Your story has 32 years involved, and mine has 62 years involved.

Monika: My Aunt Shelleye tells me that she's been looking for my side of the family, the Draheim side, her entire life.

So you didn't know, like, anything about that side until my DNA put it together?

- I hadn't met any of them.

I knew that I had sisters, but I didn't know-- I've tried to find them, and I couldn't find them 'cause the last names weren't the same.

- Right.

Shelleye: I have looked.

Absolutely.

Monika: That's so crazy.

Shelleye: Absolutely.

- Wow.

Shelleye: Absolutely.

Monika: My Aunt Shelleye has never met my mom, Robin, or anyone on the Draheim side of the family.

- You did your DNA, and then my granddaughter, Bri Lawson, did her DNA, and the two of you, by searching your DNA, brought the whole Draheim family together, and it's been a long time coming, honey.

Monika: Yeah.

You're making me emotional too because, like, I never saw, like, this, like, paying off for other people.

Like, I just didn’t-- That wasn't-- I don't know why, I just didn't see that happening, and seeing that this is, like, helping spread the love, and you're finding more family, it's just-- Shelleye: And I hope I can spread a whole lotta love in your life.

Monika: Oh.

- I do, honey.

I'm so happy.

- This is crazy.

- It is.

Monika: I love it.

♪ My journey is coming to an end today with meeting relatives, but it's really cool because Shelleye is actually kind of just starting her journey, and because I went on this journey, she's able to meet a lot of new family.

- Thank you.

Monika: Come here!

♪ You're so sweet.

♪ Leon: Okay, Devin.

Let me show you how we are related and whose family.

- Okay.

- And it starts off with Moriah Peoples, who is pretty much-- is my-- our great-grandmother.

And Manerva is your great-great-grandmother.

Devin: Great-great-grandmother.

Leon: Okay?

Devin: Got it.

Leon and Reneese, their grandmother and my great-grandmother on my mother's sides were biological sisters.

They were actually right after each other, born right after each other.

And so that makes our great-great-grandmother the same person.

And I knew that my grandmother was maiden-named Williams.

- Right.

- Um, but unfortunately, my grandmother was mentally ill. Um, she had dementia, she had Alzheimer's.

So by the time I really got to know her, she wasn't really in her right mind anymore.

So what's really interesting to me, my grandmother and my mother and a lot of my aunts and uncles have those eyes.

My cousin Reneese has my grandmother's eyes, and my grandmother and my mother have the same eyes, as well as my aunt.

And so when I was looking at Reneese's eyes, I could see both my aunt and my grandmother at the same time, and my mom who raised me as well.

So, my mom died-- She died five years ago.

♪ [Devin sniffing] Reneese: It's okay, cousin.

It's okay!

It's all right.

Devin: So... [clearing throat] So, my birth mom was sick, and basically, because she died five years ago, our plan was always to do something to celebrate either five years from when she died, which was May 19, or five years from what would've been her birthday.

I was surprised by how emotional I was to make that connection, because in the midst of this race, we're only a few days away from her birthday, and she passed away five years ago.

And it just hit me that-- Reneese: So, this time and this is the perfect time to-- - To get the history, absolutely.

I hadn't even thought about it, and being able to make that connection somehow makes it seem like she's a part of this journey as well.

Uh, just first and foremost, Leon, just thank you.

Thank you for being a part of this journey, thank you for your hospitality today, because-- Leon: Likewise.

This has been a journey for me also.

♪ Dan: In Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sean is learning more about his connection to his cousin, Gayvin.

- We share a set of grandparents.

Sean: Okay.

- In fact, great-great-grandparents, so it goes way back, and I'm gonna show you who they are.

Sean: Awesome!

Okay.

Yeah!

- Sean and I are related by our great-great-grandparents Orrin and Emma Gilbert.

On your dad's side, as you know-- - Okay, yes, yes.

- --and this is the tintype of Orrin Gilbert, who you're related to.

Sean: Oh, that is so cool.

Kacey: No way!

Gayvin: Yeah, and that's how they made the pictures off of that.

Sean: That is so cool.

Wow, look at how crisp that is.

Gayvin: What's really cool about the tintype that I was showing Sean is that it was one of the original ways that photos were actually made.

Sean: She had some absolutely fantastic photos of actually our connecting relative back from 1874.

Gayvin: It's old, it's old.

- This is old, it doesn't look like, you know, kind of other sort of old photos and stuff.

It's so sharp and so crisp.

Gayvin: Yeah, go ahead, pass that to Kacey.

Sean: I was shocked when she pulled that-- told me, and then I saw the date on it, I was like-- I said, "I can't believe you don't have this, like, in a glass case."

I was like, this is the kind of thing you see in a museum.

And again, it was actually of someone I'm distantly related to, which just added to just the magnitude of the experience.

Wow!

- How cool that you have these!

This is, like, a look back into history!

This is, like, seriously, like, the coolest!

- Meeting Gayvin and Jack today was super, super awesome 'cause I didn't expect on this trip to meet a lot of people on my side of the family, let alone I got to meet a cousin on my dad's side of the family, so exploring our connection was just a really awesome treat.

♪ Anthony: Our mom seems a little nervous, so Joseph and I are really going out of our way to make sure that she feels comfortable.

Joseph: So, Mom, when I- when I look at you, I see someone who has been through so much, and someone who's, you know, lost a lot, but at the same time, I know you're so strong, and it's the same theme that I've seen throughout all our family, and most importantly you.

You're a fighter, you're a warrior.

[Ruth chuckling] - This is true.

- Yeah.

Ruth: I don't know how to feel right now.

It's like a flood of emotions.

It's like-- - It's okay.

We learned from our family over the past eight days that our mother has struggled with mental illness almost her whole life.

Bobbie: For Ruth, you know, she had a lot of mental issues.

If you saw it, you would understand.

- To see that was incredibly emotional.

I just want to let you know, Mom, that I see you and I see who you are.

I see your strength, I see your perseverance over the years.

I see... your love for Anthony and I.

And I just want to let you know that both Anthony and I, we feel that.

- That's amazing.

I love you guys, too.

- Yeah.

I can tell just how much she really loved my brother and I, and that was enough for me.

- It was more than enough.

She doesn't have to say anything to us, she doesn't have to really do anything.

- I'm just glad that she's in my life.

♪ Anthony: I see so many years you have just blamed yourself, and you have lived with regrets.

Ruth: And loss.

Anthony: And loss, and... you're feeling like you're in a place that you're stuck and you can't get out, like a deep well.

- Yeah.

Anthony: And Mom, we're here to tell you that it's okay.

Me and Joe are here to pick you up out of that well and pull you out.

[Ruth chuckling] You don't have to be sad anymore, okay?

I love you so much, Mom.

- I love you too.

- There's nothing you could ever do to make us stop loving you.

- Oh.

- Nothing in the world.

[Ruth chuckling] - That makes me happy.

It really does.

- I love you too.

Come here.

- Oh, I won't.

Mm-mm.

I can't believe I'm surrounded by my boys I thought I lost, and now they're here with me, so.

♪ Dan: Back in Lincoln, Nebraska, Team Green hears a knock at the door.

[knocking noise] - Did you hear that?

- No.

Magen: All right, you guys keep talking.

I'm gonna go check the door.

Did you order anything?

- No!

Magen: 'Kay.

Monika: So, Magen hops up and comes back to the door, and she has a huge surprise for us.

Oh my gosh, y'all.

Look who it is!

[screaming] Monika: Come here!

My biological mom, Robin, is here!

Magen: Come on in!

- This morning, I got a text message, and it said, "There's a surprise for you in Lincoln, Nebraska."

I knew this whole journey was for Monika, and I figured I'm just gonna go for it.

Maybe she's in Lincoln, and I'll get a chance to see her one more time.

- Do you know who this is?

- No.

Monika: Okay, I'm going to introduce you.

You ready?

- Uh-huh.

Monika: This is Robin, my mom and your sister!

- My sister!

Robin: The baby sister.

Shelleye: Aw, the baby sister!

- Yeah.

Shelleye: Yeah?

- The little one!

Shelleye: Yeah!

Magen: Oh my gosh!

- You can tell by looking at you that you're my sister!

Monika/Magen: Oh!

Monika: I love that!

Shelleye: That's awesome!

- Your baby sister-- Magen: Wait, and you guys have never met.

- No!

Robin: We've never met, no.

Shelleye: No.

- No.

- Look what you've done!

This is amazing!

- Aw, come here.

She's an amazing, amazing girl.

Magen: I'm getting in here too!

[laughing] Monika: Group hug!

Magen: This is so great!

- This is awesome, yes!

- I got to introduce my biological mom to her sister for the very first time, and it was a really beautiful reunion.

Robin: It was very emotional.

It was a sister I really didn't know I had until a few weeks ago.

Having Monika introduce us made it even more special.

Monika brought us together!

Shelleye: She's amazing.

I love her.

I looked at her and went wow.

You know, she's got the same color eyes, she's got the same nose, she's got the same smile.

So it was amazing for me.

I can't believe I have a sister that I didn't know about.

That's awesome.

- This journey has been surreal for me.

And it was amazing to see someone who looked like me after all these years.

Shelleye: Monika, you know your journey's ending on this, but I don't believe you've realized how many journeys you've opened, and mine's just opening.

I'm 62 years old and now just met my sister.

Robin: So we say thank you!

Shelleye: Yes, we do!

Monika: Aw!

Robin: And we couldn't have done it without Magen also.

[laughing, overlapping chatter] Monika: I love it!

♪ Joseph: We either go home or move on.

It's that simple.

And we've come way too far to go home now.

Monika: I'm thinking about all the other teams.

I really wish them the best, but we wanna go to Day 10.

Sean: We really don't want any teams to go home tonight.

- Especially not us.

♪ Liz: We pray and expect the best.

- The only part that we are not as sure about is our navigation to our relative's house.

Liz: So, it's anybody's game.

- It's anybody's game.

♪ Dan: As Day 9 comes to a close, the teams anxiously prepare to find out who will move on to Day 10 and compete for $50,000, and who will be going home.

[click] Welcome teams to Day 9 of Relative Race, a day unlike any other for this reason alone: the stakes are much higher.

Each of you has two strikes.

One will be heading home while the other three will be moving on to Day 10 and a shot at $50,000.

Team Green, you did navigate fairly flawlessly all the way to the challenge, and then you had a challenge benefit via your first place win yesterday.

What was that challenge benefit at Dodgy Divers?

- So, we were able to take an oar of our choosing out of the obstacle course.

Dan: Oh.

And I'm seeing the other teams all go, "Oh, that's a big benefit."

Team Blue, Dodgy Divers proved to be a real challenge for you two.

Joseph: Yeah.

I think the toughest part was finding a way around it and just helping each other out the best we can.

Dan: My hat's off to you, because you did adapt, you did overcome, and in the end, you also beat this challenge.

♪ Team Black, who did you meet today?

Sean: Um, today I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting my cousin, Gayvin and her son, Jack.

Dan: Oh.

How are you guys?

Gayvin: We're good.

Dan: So, Sean, has it been a real surprise when you've met family on your side?

Sean: I mean, it's just been a profound treat being able to add more people to, you know, my family.

- Oh, well, again, thank you for letting us join you on this journey.

Devin and Liz.

Devin: Today was a really, really special day.

I got to meet people from my biological mother's side of the family for the first time.

And it's actually really powerful.

So these are my cousins, Neesee and Leon.

Reneese: Hello, everyone!

Leon: Nice to meet everyone!

- We found out we have a lot of Peoples peoples-- their last name is Peoples.

[chuckling] So, we have more Peoples peoples.

Dan: That's so cool.

So, I'm excited for Devin, I'm excited for you, Liz.

Monika and Magen, who did you meet today?

- Um, I'm gonna introduce you to my Aunt Shelleye.

Come on in here, girl!

[Dan laughing] Monika: I didn't really realize that Shelleye didn't know her sister, which is actually my biological mother!

Dan: Oh my goodness!

There's Mom again!

Monika: There's Mom!

[laughing] - Isn't that amazing?

I love this!

- I'm just really happy for them, and we're just adding more love, so we're really excited.

- I'm happy for you, Monika.

Monika: Thank you.

Dan: I really am.

♪ Team Blue, who was it that you met?

- We had the great pleasure-- - Great, great pleasure.

Anthony: Great, great pleasure of meeting our mother, Ruth.

- Hello, it's nice to meet you guys!

Kacey: Yay!

Oh my gosh!

[clapping] Dan: Ruth, this has been what they've been hoping for their entire lives.

- It was definitely overwhelming.

It was beautiful.

Thank you.

- Thank you, Ruth.

- We have developed such a special connection with Team Blue and their story throughout this race.

Kacey: I'm really happy that they finally got to meet their mother today.

- Boys, congratulations.

What an amazing way to wrap up Day 9 of this race.

This has been a great journey for all of you, and I say it's been a great journey for all of you because tonight, the journey ends for one of you.

[intense music] It's that time.

Finishing in first place and receiving the first-place prize, which is two round-trip tickets to go back and visit any of the relatives that you have met, receiving that extra prize for an extra job well done on Day 9... [heavy heartbeat-like pulsing] is Team Green.

- Yes.

Dan: You finished 2 minutes under your allotted time, and you are headed to Day 10.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

Monika: I am so excited.

I don't know if this has ever been a prize on Relative Race.

Dan: Congratulations, Team Green.

The besties have been really good.

Liz: Yeah.

Dan: And now we turn our attentions to teams Red, Black, and Blue.

Finishing in second place just 6 minutes over their allotted time... Congratulations to Team Black!

- Yeah!

[clapping] Dan: You are headed to Day 10!

- Woo!

Team Black!

[squealing] Kacey: Can you tell she's excited?

[laughing] Dan: It all comes down to this.

Team Red and Team Blue.

One of you will be headed to Day 10.

For the other, your journey on Relative Race ends tonight, but your journey with family has only just begun.

One team finished 11 minutes over their allotted time, the other team finished 17 minutes over their allotted time.

The team that is moving on and will face teams Green and Black at Day 10... Congratulations to Team Red.

Team Blue, our twins, I can say from all of us to you, we love you, and you're part of our Relative Race family forever.

We hope that you will head home with new family in your hearts forever, realizing that while you didn't make it all the way, you made it in the most important way: you made it to all nine days and found every one of your family members.

Congratulations.

How has this experience been for you?

- This experience has been utterly incredible.

Joe and I just-- we did our best, and that's all we could do.

I just want to say thank you, everybody.

Thank you to the other teams, and-- Joseph: Congratulations, you guys.

Anthony: Congratulations, everybody.

Liz: We love you guys!

- We will connect in Florida, boys.

I'm already thinking about ways to help Team Blue completely independent of this race.

I'm already thinking about organizations that I can get them connected to to help them just get from where they are to the next stage of their lives as young men.

Dan: With our love and appreciation, we wish you only the best.

And remember, you truly are always a part of our Relative Race family.

Thanks for coming on this journey.

Well, for the other three teams, Day 10 awaits.

Tomorrow, you're headed to an entirely new state with entirely new stakes: $50,000.

As we discover what waits for all of you on Day 10 of Relative Race, good night and good luck.

Monika: Bye, Blue!

We love you!

Liz: We love you, Blue!

Magen: Love you, Blue.

Anthony: Good night.

♪ Joseph: At first I was bummed, because I'm like, "Oh my gosh."

Like, "We could really use that money."

But then I'm like, "Eh."

- We made it to Day 9, we met our mother.

Ruth: Yes.

- That's all I wanted!

That's all I wanted.

- And I'm not going anywhere.

Anthony: I love you, Mom.

Ruth: I love you too.

[Anthony giggling] Joseph: If we keep pushing, keep going, you know... - We'll be fine.

- We'll be fine!

Worth it.

- Very worth it.

[clock ticking] [phone notification sounding] Sean: Oh!

A text message.

I'm kind of nervous to see where Day 10's gonna be.

- Congratulations, Team Green.

We'll see you tomorrow for the final showdown at... - Another coordinate?

[Devin laughing] 40 degrees.

- Five.

- Five.

'Kay.

- 105.

- How far is that from here?

- Really far.

- That's 1,142 miles.

Gayvin: Oh my goodness.

Liz/Devin: Colorado!

- [screaming] Magen: Just north of Denver!

Monika: I'm so excited!

Magen: Oh my gosh!

Monika: Are you excited?

Magen: Maybe it won't be as hot!

♪ Anthony: My heart's full.

I feel okay.

I'm happy, I'm not sad, and I just know that, that things are looking up for Joe and I. I'm so thankful.

Thank you, Relative Race.

Joseph: Sometimes even in a loss, like, there's the joys of what you gained from it, and that it really is the journey that's really the best part.

So just enjoy the ride.

Anthony: Love your families.

Joseph: Yeah.

Anthony: Just hold each other close and keep each other safe.

We love you guys, and take care, and-- - Yeah.

Take care.

- Team Blue out!

Bye.

Anthony: Peace out, everybody!

Joseph: Team Blue out!

Peace out, peace out!

♪