Dan: Previously on Relative Race, Team Blue struggled to keep the ball rolling.

- Agh!

Dan: Team Red got lost in address translation.

- Point Lane?

Who cares?

Who even knows the name?

Nobody even knows the name.

Dan: Team Green put the pedal to the metal.

Elizabeth met her biological grandfather.

- Ah, I knew it!

Dan: Team Blue earned their second strike.

And Maria reached her breaking point.

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

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

- Blue!

Dan: ...to win $50,000... - Yeah!

Dan: ...and to find their family.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Dan: Eight days ago, our four teams set out from St. Louis to find family they never knew they had.

- I'm your dad.

- Oh!

- I am your brother.

- Oh!

- I'm your mother.

- I'm your father.

- I knew it.

- For real?

- Those eyes.

Elizabeth: It was just such an epic day.

I'm so happy that I can be here with you to experience this.

Maria: I know.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Woman: And you guys are actually the first biological relative I've met.

Both: [gasp] - I've waited for you for so long.

Man: Everybody wants to know family, 'cause family's everything.

Dan: Today, our three remaining teams will meet their final family member of the race and find out if they will compete for the grand prize of $50,000.

In Chestertown, Maryland, Team Red, Maria and Elizabeth hold only one strike and know for certain that they'll be going to Day 1.

However, in Lafayette, Indiana, Team Blue and in Las Vegas, Nevada, Team Green, both have two strikes.

A last place finish for either team today will send them home.

Elizabeth: So we get up this morning and my grandfather fuzzy-faced Jerry, he wanted to show us something really special, which is his love for woodwork.

- Welcome to Jerry's Workshop.

What I've got in front of us today, this was one piece of wood, solid.

The outer bowl was then cut.

so this is your family tree in wood, all right?

I know it sounds corny, but I'm pretty corny.

What I did is... Elizabeth: He started with the trunk.

From that, he carved one bowl and then from that bowl, another.

Jerry: So, this is your base family.

The second bowl that came out of it is one of you girls.

That came from that.

The third one is the other girl's.

- I mean, he really described it as you know, the layers of our family just fitting together.

- So if you could put on your gloves, because we're gonna be shellacking, or finished stain, to the bowl itself.

- Look at that.

- Right?

It changed colors and everything.

Elizabeth: Ah, this is lovely.

Dan: As Day 9's leg of the race approaches, all three teams are preparing for their last day on the road.

Keith: Man, we woke up this morning feelin' energized, ready to go.

Marcus: We got our benefits out.

We got our maps on the table this morning.

We're ready, mapping out our options, seeing where we're gonna go.

- So, last night, was a disaster, but we're feeling well rested today, and we're sending a team home.

- Oh yeah.

Even though we know we're going to Day 10, we want as little competition as possible, so we need at least first or second today.

- Exactly, so we compete against two teams, not three.

Demetrius: It was amazing meeting my cousin Kyle.

A super amazing guy.

Yesterday did not end the way that we wanted to.

Chonta: No.

Demetrius: Truly disappointed in the fact that we received a strike.

You know, it is what it is.

The "W" is what we're after.

We will win today.

[tense music] ♪ [ding] - Ohhh, text.

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

- Team Red will be traveling to Abington, Pennsylvania.

- Team Blue will be traveling to Chicago, Illinois.

Marcus: And Team Green will be traveling to Victorville, California!

Your time starts now.

Maria: No, we don't want to leave you guys.

- Sorry, we gotta go.

- Gotta go.

- We got one more day.

I love you, grandpa.

Chonta: Bye!

- I love you man, thank you.

- All right, love you too!

- Come on, athlete!

- Hey, bro, he sayin' we're going to Victorville.

- We're going to Victorville, my very hometown.

I know it to the back of my hand so this day should be fun.

- We're coming into Day 9 with a great amount of stress.

Demetrius: We were built for this.

- I don't feel like the competition is between us and Blue because I feel like they're going to be out today.

- Hey, you guys forgot these.

Marcus: Bro.

Keith: Thank you.

I feel like Red is our competition.

- Let's go.

Love you guys!

Elizabeth: Love you!

Bishop: Hey guys, I got here early today.

Marcus: Dad, we're going to Victorville!

Today is first or nothing.

Keith: Thanks, Dan.

♪ - It's Day 9 of Relative Race and our three remaining teams continue to race along different paths all across the country still searching for new family.

Each team in a different city.

All of them still trying to figure out where the finish line is.

At the start of the race eight days ago in St. Louis, all of our teams surrendered their smart phones and all use of technology in exchange for paper maps and flip phones with no GPS or internet access.

Now, they're headed to a new city.

They must take a city selfie to prove that they've made it, successfully complete a common challenge, and then find their relative.

Each in a different allotted time.

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

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

Welcome to Day 9 of Relative Race.

♪ - Well, we're up.

Our heart rate's going.

- Okay, we got this.

You got this, sister.

Demetrius: We ain't going too much farther.

We need to ask.

I think we need to go to the gas station.

Run out, ask them real quick.

We're stopping at a gas station to make sure, is this the right direction?

Marcus: Bro, this is crazy.

Straight there, we're going straight there.

I'm very confident navigating to Victorville.

I don't think it'll be any issues at all.

Maria: Right, we need to stay focused for two seconds 'cause I'm freaking out.

Elizabeth: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Twenty will absolutely run into 13.

- North.

- North, yeah.

- Perfect, okay.

Demetrius: We were going the right way, right?

Chonta: Yes, the right way, but Burnett is also called 43, so... - We get confirmation and then it's smooth sailing.

Elizabeth: What am I asking?

Maria: 213.

Elizabeth: Excuse me, gentlemen?

Could you tell us where to get to Route 213?

Elizabeth: Take a left.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

Marcus: Traffic is on our side today.

- The powers that be are with us.

Maria: 213 North, perfect.

Okay, we're on it.

Phew, that would've been-- - Right?

Maria: Oh my goodness.

- I'm so ready to get out of here.

- It's not over, and I'm not gonna stop until it's over because I don't want to relax a second.

Like, there is no day off.

Yeah, I'm glad we're safe, but in my mind, no, every day, every second, all of this is counting, and if we're gonna win on our day off, technically, ha, watch we're gonna get first place.

We're gonna-- First or second place.

So someone's going home anyways.

It doesn't matter.

Dan: Determined to send another team home today, Team Red is departing from Chestertown, Maryland and heading to Abington, Pennsylvania.

Their allotted time for the day, including the common challenge is 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Elizabeth: And it's funny.

You said there's no I in team, but you know what there is in team?

An E and an M. [laughing] Maria and Elizabeth.

Maria: Best team ever, dude.

Bishop: [rapping] I was born and raised in south central.

Come up from rap from the ear instrumental, gears to my mouth start flowin', it's all good 'cause everybody's doin' And I'm true to my homegirl, down with my homeboys, everybody's in the party here, let's make some noise.

It's a celebration all across the nation, Must'a got the [indistinct].

- Let's go, dad.

Dan: Getting in the rhythm for today, Team Green, Marcus and Keith, depart from Las Vegas and are heading to their hometown of Victorville, California.

Their total allotted time for the day: 3 hours and 39 minutes.

- Demetrius is going to his hometown too.

They going to Chicago, Illinois.

- Oh, that's where they going?

Keith: Mhm.

Demetrius: Yeah, my plan was to hit the 90 there.

I didn't see no sign that said 90 that way.

- There wasn't a sign.

- Dang it.

That's what I thought.

So, I wanted to take a less busy route into Chicago to avoid traffic, but we missed it.

Freak.

Dan: With a missed opportunity to take an alternate route, Team Blue, Demetrius and Chonta depart from Lafayette, Indiana, heading to Chicago, Illinois.

They have the shortest allotted time for the day at 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Chonta: We just gotta get a selfie, so it don't matter where we hit Chicago.

Just get there first.

- Yeah, I think this way's gonna be faster though.

Dan: As the teams race to their destinations, they begin to reflect on their journey.

Maria: First off, I knew we could make it to Day 10, but I can't believe it's almost here.

This journey has been amazing, but unexplainable at the same time.

Marcus: It's a blessing.

Still the best week of my life.

I wouldn't change nothing either.

Bishop: Priceless.

Marcus: I love you, dad.

Bishop: I love you too.

I love you too, Keith.

Keith: I love you too, pops.

- I cannot wait to see my son.

So glad he's here.

Just puts a lot of this into perspective.

Maria: But the best and strongest thing ever about all of this is the love that we felt from every single person that we've met has helped push us and has helped guide us and has helped, help literally give us that extra boost every day.

Elizabeth: And just understand a little piece... - Of them comes with us, you know?

I love that.

Dan: As the teams approach their destination cities, the anticipation builds as they search for a city sign.

- Victorville!

Elizabeth: We're looking, we're looking.

Demetrius: I know exactly where to go to get a shot.

Marcus: Right there, dad.

Right there, right there.

Let's go.

Let's go, let's go.

- Wait, you see that?

You see that?

We can take a picture on this sign.

- Abington, Abington.

Elizabeth: You're amazing!

Demetrius: C'mon, c'mon.

Come here, come here, come here!

- Cheese!

[camera shutter] Yes!

[camera shutter] Marcus: Yes.

[camera shutter] Demetrius: There it is.

Chonta: There.

Maria: Connecting, connecting.

Elizabeth: Connecting.

- Send, send, send.

- Message sent.

- C'mon, Dan.

♪ [ding] - Time to go.

Time to go!

- Come on, come on, come on!

- [squeal] Okay.

Okay.

Dan: With their selfies completed, all teams rush to one more challenge.

Keith: There it is.

There it is.

It's right there.

♪ - Simon Sounds.

Dan: Day 9's challenge, Simon Sounds, is the same for all three team.

In this challenge, the teams must listen carefully to a soundtrack, and then using the items provided, must replicate the sound effecs in the correct order.

To complete the challenge, the teams must successfully replicate fifteen sounds in order.

The allotted time for Simon Sounds is ten minute.

- All righty.

Man on Radio: Teams, listen to the sounds and repeat them in order.

Your challenge begins in three, two, one.

[gong] [drill spins] [ding] [bottle low note] [crunch] [honk honk] [gargling] [crunch] [rattling] [pop] [cowbell rings] [gargling] Elizabeth: I just lost... Maria: That's fine.

That's fine.

We know the first four.

Just know the first four.

Once we got that down, it's memory, it's rapid, we got this.

Demetrius: This thing is making like, ten sounds, fifteen sounds, and you're having to remember them and put them all in order, and it is very difficult.

Chonta: Start again.

[ding] [buzzer] - Let's just do it.

Come on, we don't have time-- Maria: Me first, me first.

[gong] - Two.

[drill spins] Three, [bottle low note] [buzzer] Maria: All right, let's just hear it.

Ready?

You know I DJ, so I saw a radio, I said, if this has to do with music, beats, anything, we got this.

Keith: So, let's do it.

[gong] [drilling] [ding] [bottle low note] - I'm lost after that.

Chips.

[crunch] - [imitates honking] [honk honk] - What else was mine?

I'm thinking to myself, like, how are we ever gonna remember 15?

[pop] [buzzer] Man: Incorrect.

- It is really crucial for us to do well today on this challenge because this will determine where we go tomorrow and if we make it tomorrow.

Chonta: Let's learn like the first four or five.

[gong] It's a gong.

Gong's first.

[drill spinning] Something, then it's gargle.

- Sounds like, not it wasn't gar-- It wasn't gargle.

It was something else.

- I know.

It was some pop-- - I think it's that.

- This thing?

[rattling] Yes.

Lots of other items that we have no clue what sound they made and so you just had to kind of figure it out until you could get it.

[gargling] - Water!

[crunch] Another chip.

[rattling] In order to remember next, we practiced it like choreography as the sound playd which gave us a little bit more rehearsal time.

- Wait, what if we do-- Divide it to numbers and then we try to remember the numbers.

- Hold on, we need to get this one over.

- It's time to strategize on how we're gonna execute this challenge and the strategy is, Maria, she's going to remember everything.

- Hold on.

[gargling] [buzzer] Got it.

It's you back to back.

- Okay.

It is me back to back.

- Yep.

- They didn't say we couldn't move'em.

- And then my husband comes up with a brilliant idea.

Demetrius: So on the sound, put them, place them in order.

- Okay.

[gong] - We wastin' time.

- Oh, very smart.

My husband comes up with putting the items that make the sounds and put them in order on the table.

[gong] - One.

[drill spins] [ding] [bottle low note] [crunch] - This.

Chip.

[honk honk] - No, no, no, no.

Water.

[buzzer] [gargling] - Chips.

[rattling] [pop] [cowbell ringing] - Come on, Maria, come on.

Elizabeth: That pop thing, no?

- Nope.

I already did it.

Come on, Maria.

[ratchet clicks] [buzzer] - One more gargle.

It's one more gargle.

- I think it was gargle again.

Was it?

- Yes.

- [gargle] I think it's this.

- Uh-huh.

[ratchet clicking] Then I think it was [toot].

- Uh-huh, and then the gong again.

- And then the gong again.

[gong] [ding ding ding] - Yeah!

Woo!

Yeah!

Read, read, read!

Read!

- Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Okay, where are we going?

- Read it, read it, read it, read.

- We're going to 2316 Old King's Court.

Let's go.

This is the best challenge for me, because I feel like we are working together well and using our skills together equally.

- Yes.

- After the cow bell, gargle.

Let's go.

[gong] [drill spinning] [ding] [bottle low note] [crunch] [honk honk] [gargle] - Frog.

Frog.

[rattling] [pop] [cowbell ring] - Water.

[squirt] [ratchet click] [toot] [gong] [ding ding ding] [muffled screams] - The relative!

Get the relative!

All right.

- [gargling] [buzzer] - What?

- I think you had to do something before I drunk water again.

- Your relative lives at 2534 Pierce Avenue.

Let's go!

- Let's go!

- Go babe, go, go, go!

As we were about to drive away, we saw an officer directing traffic.

- Sir!

So I waved him over, showed him the address and asked him if he knew where it was and he said, "Absolutely."

Officer: And you're gonna take that west bound.

- We made a right through here, and came from that street, right?

We actually hit one of the main streets that we can see on that map.

Is this 611 North?

Elizabeth: Yes, 611 straight.

- North?

And I'm like, let's just double-check to make sure we're going the right way.

Autoshop.

We probably ran into like, three or four car dealerships.

- I know it's not close, because five people just did not know, so let's keep going.

Maria: They had no clue what we were even talking about.

But you've never heard of Pierce Avenue?

Elizabeth: Never heard of Pierce, anyone?

Thanks, guys.

What are we-- Who are we believing?

We need another one to double-check.

- Here.

All right, come on, come on, come on.

He's late to get off work.

- My brilliant husband tells me that the officer's about to get off work, so I'm like, really?

Did you ask him to take us?

Of course he hadn't.

- Hold-- I'll ask him.

Chonta: Go ask him.

Officer: I'll take you to Knollwood.

I'll drive you down and get you right up to the court.

- Thank you very much.

- Yeah, so just follow me down that way.

- All right, awesome.

He's gonna take us.

Chonta: Told you.

Maria: Sir, have you heard of Pierce Avenue?

- Have y'all heard of Pierce Avenue?

Maria: Pierce.

Elizabeth: No?

Ask this guy, ask everyone Maria.

Ask everyone.

- Okay.

- I mean, what luck.

My mind is exploding, 'cause we needed this today.

Maria: Excuse me miss, do you know where Pierce Avenue is?

Dan: As Teams Red and Blue hit the road to find their relativ, Team Green is still making noise.

[cowbell ringing] - Water.

Wrench, flute, bell, you're good, you're good.

[ratchet clicks] [toot] [gong] [ding ding ding] - Sorry, I messed up on us a few times.

- It's good.

I did too, brother.

- Just rushin-- Oh!

- Your relative lives at 9389 Sequoia Road.

- Let's go!

Keith: We know where Sequoia is, brother.

Come on.

Dan: All teams are on the road and are frantically searching for their final family member.

- Are you gonna ask all these people up here?

- Yep.

You ran into the gas station.

- I ran into the gas station and I'm asking everyone.

I'm literally like, like a public announcement.

Excuse me!

- I saw you from the window.

- Excuse me, does anyone in here know where Pierce Avenue is?

- If you take this road right here, there is a light.

- Luckily, this woman, she really helped us.

Maria: You are the best!

Thank you, we love you!

- Do you see that mountain right there?

We go towards Highway 18.

I grew up in this city.

I know the area extremely well out here.

- You think we need to get a local map?

- Not at all.

Lucky me.

Chonta: We had a police escort the entire way.

Demetrius: No map needed.

- This traffic is going to be bad.

Marcus: We could've took Hesperia Road behind us straight to Bear Valley.

- We're messin' up right now.

- This is it.

We can't go anywhere.

Stop sign, make a right.

Reservoir.

- Yes, make a right.

- Old King's.

- Old King's Court.

Oh!

And we're here!

Let's go.

Look, 2316.

Oh, here we go.

[knocking] [ding-dong] Chonta: Hello.

- Hi.

Hello.

Demetrius: Hi.

- Hello.

Demetrius: I'm Demetrius, and this is my wife Chonta.

- I'm Chonta Flowers.

- I'm Audrey, and I'm your first cousin.

- My first cousin.

You're Daphne's sister!

- Yes, it's nice meet to you.

Chonta: Oh my good-- That is Daphne's sister!

You're the naval officer.

Hi!

- How you doing?

- Amazing.

You look like us!

[laughing] Man, you look just like my oldest brother.

- Is that right?

- Yes.

- That means he's good looking.

Audrey: Yes.

Demetrius: Upon meeting Audrey, she kind of embraced me and looked at me and said, "You are definitely a Heffner."

Man, it melted me.

I don't know like, if you know a lot about the family history and things like that, but along this journey, I've had a lot of things be revealed to me and a lot of um, things I've been able to get my hands on and I would love to share with you.

- Okay.

Demetrius: It's probably a lot you know, but for some reason, I feel like a historian now, like, so I'm showing everybody.

- You might be teaching us-- me something today.

Demetrius: So, I'm excited.

I would love to show you a lot of the things that I've learned along the way.

- Definitely.

Let's go.

Yeah, mhm.

Dan: With Team Blue clocked in, Team's Red and Green are getting closer to their relative's home.

- Make a right to this.

- And then a left.

- And then a left at your first light?

We were supposed to make a left there.

- All right, well let's ask.

- Pierce!

Pierce Avenue.

- Yes!

Yes!

Now what is the number?

What is the building number?

Maria: 2534.

Elizabeth: Okay, good.

- Get ready exit on Bear Valley.

- On Bear Valley.

- Dad, don't.

It's not the time.

Elizabeth: 2533.

It should be on this side.

2534.

Oh my gosh.

- Get out.

Run.

Are you our relative?

- Yes, I am.

- Whose relative are you?

- Elizabeth, I'm your relative.

- Oh!

And how are you and I related?

- I'm your uncle on your father's side.

- The twin!

- One of the twins, right?

Man: My name is Keith, and I'm Elizabeth's uncle.

As soon as I started interacting with them, I noticed that they had the same energy as we have in our family.

You could tell that they are part of our family.

Let's go inside and take a look at my family.

- Yes!

Elizabeth: My uncle invites us into his home and we have the opportunity to meet his beautiful family.

- This is my wife, Jesse.

- Jesse, nice to meet you.

- This is my daugthter, Naomi.

- Hi, Naomi.

- And this big guy is my son, Jahzire.

- This cool kid with this mohawk here.

Keith: Welcome to our home.

Y'all ladies can have a seat.

Dan: As Team Red gets more acquainted with Elizabeth's uncle, Team Green is getting closer to meeting their final relativ.

Marcus: It's 9389.

- 9389.

- So, we're driving down a dirt road that I grew up next to, and I'm thinking, who could've possibly lived this close to me my entire lif?

9389.

Keith: Karen's Ranch?

Marcus: That's my grandmother's name.

We pull outside and it says Karen's Ranch, and my cousin Aldona showed me this family tree, told me this is your grandma, this is her name.

Aldona: Yep, that's her.

- Wow.

I put two and two together.

I'm meeting my grandma.

- Tell them your grandma's name.

Marcus: Oh, wow.

Welcome home, Marcus and Keith.

That's crazy.

Hi.

Hi, grandma.

- What'd you say?

- Hi, grandma.

- Oh!

Hi!

- How you doing?

- Such an honor to finally meet you.

Marcus: We shared a very emotional moment.

Like, you know, meeting the woman that gave birth to my father.

It's a blessing.

- This is perfect.

This is the perfect way.

This is perfect.

- And you too.

This is home to you too, Keith.

- Thank you.

My name is Karen Minniefield.

I'm Marcus's grandmother.

If we had known about Marcus and the situation when his mother passed away, he'd have been here the day she was gone.

He'd have been here right here at my home.

Never would I have left him in foster care.

We didn't know about you.

I would've had you from day one.

We didn't know what we know now.

No more ifs.

No more worries.

No more financial problems.

No homelessness.

Nothing.

None of that stuff.

Whatever you need, I got it in my back pocket.

- Thank you, grandma.

- Yeah.

Really.

I love you guys.

- I love you, too.

Coming into this journey, I was really worried like, you know, what if the family I meet don't like me, or what if they don't care to meet me?

Like, what if it's just like whatevers to them?

And through this whole journey, even especially today, like that feeling is totally gone.

Like, we felt nothing but love this whole entire experience.

- This is like hitting a lottery, huh?

A million dollars.

Keith: I think it's bigger than hitting the lottery.

Karen: Is it?

Thank you.

- A whole lot bigger.

Keith: Oh yeah, you can't get-- - Money can't buy this.

- You can't buy this with money.

Marcus: God's timing is perfect, and this is the perfect way for me to meet my family.

Like, this-- The timing is everything.

- Yeah, brother.

We made it, brother.

We made it, brother.

- Yeah, now we got a lot of things to talk about.

I'm here for you.

We are here for you.

The whole family's here for you.

- He got a lot more love now, for sure.

You know it.

- Come on inside.

See your house.

Dan: Back in Chicago, Demetrius is teaching his cousin Audrey about their family's history.

- There's a lot of things I wanna show you.

This family tree is, I think gonna blow your mind.

This thing is unbelievable.

After I met Audrey, I was excited to show her what we had learned over the past nine days.

Yeah, and see.

Here, you guys are right here.

From what I'm being told, this is where I fall in.

- To meet another Heffner, someone who looks so much like us, and it just felt like I've been knowing for a while and I just met him moments ago.

- This is my, my great grandfather three times over.

His name was Beauford Heffner.

So I got to share with my cousin Audrey what I had learned about our family's history.

She had no idea.

It felt really good to be able to share with her all that I had learned over this journey.

I just want to know everyone, so... Audrey: We've gained another awesome family member.

I'm looking forward to, you know, the annual visits or any type of family activitis we can do with each other.

I just really think that this thing is going to prosper in ways that none of us can even imagine.

Dan: While Demetrius teaches Audrey about their family history, Team Red is getting to know Elizabeth's uncle, Keith, and his young family.

- Are you a singer?

Keith: You excited.

Elizabeth: That makes us feel so good.

Both Maria and I love children.

- Love kids.

- So the truth is, we were really distracted by the kids at first, you know?

And I felt kind of like-- - Forget Uncle Keith.

- Yeah.

Yeah, we were, they-- Beautiful, beautiful babies.

- Well, listen, all of our family, we are tight.

That's the one thing about being in this family.

Elizabeth: I've noticed that.

- We gladly have open arms and invite you all to our family with nothing but love.

- I really do.

I've felt that with each and every family member that I've met, truly, truly, so thank you.

Keith: So what I hope going forward with Elizabeth is us being able to be connected.

For us to be able to grow as a family.

You know, I appreciate her being a new addition to our family.

- When did you find out about me?

Keith: About you, I found out from my sister which is your Aunt Nae Nae.

- Yes.

Keith: She told me about you.

So, how was your childhood?

- We're beyond fortunate and blessed, to be honest with you.

We grew up in New York City our whole lives, you know?

Elizabeth: We've traveled the world.

- So, we like to do a lot of things with family time.

- Yeah!

Keith: One of the things that we like to do is play laser tag.

- Oh yeah!

- All right?

So ladies, what we wanna do is that we wanna go take you guys laser tagging with us.

Maria: Yes!

You gotta teach us.

- You're six years old?

I will beat a six-year-old.

Let me tell you, I have no-- I don't care how old-- I am competitive, I'm telling you right now, okay?

I'm not taking it easy on you.

You too, missy.

Maria: Let's go!

Elizabeth: I'm excited.

Maria: Laser tag time!

Dan: With all three teams clocked in and now spending tie with newfound family, Marcus's grandmother Karen, shares a surprise package with her grandson.

Marcus: Once we got inside, my grandma said she had received an envelope.

- So this came in the mail today and I was waiting for everybody to be here... - What is that?

- ...so that I could open it up.

I don't know.

Let's open it up and see.

Marcus: And we open it... Whoa.

- Wow.

Bishop: Oh, pictures.

- Wow.

- And it's all the moments.

- Pictures of our journey.

- Pictures of our journey on Relative Race, like the best moments.

It's pictures of our journey.

That's in St. Louis.

Keith: That's the arch.

Karen: Wow, look at that.

Wow.

Keith: Grandma pulls out these pictures and as she's cycling through them we just, you know, relive every moment from Day 1.

Marcus: It was just crazy.

It was perfect.

Everything about this is perfect.

Keith: It was just like my brother said, it was the perfect moment.

They say there's no such thing as perfect, but this was perfect.

- This is incredible.

Keith: Thank you, Grandma.

- These are a treasure.

All these pictures are a treasure.

- For real.

- You're a treasure.

- Thank you, Grandma.

- I feel like we've hit the lottery today.

- Thank you so much, Grandma.

This, this literally the best week of my life.

LIke this means everything to me.

My life, I always felt like there was something missing.

Same thing my dad said, and through this journey, since the first day I met my dad, every day the weight on my shoulders and stress has been getting lifted off and like, now it's just like, it all just got.

Dumped off my shoulders.

- What did I tell you?

Got your back.

- Thank you.

- Got your back.

- Appreciate it.

- I got your back.

- It's really hard to process all this like, I'm just forever thankful.

- This is the picture when we first met, but like, look that.

I think that's-- Look at Marcus there.

Karen: Oh, look at your face.

That's when you met him in the very beginning?

Bishop: Yes.

- I was in shock.

You see the look on my face?

Bishop: And Keith looks like, "Yes!"

Marcus: You see my mouth was open the whole time?

Keith: I was.

- Keith was like.

- There you go when your mouth was open.

Marcus: I was really like.

Bishop: Look at his eyes.

Looks like he was about to pass out.

Oh wow, man.

- This journey coming to an end, I feel like it's a new beginning for me with family.

I have a family.

- You do.

Bishop: You do.

- It feels good to say that.

- Yeah, you do.

You do.

You really do, and you're home.

You're home.

Dan: Back in Chicago, Demetrius connects even deeper with his cousin Audrey.

- That's amazing.

- Yeah, so it's just a lot of history.

When I tell you I have been so overwhelmed knowing-- Learning about this side of myself, my objective is, I want to make up for lost time.

- Mhm.

- I really want to know you guys.

It felt really good when I came in and you looked at me and you said, "Oh yeah.

You're one of us."

- Yeah, you are.

Demetrius: I've gone through 39 years and I felt really empty at times, but having an opportunity to meet these relatives, to be able to physically touch someone, have someone embrace you, and welcome you into the family as a Heffner feels really good.

- I don't know how much Daphne shared with you, but for us, you are, again, you are the first family member that we've met in years.

- She told me that.

- You know, leaving Chicago, growing up in Mississippi, we never really met any more of a lot of the Heffners.

So there was the basement apartment my aunt lived in.

We lived on a first floor apartment at my grandfather and grandmother's.

So that was the Heffner family we knew, so you know more about the family now than we do, and you're lucky to learn the family.

- Exactly.

- It's just amazing though, and I'm happy to meet you.

If I can be honest, at first I was like, what?

You know, who?

What does this mean, you know?

It's like, okay.

- I'm not looking to come in.

- This is a shake up, but-- - I promise you, I’m not shaking anything up.

I just want get in where I fit in.

Chonta: You become the baby.

Yeah, she was the baby.

But you said the baby girl.

- I wanna get in where I fit in.

Listen... - But you know, what is still amazing, and I mean I think we're doing God's work and at the end of the day, it's way bigger than my place in the family or you know, I didn't-- Or whatever the case may be, that smaller stuff in comparison to you being able to know who you are, where you come from, and I am so glad you are able to get some form of closure.

If it's not closure yet, at least closer to it, so that way you know who you are and you know, I mean, this is a lot.

- This is a lot.

It's been a big weight.

Just to be able to say, "I know where I come from," is amazing.

To say that I feel full would be an understatement.

I feel like the questions are gone.

You know, like, I'm home.

I have this family that I've never known and they have confirmed, not only through DNA, but features, you're one of us.

Dan: While Team Red follows Elizabeth's uncle to the laser tag arena, the sisters reflect on how this journey has brought them close.

- Now that we're actually here, like, it's crazy.

It's crazy, Lizzie.

Elizabeth: We are gonna win tomorrow, but Maria, even if we don't, I'm so proud of us.

- I'm so proud of us.

- Like, I am.

Like, I really, really am.

- And this journey has brought us to a whole 'nother place and a whole 'nother level as far as meeting family, but between the two of us, have brought us closer.

- Absolutely.

I have so much more respect for you.

- Same.

- I do.

- Through this journey as tough, as tough as it has gotten, we've been able to pull throug.

Dan: Back in Victorville, Marcus is learning more about his new family.

- So when we all get together, it's all about music, it's all about a good time, it's about love.

- So, my dad gets his old saxophone out and my granny starts telling me stories about how he used to play when he was a kid.

- He opened on the Queen Mary when he was, were you six?

- Man, I think I was seven.

- Six or seven.

- With Mr. Magic.

- He opened for the graduating class from UCLA's music department.

Their graduation was on the Queen Mary.

- That's crazy.

- And he was up on the Queen's stage playing with your grandfather when he was just a kid.

- Like a thousand people there.

- And the people could not believe it.

- That's so crazy.

- Yeah.

- After hearing about how good he was, I'm excited to see what he's got.

- [playing saxophone] ♪ ♪ Marcus: It was really a beautiful experience to me.

Like, my dad is playing a beautiful melody on his saxophone.

He's really talented at it.

♪ Keith: Saxiest man alive.

Bishop: I haven't practiced in 30 years.

- Can't tell.

Bishop: I ain't practiced in 30 years.

Marcus: That's crazy.

- Incredible.

We have a great time together.

You come from a very artistically talented family, so now you are one of us.

- Thank you, Granny.

It runs in the family.

That's so cool.

Everything about this journey is just perfect.

Like, it's just too real, and I just-- I'm full of joy and emotions at the same time, and it was just, it was a beautiful moment for me.

Maria: Let's go!

- Yeah!

- Uncle Keith and his beautiful family invite us to a great night out, literally.

- Playing... - Laser tag!

Elizabeth: Whoa!

Ah!

Yeah!

[laughing] - It was so much fun.

Not only are they fun, amazing people, but we got to do it with the family, and we're big family people, so it was awesome to be able to do that and experience that with them, especially him and his son.

Elizabeth: I gotta recharge!

No!

Oh, oh come on!

Maria: Lizzie, swap go!

Oh my goodness-- - Oh!

- Whoa!

- [laughs] - Maria and I won the laser tag battle.

Demetrius: Audrey decided to invite us to dinner and so we went out for pizza.

Chicago pizza.

- Pizza!

- Yes!

And to our surprise, Daphne shows up.

- Hi!

Daphne: Aw.

- [indistinct].

It's good to see you.

Demetrius: What's up, man?

Chonta: Oh!

How are you?

- So, I feel like it's a little bit of a family reunion, yeah.

Chonta: Your first family reunion on your dad's side!

It happened.

- I'm winning.

- You're winning.

- Truly winning.

- So, when I first saw Demetrius, you know, I was like, "Yeah.

You one of us."

- She sure did, immediately.

- She gra-- Daphne: I told you.

Demetrius: She grabbed me and looked at me and was like, "Yup."

I feel like I've known my cousin Audrey and my cousin Daphne forever.

Marcus: This journey has definitely blessed my life.

It showed me a lot of new experiences, new places, I met a lot of good people, and more importantly, I found my family, so it's the best experience ever.

Elizabeth: So, we started off, really, on a gratitude tour, and that is truly how we feel is just grateful.

- Very grateful.

Elizabeth: For who we've met, who we've discovered.

Maria: And where our future's gonna go.

Keith: This journey has definitely blessed my life.

We both got to reconnect with a whole lot of family members that we didn't have in our lives.

- The bigger question that I have is still, I wanna know, you know, who was responsible for helping to bring me into this world, right?

I don't necessarily have any anxiety of fear about that.

I've been welcomed by everyone on the Heffner side of the family that I've come into contact with, I mean with open arms.

My biggest concern is, you know, whoever he is, him getting to place where he feels comfortable enough to just meet and greet me, and if it's just us one-on-one, I'm okay with that, but I would 100%, I really want to meet him.

I wanna shake his hand.

I wanna thank him, and I know this sounds crazy 'cause I have never known him for 39 years, but I feel like it's a blessing to be alive, and however that happened, I'm grateful.

♪ Dan: As Day 9 comes to a close, Teams Blue and Green are both on the chopping block.

Will they survive another day to compete for $50,000, or will one team be heading home?

Marcus: Blue has two strikes.

So do we.

If Red doesn't get a strike today, then one of us goes home.

- Yeah, hopefully it's not us.

Elizabeth: No matter what, we are going to Day 10.

I just hope we did well enough that tomorrow, there's only two teams.

- Yeah.

[click] - Welcome teams.

Day 9, your final day for discovering family, and a very important day for Team Green, who has two strikes, and Team Blue, who has two strikes.

Team Red, how did you approach today knowing that your ticket to Day 10 was punched?

- Well, Dan, we approached today like we have every single day of this challenge.

As much as we would love, you know, both teams to come through, then that's two teams to compete against versus one, so... Yeah, we gave it our all.

- Let's move on to the challenge.

For Team Blue, Chonta, what did Demetrius do to create a fast, smart workaround?

Chonta: So, it's a lot of sounds, and finally he says, "Put them in order."

And it was like, boom, lightbulb!

So, as we heard it, it was like, chip, chip.

Bong, bong.

So, we started putting them in order on the sides, so we were back and forth, and we got it.

We got it the first time, 'cause we just boop-boop-boop.

It worked out great.

- Very interesting.

Team Red, again, tough address, tough town.

You struggled getting there.

How did you eventually get there?

- We ended up asking a few people, you know, left and right and they kept saying, "Oh, 90% positive this way.

I'm pretty sure this way," and then we finally ended up in the right direction.

Stopped at a gas station and this awesome woman was able to give us-- - Close enough directions.

- Close enough and we ended up literally running into the street, so it worked out.

Dan: Team Blue, I cannot believe how bold you were on this final day of racing.

What did you do?

I can't believe that he actually said yes.

Demetrius: I was quite surprised as well.

I pulled over and approached a cop standing out directing traffic and by sheer luck I asked him about the address.

He knew exactly where it was at, gave me directions.

I went back to the car, and my beautiful wife said, "Ask him, can he direct us there, take us there," and when I walked back up and asked him, he said, "Sure," and he drove us right to the address.

- We had a police escort to our relative.

- A police escort.

- Wow.

I can guarantee that the other teams are going, "Oh, why didn't I think of that."

- Okay, okay.

- Well, teams, the most important question is, who did you meet?

Team Green, Marcus, who did you meet and how did this final day of the race wind up for you?

- So, y'all, I want y'all to meet my beautiful grandmother right here, Karen.

That's my beautiful grandma right here.

Dan: Hi, grandma!

Maria: Aw, you look just like her.

- He does.

He looks just like her.

- Such an amazing day.

Perfect way to end it, man.

Icing on the cake right here.

Thank you so much.

- You have the exact same smile as your grandmother.

Chonta: He does, he does.

Dan: The exact same smile, it's incredible.

- Right.

Dan: Team Red, it's been eight wonderful days of discovery, and it didn't end today, did it?

- Not at all, Dan.

- Nope.

So, today I met my very, it's kind of weird to call him my uncle, because he's four months older than I am, but anyhow, this is my Uncle Keith!

Say, "Hi," y'all!

- Hey, Uncle Keith!

- Yo, what's up, Keith?

- Oh my gosh.

That is unbelievable.

On the final day of the race, you meet an uncle.

Well guys, we appreciate you opening your home and opening your lives to Elizabeth.

It's something that she's gonna have for the rest of her life, so thank you.

- Thank you.

- Team Blue, Demetrius, you've been searching for your father.

It's the final day to find family on your own, and I would imagine that while this was a good day, maybe a little bittersweet?

- Um, absolutely.

Um, I did not have the opportunity on this journey to meet my biological father, but nevertheless, it's still been amazing because I've had an opportunity to meet family members from my biological father's side of the family, and so I had an opportunity to meet my beautiful cousin, Audrey.

This is my first cousin Audrey.

We have a lot in common.

Audrey is in the U.S. Navy, so she serves.

She's an officer.

As you all know, I spent time in the Marine Corps, and my wife spent time in the Marine Corps, and so, super just excited about, you know, the connections that I have ben able to make and a lot of things have been cleared up for me as it relates to that side of me, so... - Chonta, I'm sure that there was this last hope.

How has it been for you?

- It's been wonderful for me and getting to meet my relatives.

I had really high hopes for my husband.

I would've given him all of the days if I could've so that he could identify and find and get closer to knowing who his biological father is and having the opportunity to meet him, so not being able to do that here at the end, honestly, it's hard.

It's rough, but watching him being able to meet somebody.

So although we don't have that centerpiece of the puzzle that he's looking for, but we got a lot of it figured out and we're happy about that.

We're grateful.

Marcus: So, hearing that Demetrius didn't get the chance to meet his dad, I really feel lucky, and especially I've been able to spend time with my dad for this past nine days on this journey.

- I wanted that for him.

Like, I-- We wanted that for him.

I really did.

I know that really hurt him and I know that everyone has tried to find a piece of themselves and I know that that's something that he really needs.

I really feel that.

- I'm not happy about it, but I'm positive that when this is all said and done, I will have some answers, and that's, at the end of the day, what I came into this hoping for.

Dan: Demetrius we wish you only the best as you continue to search for your father.

Team Red, you know no matter what, even if you earn the strike, you'll be at Day 10.

Teams Green and Blue, you both have two strikes.

A strike tonight means that you're headed home.

The difference between second and third place was three minutes.

The team finishing in first place and receiving a Day 10 benefit, finishing two minutes over their allotted time... Demetrius and Chonta.

- Ahh!

- Woo!

- Woo!

Woo!

- You'll automatically receive a Day 10 benefit that your cousin will give you later tonight.

And so now, with only three minutes separating Teams Red and Green, and finishing 12 minutes over their allotted time: Team Red.

You finished in second place.

Team Green, you finished 15 minutes over your allotted time.

You have earned your third strike, and your race is over, but your family tree has grown a mile.

- Everything happens for a reason.

It is what it is.

I got literally, exactly what I signed up for.

- You know, you can't buy that with money.

You can't put any amount of money up to buy family.

- It has been a privilege and an honor to watch you take this journey.

- It has been a privilege.

- Remember, Relative Race is a family, and you're a part of it foreve.

Thank you for being here.

- I really appreciate it, Dan.

- Thank you, we appreciate the journey and the time and the family we have gained.

- I feel a little bit more complete in the sense for them, because at least they found-- Both: Who they were looking for.

- We love you Marcus and Keith!

- We love you guys!

- Thank you.

We love y'all too.

- We will definitely link up again.

- And we still won.

I got my family.

This is originally what I came here for, so thank you so much.

- For Team Red and Team Blue, you're headed to Tucson, Arizona.

So, get ready to get geared up, because the final day of Relative Race will be like nothing you have faced so far.

There's $50,000 waiting for one of you, so get some good rest.

Think about that as you get ready for the final day of Relative Race.

Good night and good luck to both of you.

- Good night, y'all.

- Good night, y'all.

- Thank you, Dan.

- Good night.

Thank you.

- Marcus, Keith, ah.

- Good night, y'all.

Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- You guys too.

Bishop, we love you too!

- You guys, good luck.

- Bye, grandma!

- Bye-bye!

- We're happy.

We're a happy family.

Dan: Day 9 closes with Team Blue finishing in first and picking up their third Day 10 benefit.

Team Red finishes in second while Team Green takes third, receiving their final strike.

- Second's not too shabby.

Not sure about the heat.

That just sounds good.

Keith: Yo, Tucson get ready, baby!

I know it, let's go!

- We've called it since Day 1.

This is who we're gonna see in the end.

Keith: You might as well hit the sauna and start working out now.

- Let's go.

Let's go, Keith.

Look at this, he's preparing us!

He's preparing us.

- [sigh] Audrey: You did it, guys!

Here's your Day 10 benefit.

Chonta: And we got a Day 10 benefit and we are going to Day 10!

- You was built for this one.

- Yeah, we were built for this one.

- We were built for this.

- It is game on!

It is time to win a competition!

- Marine Corps.

- We have this.

We have this.

- Priceless, priceless.

- Oh yeah.

We say you can't buy family.

- We got our third strike today, but it's all right.

We still won.

Bishop: I wouldn't trade this for all the money in the world.

- We still going up from here.

- Oh yeah.

Bishop: Unlimited possibilities.

Karen: That's it.

Bishop: No caps on it.

We good.

- At the end of the day, we all are getting what we came here for, which is family.

- I'm sad to see you leave.

- I'll be back, Granny.

- Oh, we'll be back.

This doesn't mean we're gone.

It just means we're out of the ranch that you live in.

Marcus: When I started this race, I had no one, and now I'm standing here with my family, my dad, my brothers, my grandmother.

I couldn't ask for anything more.

- Let's get it, man.

Let's get on this road.

- Be safe, safe travels.

- We will, grandma.

- Take them home.

I'll be back.

- Green Team is signing off now.

We are only going up from here.

Karen: All right, be safe!

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