Previously on Relative Race...

Send in Team Black transport in.

A surprising start has all four teams racing in different parts of the country.

[laughing] Yes!

Team Black wins a mysterious first-place prize.

We will keep this a secret.

The sisters pick up strike number one.

Ladies, you have received your first strike.

And Michael Anderson hugs his father for the very first time.

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

Following their own DNA, four teams are racing.

Come on!

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

To win $50,000.

..

Woo!

...and to find their family.

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh!

♪ ♪ It's Day 2 of Relative Race in the quiet hills of Palouse, Washington where Team Black, John and Rebecca, prepare to say goodbye to Rebecca's Aunt Kathy who filled a void in Rebecca's heart yesterday on Day 1.

Rebecca: Today with my Aunt Kathy, she told me exactly what I wanted to hear which is she's been looking for me since we left their lives and they wanted to be part of our lives and they loved me since I was born and that's everything to me.

That's exactly what I came searching for and we found it on Day 1.

Team Black took first place yesterday and chose a Day 10 benefit as their reward.

A coin!

We're going to find out what it means.

This Relative Race coin with "Washington, D .C.

Season 3" on it.

John and Rebecca will depart today from Washington.

One state away from them in Tigard, Oregon, Team Red, Troy and Nicole, also prepare for their morning departure.

Nicole: So today our plan is not to come in last.

We just don't want to get a strike wherever it is we're going.

They came in third place yesterday but received a pleasant surprise at the start of the race.

Troy Hitt from Team Red, Jonathan Hoyt from Team Black, the two of you are cousins.

[all laughing] What's up, cuz?

I sent Team Black a text last night just saying "Congrats, family," because Jonathan's now family and they texted back this morning and said "Hey, look, I know you're pacing yourself "but don't get too far behind because we want to see you on Day 10" and I said "See you there."

2900 miles away in North Carolina, Michael Anderson from Team Blue wakes up to start Day 2 of Relative Race knowing for the first time in his life who his father is.

Michael: Just knowing who my dad is after 45 years, it's going to take a long time to sink in and register.

I'm just excited to see what other family may lie ahead on this incredible journey.

In Dallas, Texas, Team Green, sisters Jamie and Morgan begin the race with a strike in pocket and hurricane season affecting their race and their family.

Jamie: Because of the hurricane, our relative in Houston was flooded in and couldn't make it so Renaissance flew in all the way from California to Texas just to hang out with us because she didn't want us to go without meeting a relative.

The weather is still really unsettled around us-- So we have no idea what's going to happen today.

Alright, everybody.

Here we go.

I'm going to send them.

Oh.

Wait.

Oh my gosh.

[phone ringing] I got a text message.

Alright, this is from Dan.

It says, "Good morning teams and welcome to Day 2 of Relative Race."

Team Red will be traveling to Goshen, Oregon.

Team Blue will be traveling to Andrews, North Carolina.

To Lafayette, Louisiana!

Oh my gosh!

Team Black will be traveling to Boise, Idaho.

Today's first place prize is to skip tomorrow's city selfie or to receive a Day 10 benefit.

Your time starts now.

Okay, let's go.

See you later!

Woo!

Do good!

[intense music] Come on.

I'm coming.

I was not anticipating that.

We're staying in the state.

See you later!

Off we go.

Louisiana.

♪ It's Day 2 of Relative Race.

All of our teams continue to race along different paths across the United States, each team looking for a new relative, each in a different location, all of them with their eyes set on the finish line this season in an undisclosed location.

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

Now they're headed to a new city.

They must take a selfie to prove that they've made it, successfully complete a set of challenges, and discover their new relatives, each within a different allotted time.

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

Three strikes and you're out of the race.

Welcome to Day 2 of Relative Race.

♪ Rebecca: So, on the way to Boise we decided to have a discussion about the first-place prize we got yesterday and we started giving some theories out of what we think it might be good for.

I'm not sure what it means, like for our Day 10 game benefit because what can you use as a coin?

Do you think if you get enough of them you could buy immunity?

What's the cost of that?

Dan: With the first Day 10 benefit coin in hand, Team Black, John and Rebecca, will be racing today from Palouse, Washington to Boise, Idaho.

Their allotted time, including driving and challenges, is 6 hours and 20 minutes.

Michael: You curious about the Day 10 benefit?

Dylan: Yeah, a little.

It's gotta be something good if you wait that long.

Well, you could not have to take a selfie that day.

You may not have to do one of the challenges that day.

You may get an air freshener, a little tree air freshener.

Who knows?

It's a benefit.

It says it in the name, it's a benefit.

Dan: Team Blue, Michael and Dylan, remain in their home state of North Carolina today racing from the town of Asheville to Andrews.

Their allotted time including driving and challenges is 3 hours and 4 minutes.

♪ Nicole: If we win, we're going to do the Day 10 benefit.

Definitely.

I would rather take that over a skipping a city selfie.

Troy: Yeah.

Dan: Back on the Oregon coast, Team Red, Troy and Nicole, are racing from Tigard to Goshen, Oregon with the shortest allotted time of the day at 2 hours and 21 minutes.

The biggest reason why I wanted to be on the show is to find out who my biological father is.

Nicole: That's always been the goal.

Troy: The blue team meeting his dad-- it just definitely gives me hope that it's possible.

Morgan: The wind is like pounding against the windshield.

It's insane.

You can definitely tell we are driving through the eye of a storm right now.

Jamie: Yeah, and we started hearing this beeping noise, we didn't know what it was.

Turns out it was our fancy flip phone.

Severe alert, flash flood warning, this area until 2 PM.

Avoid flood areas.

Dan: Team Green, Jamie and Morgan, battling the weather, will race from Dallas, Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana.

Their total allotted time is 6 hours and 25 minutes.

Jamie: I started to get really scared and Morgan said "You should sing a little bit" and I was like "I don't wanna sing," and she was like "This is the time to sing."

So we tried to sing our way through it.

[singing] ♪ I'm right here, I'm right here, ♪ ♪ Oh don't you know I'm here.

♪ ♪ No matter when I call, you tell me "I'm right here" ♪ Okay, so they're already ready to start talking smack.

Michael: Ha.

Just let them talk.

Team Black seems to be like the black sheep here.

They want to be more the competitive type.

Dylan: Yup.

Just a teaser.

Just after we send the text to the other teams, we run into trouble.

Ugh.

Repeat that, please.

Is there a lot of construction all the way down?

It's crazy today.

It's hump day.

We had to stop, wait for an entire line of traffic from the other direction to pass before we could go.

No!

Is he stopping us?

John: We ran into nine different points of construction where it slowed us down, sometimes to a complete stop, and we had to wait 5-10 minutes apiece.

And when we get to an open two-lane stretch, the road was gravel so we spent almost the whole drive in 35-mile conditions or in complete-stop road conditions.

Jamie: We're in Louisiana!

We made it!

Nicole: Goshen, five miles!

It's got a sign, that's a good sign!

Michael: Oh, back there was a sign that said Andrews!

Uh-oh.

Okay.

Hit the gas.

We missed two signs already.

Go, go, go.

Rebecca: Ah.

So today's drive to Boise, Idaho was miserable.

John: After we ran into nine different points of construction, we really brought into perspective what the other teams went through yesterday with the red team having their driving issue with the fires, green team having the issues with flooding in Houston.

Rebecca: It wasn't in our control and I think it was the same for them so maybe our taunting we should be a little light on that.

Dan: As Team Black makes their way to Boise battling heavy construction, the other three teams are approaching their destination cities.

Jamie: We're in Louisiana!

Nicole: Goshen, five miles!

It's got a sign, that's a good sign!

Oh, back there was a sign that said Andrews!

Dylan: Uh-oh.

Okay.

Keep going, hit the gas.

We missed two signs already.

Son, you gotta react faster.

Uh-- you pointed right there, it's like hey, don't go there, but go there.

No.

That's what you just did.

No, I didn't.

Okay, okay Dad.

Okey dokey.

Jamie: We're approaching Lafayette, Morgan spots a hotel.

We'll hop out and kinda get the ugliest selfie we can.

Stop, there's a sign right there.

Pull over on this side road right here.

Troy: Alright, let's check it out.

Michael: Cross my fingers, there we go!

Got it.

Send it to Dan.

Sent.

We found it, babe.

We got it.

Okay, welcome to Goshen!

Let's go.

Okay.

Dan: Three of our teams will now start the first of two challenges.

Jamie: Oh my gosh, I don't know what this is.

Who is it?

Who is it?

Dan: Challenge One is the same for all four teams: looking at poster boards with names and faces.

A mystery person is chosen on a card by one teammate.

The other teammate must correctly guess who that person is by asking a series of four "yes or no" questions about the photo.

Each team must get three correct answers to move on.

The teams have 15 minutes each to complete the challenge.

Michale: So we run up to our first challenge and it's basically a game of "Guess Who."

Alright, you're the guesser?

Yeah, I'll guess.

You've got four questions you can ask and they're all "yes or no."

Are they male?

Michael: Yes.

Are they a female?

Yes.

So that means I need to put down all the guys.

Jamie: Yeah.

Girl.

Does the person have a beard?

Troy: No.

Do they have glasses?

No.

On the fourth one, you've gotta be able to pick the person that you think it is.

Is it Dorothy?

No.

Jimmy?

No.

Is it Oliver?

Yes, it's Oliver.

Okay, reset!

Nicole: I'm a little bit more detail-oriented in what I was specifically looking for so it was a little bit easier for me.

Troy was trying to go off directions.

Troy: Is the lady looking to-- your left?

No.

That wasn't the answer I was looking for.

Nicole: It's not a valid question to narrow it down so I think he missed on quite a few.

I think I got it backwards now.

Nicole: Focus, babe, focus.

I'm trying, baby, I'm trying.

You know, I would ask a question, she would give me the answer and I would flip down the opposite people.

I wasn't thinking right.

That would be the opposite.

I'm wrong.

Is this lady Vivian?

No.

Don't ask directions anymore which way they're looking.

Yep, you're right.

You said "Am I looking at the camera?"

and I said no.

Are my eyes looking at the camera?

Yeah, are they?

No, they're looking off.

Dylan: I was for sure frustrated the whole time.

I hated that we couldn't get on the same page.

Does he have facial hair?

No.

Does not have facial hair?

Wait.

I don't know if I'm doing it right.

The concept is easy.

Our execution was not good.

Am I Lou Ann?

No.

Michael: Seriously?

It has to be!

Dylan: Nope.

Eleanor.

Son, she was wearing a necklace!

No she was not.

Right there!

Dylan: That is not a necklace, that is a line!

Dan: As three teams struggle with Challenge One, Team Black has finally arrived in Boise to take their city selfie.

John: Sending.

Rebecca: Okay, let's go get our maps.

We lost a lot of time today on our drive-- John: And we're going to need to make it up in the challenges.

Okay, what does it say?

Morgan: So we are struggling and we got the first one.

Is it Jimmy?

Yes!

Morgan: Finally!

Jamie: Yes!

Morgan: We got one.

So that kind of gave us an extra motivation.

Yeah, so-- and we just kept going.

Is it Anthony?

Yes!

Jamie: Yes!

Okay!

Is it Peter?

Yes!

Thank you.

Got glasses?

Yes.

Herbert?

Yes!

Is it Chester?

Yes!

Dylan: Eventually we got through it.

We got going.

We did.

Michael: Am I Millie?

Yes.

Boom, come on!

Come on, come on, come on.

Okay.

We start playing the game "Who is it?"

Is this person a male?

Yes.

Hurry, hurry babe.

Is this person young?

Yes.

John: We picked it up pretty quick, we got in a rhythm.

Is this person Oliver?

Yes.

Is she old?

Yes.

Is it Gertrude?

Yes, yes!

Okay.

Okay.

What's next?

Your relative loves to hunt.

Head into Barney's Police Supplies.

Okay.

Is it Anthony?

Yes!

Oh, thank gosh.

Is it Hank?

It is Hank!

Woo!

It was rough but we got through it.

Your relative loves zip lining.

Find Ridge Runner Zips for your next high-flying challenge.

I'm very afraid of heights.

I don't know why.

I just am.

Gonna cost us so I definitely think the next one we really gotta be on point with.

Your relative worked as a firefighter.

Go inside the Goshen Fire House.

John: We were able to kind of fly through our pictures.

Yeah, you didn't get a single one wrong.

Does he have a mustache?

Yes.

Is it Hank?

John: Yes.

Does she have on a white shirt?

Rebecca: No.

John: Is it Lou Ann?

Rebecca: Yes.

Is she really old?

No.

Is it Vivian?

Yes.

I think we either finished the challenge at our allotted time or maybe just a hair before.

Okay.

Your relative loves movies.

Head to the Flicks theater.

Rebecca: Snap!

Dan: All teams will now face Challenge 2, which is unique to each team.

Hello, ladies.

I'm Mark.

Welcome to Barney's Police Supplies and Indoor Range.

Jamie: We get greeted by Mark and he gives us a card.

Thank you so much.

Your relative is an excellent marksman.

Your challenge is target shooting.

You must hit 500 points at each target distance.

Your allotted time for the day includes 15 minutes to complete this challenge.

Alright, let's go in for a safety brief.

Yes, sir.

Very important.

Morgan: He gives us a 22 and I've never held that before.

I do not know what to do.

I am the most awkward holding this gun and after a brief instruction, he takes us into the range.

Man: Welcome to Ridge Runner Zips, guys.

Your relative loves zip lining with his family.

Your allotted time for the day includes 38 minutes to complete this challenge.

Michael: And not only do we get the zip line, but we gotta untie this big ball of knots just to get to our equipment to get onto the zip line.

Alright.

Michael: And there's three pieces of rope.

One of them leads to our equipment, the other two lead to a two-minute penalty.

We go through here.

Oh, this is ridiculous.

See?

Seriously?

Just trying to work the knot out.

Bingo!

Let's go.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Man: Contestants, welcome!

My name is Tanner.

Hi.

One of your relatives was a wild land firefighter for 10 years so today your challenge will be a wild land fire training course.

You have 30 minutes to complete this course.

This is all of our safety gear.

You have boots, pants, helmet, gloves, and fire shelters.

This is your gear.

Troy: Did you say line fire?

Wild land fire.

Wild line fire?

I'm nervous already.

This is kind of heavy.

You have no idea.

Oh, gosh.

These are progressive hose packs.

You have 400 feet of hose, go ahead and grab yours and you can go ahead and grab yours.

It's a little heavy there, baby.

Is it heavy?

Yup.

Oh my gosh.

[grunting] Okay, one more time.

[grunting] I got it.

I might fall over backwards but I got it.

Oh, no.

Okay.

Tanner: Athletic stance.

I know you guys know all about that.

Nicole: Is this an athletic stance?

Tanner: Strong legs.

John: So we show up to the theater, we round the corner.

Over here, look, look, look!

John: We see that there's a card there.

Your relative is a big movie buff.

Answer 15 multiple choice movie trivia questions correctly.

Each wrong answer incurs a 1-minute penalty.

Your allotted time for the day includes 10 minutes to complete this challenge.

Both: Let's go.

John: We're huge movie buffs already.

Rebecca: I was excited because I thought, "Yes, we can ace this challenge!"

What have I gotten myself into?

This is not a place that I would just naturally go hang out, but meanwhile my sister's like "We got this, we got this," I was like "You have all this confidence, just go for it."

Troy: Literally within seconds, we were in a truck to go put out a wildfire.

Seat belts.

[buzzer] Ugh!

Should've gone with "A."

John: We had to wait our 1-minute penalty.

So we walk up to the first zip line.

Okay, let's-- ah!

Michael: He is very afraid of heights.

Dan: It's Day 2 of Relative Race and all four teams are now facing their second challenge.

In Boise, Idaho at Flicks Theater, Team Black, John and Rebecca, are tasked with movie trivia.

What was the name of the shuttle command module?

B, Odyssey.

[ding] Yes!

Dan: Dylan on Team Blue is attempting to overcome his fear of zip lining.

Dylan: So we walk up to the first zip line.

Michael: I'm excited.

This is gonna be fun.

Dylan: I see the bottom.

I don't wanna be up-- I don't wanna be up-- I don't wanna, I don't wanna, I like this spot, I like it.

Okay, let's-- ah!

Dan: And while Troy and Nicole test their physical abilities in a wildfire training course... You're here to learn what it's like to fight a fire.

Dan: The Team Green sisters take aim at a shooting range.

Morgan: This is not a place that I would just naturally go hang out, but my sister's like "We got this, we got this, we got this."

You're gonna engage the left side target at 25 feet.

Yes, sir.

We're clear to go, the line is hot.

[gunshots] 100.

Another 100-value hit.

A 200.

I had a feeling that Jamie was going to be good at this.

[gunshot] Another 200-value hit, so that's 600.

So I started, had to get 500, pass it to Morgan, and then we went back and forth.

That's a miss.

It's okay, just focus.

Get all up in it.

You can do this.

I don't like it.

You can do this.

I can't.

Just do it.

[talking] Going down was a trip.

I freaked out a little.

Don't look down!

Ah!

[laughing] Don't look down-- ow!

That was awesome!

Contestants ready.

Apparently one of our relatives was a firefighter so that's why we got to go on this adventure today.

[chatter] As I'm going up the mountain, the thorns are coming to my face and I said "This is impossible, I'm not doing this" and Troy came in front and said, "I'm going to chop them all down."

Stay put.

A little pent-up aggression from the last challenge.

A, Boromir.

There's only one question about one movie we have not seen.

Oh, man.

I would say Casablanca.

You choose.

"Singin' in the Rain," B. Ugh, we should've gone with A.

So we had to wait our 1-minute penalty.

Woo!

Yeah!

Woo!

So we get to the top, we start lugging hoses, we're up there with raw material, hooking them up, radioing down.

Hose 1 for water?

Water on 1.

Troy: It's coming, it's coming.

Get the hang of it.

You got this?

Nicole: Yeah, don't know what I'm doing with it.

We guessed on the "La La Land" question and we got it wrong so we made a second guess.

A, Casablanca.

Ugh!

The second one was wrong as well.

[gunshots] So we do 50 and we're pretty okay at that.

We do 75 and we're actually pretty good at 75 too.

[gunshots] That's it!

I was pretty proud of how we knocked it out.

We stayed calm, we had fun, and Mark was a really great instructor.

Thank you so much.

You met your challenge.

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

Your relative lives at 107 Bark Hill Drive.

Okay, we gotta go, we gotta go.

Thank you so much, thank you so much.

I'm having a blast zip lining.

[laughing] But it doesn't seem like Dylan's having as much fun.

Nope.

Ugh, that's the worst.

Oh.

No.

We're digging a shelter, we got our tools, we're digging, we're digging, we're digging.

Meanwhile, they fire up this big old industrial fan that's blowing all the dirt on us so we pulled out these big plastic bags that are shelters.

Lay down as quick as you can in the dirt, wet, hot, and you're just counting and just waiting for it to pass.

I can only imagine what it's like to have a real fire go over you.

I'm so glad we're done zip lining.

Your relative lives at 507 Fox Hill Road.

Well, technically two.

Two, A.

Yes!

That's 15, right?

I think we did okay on the movie trivia.

Okay.

Get out of your shelters.

Strong work, firefighters.

Thank you?

I'm so glad to be done.

Thinking that one of our relatives is a firefighter is pretty cool.

They've gotta be a pretty awesome person to have done this.

Jamie: Excuse me, Mr. Sir?

Mr.

Officer?

Hi.

Do you know where Bark Hill Drive is?

Bark Hill, like a bark-- bark, like a dog Hill?

Oh, okay.

No, it's okay.

Thank you for your service.

Hope not.

Oh, he's pulling us over for real.

Oh, shoot.

We had just asked this police officer for directions-- Yeah, and now he's like pulling us over.

Are we in trouble?

Yeah, probably.

Gosh.

No!

It's not that far, but we are deep in the mountains of North Carolina.

I mean deep.

[phone rings] We're getting a phone call.

Phone's ringing'.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hi, I'm your relative and I have directions to guide you to our place.

Are you ready?

It's some guy who says "Hey, I'm your relative."

This is your relative.

Hello, this is your relative too!

Ah, okay.

It's Roberto.

Hey Roberto, how are you?

You ready for some directions?

This relative on the phone says "I'm going to give you directions."

Yes, absolutely.

Yes, yes, hold on, get a pen.

I would love some directions, Roberto.

Take a left on Mountain Creek.

Mountain Creek, right there, son!

You're on the wrong side of the road!

Sorry.

We're not in England.

Sorry.

And follow the gravel road all the way to the end.

First left after the mailboxes.

Alright, all ahead, we're en route, we'll see you there!

This relative stayed on the phone with me the entire time and we're super excited because we don't quite know what we're doing.

Slow down, that's it.

Turn right.

Okay.

Sweetwater, alright, so we're on Sweetwater now.

Go all the way down to the end of the mailboxes.

I guess we should've asked him who he was.

Nah.

We'll find it out.

Meanwhile, Team Green is a little busy to answer the phone.

Are y'all familiar with Lafayette at all?

No, sir, we're from L.A. Los Angeles.

Okay, okay.

We were so afraid that we're in trouble.

But it turns out he's just helping us with directions.

Yeah.

Aw, you scared us-- [laughing] Can I tell you where-- If you know where it is, you can tell us.

Yes.

Not this light-- Okay-- --but the next light, you're going to take a right.

Good luck.

Thank you so much.

Way to travel.

You're the best.

He said go.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I literally thought-- I was like, "It's illegal to ride with a headlamp on.

I just broke the law, second strike."

Okay, we got you, we're going to be coming in in just a second.

I think we're in the right spot.

[both] 507!

Yay!

107, this is it!

Pull in there!

Pull in somewhere!

I see you right now.

This is gorgeous.

I love that truck!

[singing] I drive your truck.

Hey, I'm your relative.

Hey, can we take a quick selfie?

Oh, yeah.

Let's get all three of us, we gotta get in this picture.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Alright, we'll meet you in a minute but we've gotta take this selfie, okay?

Hey, how’s' it going, we're the Hoyts!

Can we get a selfie with you guys?

Hey, how are you?

I'm Jamie.

I'm Wes.

I'm Morgan.

Nice to meet you.

Are you our relative?

I'm your relative!

Can we get a picture with you?

Absolutely.

Okay, okay.

One, two, and three.

Sending, sending, sending.

Okay, I think we got you all in there.

There we go.

Okay.

I'm sending it.

All four teams have now arrived at their relatives' homes and with all clocks now stopped, time with newfound family is about to begin.

Our cousin, Wes greeted us and at this point we already know that our family is diverse and not everyone is going to have the appearance of being black.

He brings us inside and we meet his lovely wife, Val.

Hi, nice to meet you!

I'm Morgan!

So, um...

I'm your cousin.

Really?

Yeah.

Pleasure to meet you, cuz!

Roberto, he has a warm sense about him.

I can tell that he's just as excited about this process as I am.

Who are you guys related to?

I'm related to you.

To me?

How are we related?

I'm, I'm your cousin.

When he said "I'm your cousin," I was like "Bud, you're Bud."

Are you Bud?

I am, yes.

Awesome.

Nice to meet you, Bud!

You could tell it was very emotional for the two of them because they did know each other a long time ago and it's obvious that that connection was still there.

I'm Ronnie, your brother.

I got a brother.

I didn't have one when I started the day.

I wanna hear everything.

You will, I promise.

So good to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

This is my son, Dylan.

Dylan.

It's Day 2 of Relative Race and all four teams have arrived at their relatives' homes.

With all clocks now stopped, their focus is on family.

Jamie: Our cousin, Wes greeted us and at this point we already know that our family is diverse and not everyone is going to have the appearance of being black.

He brings us inside and we meet his lovely wife, Val.

[all saying hello] I'm Wes Bratcher.

And I'm Val Bratcher.

And I'm Jamie and Morgan's cousin.

So I'm in the food service industry, we do industrial and emergency response food service.

Our friends call us "the loud family," and so we're loud and we're rambunctious and we laugh a lot and the girls had that much energy and it kind of bonded us.

What would you like to drink?

We have everything, we have water, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite...

Meanwhile in Goshen, Oregon, Troy is also getting acquainted with his cousin, Roberto.

Pleasure to meet you, cuz!

Roberto, he has a warm sense about him.

I can tell that he's just as excited about this process as I am.

I'm Roberto Ramirez.

I'm Sandra Ramirez.

Before I worked with lumber, I was a wild land firefighter for eight seasons.

Troy: This is a guy's guy.

He loves hunting, he loves the outdoors, he loves riding motorcycles and he immediately wanted to show me some of his skills and teach me how to shoot a bow.

Alright, Troy, this is what we're going to be shooting.

Alright.

I'm trusting you're going to be showing me what to do with this.

He's very patient and just walked me through it.

I'm grateful to be his cousin.

This is a big part of a life that I can share.

There you go, perfect.

Like that?

Yup.

And I'm thinking to myself, "Just don't break it, Troy, and just hit some part of the target."

Again, we're cousins.

I got this.

How'd I do?

A little to the right, low.

Try it again.

Okay.

You got it.

Perfect.

For never shooting a bow, he caught on and did really well.

That is vital.

So I would've technically killed my first deer?

Yeah.

On my second pull of the bow.

On the second shot.

[laughing] In Boise, Idaho, Rebecca reunites with a close relative who once was a very important part of her life while she was growing up.

Nice to meet you, Bud!

I could tell Bud was pretty happy.

I saw the same thing in his face that I saw in Kathy.

Wow.

This is your mom Karen and this is my brother, your Uncle Kenny, and this is my oldest son, Bud, your first cousin.

I'm Bud Blair.

And I'm Anna Blair.

I'm 36, I work in manufacturing, and I'm Rebecca's first cousin.

Rebecca: He was happy to have us... home.

John: After we met Bud and Anna and their daughter, Naomi, they invited us into the house and we kind of looked at a few pictures and Anna had food that she got prepared for us and Rebecca and Bud got a chance to talk.

I never thought we'd be doing this, I'll tell you what.

We were always hopeful, always hopeful.

In Andrews, North Carolina, Michael and Dylan have made another important discovery.

Hi Michael.

I'm Ronnie, your brother.

I got a brother.

I didn't have one when I started the day.

I wanna hear everything.

You will, I promise.

So good to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

This is my son.

There's no words that can really convey what I want to say about it.

This is my wife, Sherry.

I'm Michael.

Hello!

Nice to meet you.

I'm Ronnie.

I'm Sherry.

I work for Philips and Jordan Construction outfit.

We cut trees for the power company.

And then I got to introduce Michael to my wife and my two kids and it went good.

Michael: Coming into this, I had a puzzle with no pieces.

Now I'm having piece by piece by piece filling in the blanks I've always had.

It's not necessarily what happened back then-- we're here now.

Focus on the future.

Exactly.

We gotta build on the future and now I know I've got Michael and I'm going to build on it.

You like fishing?

I love fishing.

Well, we're fixing to go fishing.

I love to hear that.

Y'all have fun.

Thanks.

We're going fishing.

Back on the west coast, Troy gets to meet even more family.

Roberto: Troy, Nicole, this is my parents, Pedro and Barbara Ramirez.

Hi!

It's wonderful to meet you.

Pleasure to meet you.

We were fortunate enough to meet Roberto's parents.

His dad, Pedro, made homemade tacos which were some of the best tacos I've ever had.

These are finger-licking good.

Finger-lickin' good!

You know, last night we had three generations sitting at the table.

Tonight, we got two generations sitting at the table so that lineage, it's present.

It's not on paper, it's not on a website.

You can ask all the questions you want because they have the history right in their head.

It's all right there.

So last night I made-- met my first connection who really are tied into the Portugal heritage and they brought me up to speed on everything.

I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to who I really am and who my family really is.

Michael: I hate it's raining today but we'll still get good fishing.

Any day is a good day to fish.

So I'm with my niece, Maggie.

I decide to put my fishing rod down, hold the umbrella for her, and just try and help her.

Pull that back, now you just fling it out there.

Now we gotta do it fast, these are top feeders.

Well tomorrow, um, I'm actually heading west towards Houston to do some emergency food service so we're going to feed five or six hundred people in the community.

That's amazing that you're doing that.

We think it's inspiring to know that we have a cousin that's like going out and making the sacrifice, that he's serving the first responders.

I got something I'd like to show you guys.

Oh, okay!

Alright, cool.

Here, I tell you what, let's switch.

You hold the umbrella, let me try it.

Alright, so this is your Ancestry DNA Ethnicity Estimate.

What?

I've never seen this.

Whoa.

I saw my name and I just-- I wasn't ready for that.

So here's your pie chart that breaks down based on the area.

I'm hanging out next to Uncle Ronnie and we're fishing, not catching anything, wondering what we're doing wrong and he finally gets something.

Got him, got him, got him, got him, got him, got him!

Ah, I need a basket.

We're going through the list and I cannot believe what I see.

What?

Are you serious?

We're 19 percent Irish.

I think that's the part we have in common.

That's it.

We discovered that we both have Irish ancestry.

That's awesome.

Wow, that's so crazy!

He got one.

Being able to share that with my niece and teach her just a couple things and to catch a fish with her, great.

Here we go.

Michael and my daughter was fishing and they outdone us; they caught one.

Picking it up, it got loose two or three times but we had fun.

We're going to take it home and eat it up.

You just caught dinner.

I know!

You never know what to expect but that's not a bad thing.

We immediately related.

That's the power of family, and if this experience is teaching me anything, it's just learning to embrace that more.

Back in Boise, Idaho, Rebecca remembers how she and her Cousin Bud are closely connected.

Bud: I do have short memories of you-- Oh, you do?

--from when I was a kid, and I just remember the whole thing growing up and just how hard it was to lose you.

So you remember it?

It's a little overwhelming in the good sense that we have family and they want us and they loved us and they've always wanted us.

Your mom showed us a picture of us playing on a playground.

That was like the last time we saw you, and the, like, the playground equipment and all the kids, I suddenly remembered that.

I remember that photograph being taken but that's the only moment that I remember of it because the memories were just, I don't know, buried, or lost.

When I was two years old, my mother, Karen Richards, fell down a flight of stairs and hit her head.

She went into a coma and a few days later she passed away.

My father, Charlie a few years later remarried a woman named Susan Neer.

One night she didn't come home from work.

The police showed up at the house and arrested my father for Susan Neer's murder.

My sister Ashley and I were adopted by my father's sister.

We went on to grow up into lives not knowing anything about our biological mother Karen's family.

I have had two mothers in my life that I don't know much about.

My father, Charlie, I don't know much about his family either because when he was arrested and we were adopted, we spent about two years bouncing between I believe different relative's homes, but I couldn't tell you who or where.

I was so young and the trauma made a lot of my memory very foggy.

Bud: I remember my mother trying to-- fighting for custody for you and your sister and ultimately ended up losing that custody battle.

It was a really hard time for our family.

So great to meet you again.

It is.

For me, the only thing I wanted to know was that-- that we were loved and we were wanted.

Over all the years, she has never been far from anybody's thoughts.

I just can't express enough how much this means to me as well as the rest of my family.

Rebecca: In the end, we finally found each other and I've learned so much about my mom.

She's no longer just the woman who gave birth to me.

She's not just this beautiful face in a photo.

She's actually somebody who has her own history and her own stories and we're getting to find that out.

Dylan: So I think we did okay today but I still can't help but to be a little nervous about what's about to come with Dan.

Just please don't get a strike.

I think we need to get through every day without getting a strike.

I don't want to miss out on anybody.

We may get one strike, we may even get two strikes, but I don't want to go home until I have seen every smiling face that greets us at every door.

Dan: Relative Race Day 2 is coming to a close.

Allotted and actual times are being calculated.

Who is one step closer to Day 10 and who will receive a strike?

Welcome, teams.

Day 2 of Relative Race is officially now in the books.

I'll bet ya you'd all like to know how you did.

[All agreeing] You are definitely in different scenarios.

In the case of two of the teams today, you had to overcome Mother Nature.

Team Green, you headed straight into what is already known as one of the most devastating hurricanes on record and yet you veered into that without danger to yourself but Mother Nature took a hit.

What happened?

Yeah, I have the best big sister driver in the world, that's what happened.

You can tell.

We just played it safe.

There were times when we had to slow down, there were times when we saw flooding, but somehow we miraculously made it.

We honestly just had to say like if we end up going too slow, that's okay because safety's first and so we just took our time and we made it through.

Troy, I know especially for you, this odyssey, this journey, this venture is a hope to find family but you guys did struggle today.

Troy: I let us down twice today and so hopefully we don't pay the price for that.

We'll find out soon if you were able to avoid a strike, but speaking of discoveries, Rebecca, you also have been searching for family your entire life.

I have.

Wanting to meet family, wanting to know who else is out there, but for you, those amazing discoveries happened again today.

Who did you meet?

I met my first cousin, Bud.

They have a beautiful daughter, Naomi, and tomorrow is her birthday.

This is Naomi and Bud and Anna.

Happy birthday!

Yes, happy birthday!

And for me, it's no longer lonely on my side of the tree.

I am two days into Relative Race and I have a family.

A big one.

It feels so good to say.

Oh, man, Relative Race.

Michael's nodding.

For you, Michael, you've been searching for family your entire life.

Yes.

You found your father.

Today share with us who you found.

Today I met my brother and his family.

I met his wife, I met my two nieces.

Troy: For Michael to meet his brother, that is-- that's close.

We can't imagine what it's like and we can see the joy and everything that they're experiencing and we're just really happy for them.

I have those questions and I have those voids too, and it's great to see everyone be able to fill in those blanks.

Sounds like amazing discoveries for you guys once again.

Well, we're about to find out if you were able to avoid a strike.

Finishing in first place, 22 minutes over their allotted time, apparently, you can even overcome hurricanes, because girls, you finished in first.

[all cheering] Are you serious?

No way!

It took me a second for it to register.

I was so excited I could not believe that we weren't third.

We were hoping for third place.

I know!

Like, we're fine with third.

You have a choice.

Do you choose an immediate game benefit which is to skip your city selfie tomorrow or do you choose a Day 10 game benefit which will only help you if you make it to Day 10?

We respect you so much but we're so scared of Team Black and they picked Day 10 so we're picking Day 10 just in case because we can't risk it.

He's so scary.

[laughing] Well congratulations.

Finishing in second place with a time of 43 minutes over your allotted time is Team Red.

[cheering] Oh my goodness.

Okay.

It was disbelief for me and such a relief.

I was grabbing Nicole and just like thankful that all the stuff that I screwed up on today didn't cost us a strike because I really felt like I let us down today.

I really did.

One minute separated the second-place team from the third-place team.

Who's another step closer to $50,000?

Finishing in third place is one heck of a father and son team, Team Blue.

[cheering] Come here.

Oh, yeah.

Woo!

And that means Team Black, you have received your first strike.

Rebecca: A little disheartening to get our first strike.

It was unfortunate but tomorrow is a new day and we're going full force.

Dan: Here are the official results for Day 2.

Team Green sisters Jamie and Morgan in first place, 22 minutes over their allotted time.

Team Red, Troy and Nicole, finish in second place 43 minutes over.

Team Blue, Michael and Dylan, are in third, 44 minutes over their allotted time, and receiving their first strike on Relative Race, Team Black, John and Rebecca, came in 1:03 over their allotted time.

All of you, you look like you had a wonderful day and one that has kind of tuckered you out.

Guess what?

You're only two days into the race.

[laughter] But that second day is officially over.

Get some rest.

Most importantly, enjoy your family.

This is what it's all about.

You guys are on an adventure of discovery that people all over the world could only hope for.

Go out, wake up refreshed, overcome those challenges, and find those families because Relative Race rolls on.

Day 3 is tomorrow morning.

Goodnight and good luck.

[all saying goodnight] [sigh] Oh my goodness gracious.

Yes!

Yes!

[laughter] Congratulations!

Oh my gosh.

I was not expecting that at all.

I was like "Third place, we got third place, we can do third place, just not a strike."

Well, I knew that was going to happen.

It's kind of a bummer.

Oh, thank you Naomi.

Oh, that makes it so much better.

Thank you, kiddo.

Yeah, let's head over to the couch.

I got something that might help cheer you up a bit.

I'd love that, thank you.

I wonder what the Day 10 benefit is going to be.

I don't know what it's going to be.

So we decided to go with the Day 10 benefit.

Well, this might help.

Oh, is this it?

Okay.

Is it like a necklace or something?

I don't know.

See-- Oh!

It's like a gold coin.

What's it say?

Washington, D.C. And this is what they gave us.

We have no idea what this coin could possibly mean.

I mean, it could mean nothing.

It could just be a remembering token of where we started this race but-- I'll take it.

Sounds good to me.

[all talking and laughing] I just keep looking forward to the fact that after all of this not only do we get to go home and see our family but we get to tell our family about the rest of our family and we all get to come together.

Good job, brother.

All right, thank you, brother.

Group hug!

Anna, my wife, has this creative way of creating scrapbooks.

Thank you.

We came in and sat down at the couch and they showed us a photo album that was unique.

Whoa.

That's Daddy and me.

[gasp] Whoa.

This is amazing!

You made this by hand?

Mmhm.

Thank you.

Do you have a bird?

Yeah, it's [indistinct] right there.

Naomi was kind enough to point out every picture and explain who everybody was and how they were important to her and important to me.

This is very special.

Thank you, honey.

Thank you.

Did you help too?

What did you help with?

I helped with the pictures.

Thank you.

I helped to be in them.

You helped to be in them?

[all laughing] That's the best part.

Getting to meet Bud and his wife, Anna and Naomi, it kind of makes the strike not really matter.

We're going to make it to Day 10.

There's no question.

That's why we're here.

As long as we make it to the end to meet them all, I'll be one happy girl.

We won first place tonight.

This is insane.

We are super excited for Day 3.

Can't wait to tackle whatever challenge is tomorrow.

We came in third.

We came in third.

That's cool.

I still hate zip lining.

I'll never do it again.

Okay, bye.