- Can you smile for me?
- Yeah
- They got similar cheeks. This is the one that I would
feel like has the closest, most ethnic hair.
- [Interviewer] I like it.
Assumptions about hair that you can't even see.
(group laughing)
("Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy")
- [Interviewer] Hello.
- Hello. My name is Ethan.
- Hi. I'm Ahnya.
- Daunte.
- Daunte, are you a parent?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] How many kids you got?
- Five.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any kids?
- No.
- [Interviewer] Why you gotta say it like that
in front of all these moms?
- What?
- Right. They know.
(Ahnya laughing)
- [Interviewer] Today, you're gonna be matching kids to moms.
(Daunte laughing)
- [Interviewer] What's your mom's name?
- Mari.
- Do you and Mari look alike?
- No, but I think we have the same traits.
We both like to talk.
- Uh huh.
- And, both have the same dream.
- [Interviewer] The same dream?
- To be rich.
(group laughing)
- [Interviewer] Let's have everybody walk on out there.
You ready?
- Sure.
- Okay.
- Hi, Ethan.
- [Interviewer] Wait, you two know each other?
- She's my mom's friend's daughter.
- So you know her mom too?
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] This is unexpected.
(everyone laughing)
- Oh my gosh, you have such cool style.
- Thank you.
- Okay. Let's see.
- Well, just because she's stylish
doesn't mean her mother will be stylish.
- Do you get your style from your mother?
- No.
- So, tell me about your mom,
what's your mom like?
- My mom's really funny and I like to hang out
with her when I get the chance.
- She works a lot?
- Yeah.
- It's you. In the orange shirt. Darnelli.
- I don't know her.
I don't know what you're talking about.
- Well, this was an easy one.
- Yes.
- I want to talk to you.
So, we've got the eyebrows, the nose.
About the same height.
The more I've got you close to her,
the more you guys look a lot alike.
That's my final guess. These two.
(girls laughing)
- Yeah, that's her momma.
- [Interviewer] Okay, all right.
(Ahnya laughing)
Okay, let's bring the next kid in.
- This is me. So, this isn't fair.
- [Interviewer] How is this you?
- Well, we're mixed.
So, that means that any one of these
six women could be her mom.
- I want you to step up.
Can you smile for me?
- Yeah.
- They got similar cheeks. This is the one that I would
feel like has the closest, most ethnic hair.
Underneath her scarf.
- [Interviewer] Okay, I like it.
Assumptions about hair that you can't even see.
(group laughing)
- Do you play soccer?
Do you play sports? - I do play soccer.
- Does mom take it all that? Or dad?
- I don't have a dad. I have two moms.
- Come on down.
- So there's two parts to this.
One's the stereotypical look of what
would probably have two moms.
And then, when I turned around and looked, you grinned
like " you got me. She got me".
I'm going final answer. I think I'm two for two.
I think I'm two for two.
- Okay, all right.
- Hello.
What's your name?
- Frankie.
- Tell me something about your mom.
- She cooks good food.
And, she's really nice.
And yeah.
- It's hard cause they're all really
look really nice.
(host laughing)
- What's your favorite meal that your mom makes?
- I like a lot of them.
- But if you had to pick one.
- If I had to pick one, it's some meal
it will be like some meal with chicken, rice, and cheese.
- Uh mm.
- [Interviewer] Does that give you any information or...
- Not at all. Frankie is stomping this girl.
- I think you step forward.
- Me?
- Yes.
- Okay.
- You guys both... both have "frankles".
- [Interviewer] Both have what?
- Frankles.
- [Interviewer] Not freckles?
- Freckles.
- [Interviewer] Or frankles.
- Can you please count to five.
- One, two, three, four, five.
- Match.
- I'm confident.
- [Interviewer] You didn't even hear Frankie count to five.
- Frankie, count to five.
- One, two, three, four, five.
- Matched.
(group laughing)
- [Interviewer] Okay, all right.
Thank you, you two. You can head on back.
- How old are you?
- I'm thirteen.
- What nationalities are you?
- Well, I'm American.
My ethnicity is is compressed, as far as I know.
I've never taken a DNA test.
(Daunte laughing)
- But, I'm Japanese and Mexican.
- Is your mom tall?
Oh, you're smart.
(group laughing)
He almost said, he almost...
These children are adorable.
(Ahnya laughing)
He's mean mugging the crap out of me.
It's so funny.
(Ahnya laughing)
- Can you guys please play rock paper scissors?
I want to see.
- Yeah. Rock. Paper.
- Matched.
(group laughing)
- The same facially. And, they both
actually got scissors at the exact same time.
- [Interviewer] You feel good about this one?
- Yes. I feel confident.
- [Interviewer] Boom.
- This is who I think it is.
- I'm gonna go with the one behind you.
Jean jacket. He kind of looks like mom.
The hairline looks very similar.
- [Interviewer] Okay, thank you.
- I'm wondering if I'm going to get to the end
then they're going to be like, "All seven are right".
Then, I'm going to be like, "Yeah".
- [Interviewer] Well, let's not get cocky.
- Ah Jesus, Brook.
- Hi Ethan. How are you?
- Hi. How are you?
- I'm good.
- [Interviewer] You know each other?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- But, I don't think I have seen her mom.
- Describe your mom. Is she tall?
- She's tall.
- What color hair does she have?
- I can't say that.
(group laughing)
- It's against the rules.
- I see you're full energy.
Is mom full energy like you, too?
- No.
- No?
- She's an extrovert, definitely.
And I'm....
(group laughing)
- She said extrovert.
I know adults who don't know how to use that word.
You know what I mean?
Like, I don't know what to do with this one.
- What's your favorite animal?
- Probably a chicken.
- [Interviewer] And how could you tell if a mom likes chickens?
- I don't know.
(group laughing)
- It came on my head.
Is she a good cook?
- No.
(group laughing)
- Come on up. Oh my gosh.
(Ahnya laughing)
If y'all are not mother and daughter,
then you need to talk to somebody.
- Please both pretend to cry.
(fake crying)
- Okay, matched.
- [Interviewer] Why is that a match?
- Have the same tone of crying.
Just, one was louder.
(group laughing)
- Hello little lady. How you doing?
- Good.
(Daunte laughing)
- You scared of me or something?
A little bit?
What are you mixed with?
- Huh?
- Are you mixed?
- Yes.
- Do you know what that means?
- Yes.
- What are you mixed with?
- I don't know.
- See, that's fair. That's fine.
- What's your mom's like?
- She's funny. She smiles a lot.
- Smile a lot. Please come up.
(group laughing)
- Please tell a joke.
- What did the triangle say to the circle?
- I don't know.
- You're pointless.
- Next.
(group laughing)
- I would like to hear a joke.
- Why did the blind man fall into the well?
Because, he didn't see that well.
(child laughing)
- Now that time I heard someone laugh.
So, I think you two are matched.
- Hi.
(Ahnya laughing)
- What's your name?
- Justin.
- Well, Shauna is the only mother that's left.
So Shauna, can you please come up?
I think in the right light, this could be red hair.
- Yep. He's got the freckles.
She's almost got a little freckles.
He's got some almond eyes. Yeah. That's mom.
- I think you two are matched.
- [Interviewer] Okay, all right.
Head on back please.
(climactic orchestral chord)
How do you think you did?
- I think I did amazingly.
- I think I passed. I think I got five.
- [Interviewer] You think you got five?
- I think I got five.
- With a show of hands, who did Ahnya guess correctly?
- Oh, I knew that.
- Three.
- [Interviewer] So it looks like you got three right.
- I was so close.
- [Interviewer] So close.
- Yes.
- [Interviewer] Everybody move to your rightful mother.
- Right. Okay.
- I wasn't even close.
(group laughing)
(host laughing)
- Yeah, I knew that. You look just like mom.
- Her baby photos and stuff looks exactly like me.
- That's scary.
- You can't tell a difference.
- What's your ethnicity?
- Mine?
- Yeah.
- I'm Latina.
- Well, he looks mixed. Is he mixed?
Is his daddy Asian?
Okay, I can see that.
- Very good.
- A lot of people can't get past the fact
that he looks Asian.
Even though like you say
very similar features. - very similar features.
- But it throws people off.
- [Interviewer] Thank you. Awesome.
- Come on Frankie.
Now that they're in front of each other,
they look a lot alike.
Do you think you look like mom?
- Uh.
- Okay, that's all I wanted to hear.
- Both you guys both have pointy noses.
- Really? I think the cheeks. We've got chubby cheeks.
- His daddy white?
- Yeah. I'm half white too.
- Oh, are you?
- Yeah.
- What's the other half?
- Filipino.
- Okay.
It was nice to meet you Frankie.
- Come on up. Are you religious?
- Yes.
- A Muslim?
- Yes.
- Okay.
- Why not cover her hair up?
- So, I don't take away her choice.
She can cover when she wants to.
- Okay.
- Are you wearing hijab to school tomorrow?
- Yeah.
- Oh, that's awesome.
- Do you guys think you're the same?
- Do you think we look the same?
- No. I said that they are never going to pair us up.
My mom's white and she has a pointy nose.
- I can remember that as a kid,
when my dad would come to class,
everybody would think all the other black kids were his son.
I've been dealing with that my whole life.
So, I get it.
- Here. I understand that.
I had to take my mom to middle-school with me
to prove that I was black.
So, yeah.
- Do you think you look like mom?
- Yeah. Yeah, sometimes.
- Sometimes? We're kind of silly the same.
(child laughing)
- Yeah.
- Is she adopted?
- She's not.
- No?
- Her other mother gave birth.
- So, you guys pick a donor? Or?
- We did. We picked an anonymous donor
who was Irish and freckled like me.
- Oh. That's, okay.
I was like, "Well, why the baby look mixed"?
Okay. Well that makes sense.
- I was really hoping you would get us wrong.
(group laughing)
- Why?
- I don't know. I mean, having a new mom is pretty cool.
- You want a new mom?
- No, but...
- That's sad.
- No.
- No, just for a teeny weeny bit.
- Just for a couple minutes?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- You guys even stand the same.
(Sophie and Darnelli laughing)
- You got your hands in the pocket.
- Even the hair is flipped the same.
(Ahnya and Sophie laughing)
- It's so cute.
- If you guys had one super power, what would it be?
- Probably telekinesis.
- I want to fly.
- I want to be rich.
(group laughing)
- [Interviewer] Okay.
Thank you, you two.
- Come on Justin.
- It's me.
- Your hair is what we would consider black red.
- Is that a compliment? Or?
- No, it's just a fact.
- You do look like her though.
(group laughing)
- Frankie and you look like cousins.
You guys both got all the nice freckles
and about the same tone.
That's the thing with the mixed kids.
None of us look like our parents all the way.
- [Interviewer] Do you think you look like your mom?
- I mean sort of. Maybe. I don't know.
- We're always told he's spitting image of dad.
Just lighter skinned.
- Thank you guys.
- [Interviewer] How was that?
- I think it was hard slash easy.
Like I said, in the middle.
- Brought up some old emotions. Some old feelings.
I'm a mixed kid.
And, there's identity issues that come with people
not recognizing who your parents are.
- [Interviewer] Did this open you up
to the possibility of a kid?
- No. No, absolutely.
- [Interviewer] But they were all so cute.
- Yeah, they were adorable but, I would kill Tomas.
(group laughing)
And, Justin bounce around too much for me.
Frankie is adorable but, I'm not raising anything.
(group laughing)
- [Interviewer] Thank you Ethan.
(group applauding)
- I did it.