Relative Race: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In this race unlike any other, four teams take a 10-day journey across the country to discover new relatives and compete for a $50,000 grand prize. Using the contestant's DNA as a road map, this first-of-its-kind, genealogy-based reality show is all about meeting family, completing challenges, and racing against the clock!

Series details

• Title: Relative Race
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-02-28
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BYUtv
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12035
• IMDb ID: tt5761026
• TVDB ID: 314142

Cast and credited roles

• Dan J. Debenham — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-02-28; final listed air date 2016-05-08; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-03-05; final listed air date 2017-04-30.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-03-05; final listed air date 2018-04-29; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-09-16; final listed air date 2018-11-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2019-03-10; final listed air date 2019-05-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2019-09-22; final listed air date 2019-11-24; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2021-02-21; final listed air date 2021-04-25.
• Season 8: premiered 2021-09-19; final listed air date 2021-11-21.
• Season 9: premiered 2022-02-27; final listed air date 2022-05-01.
• Season 10: premiered 2022-09-18; final listed air date 2022-11-20.
• Season 11: premiered 2023-03-26; final listed air date 2023-05-28.
• Season 12: premiered 2023-09-17; final listed air date 2023-11-19.
• Season 13: premiered 2024-03-17; final listed air date 2024-05-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2024-09-22; final listed air date 2024-11-24.
• Season 16: premiered 2025-09-21; final listed air date 2025-11-23.
• Season 17: premiered 2026-09-13; final listed air date 2026-11-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Relative Race on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.