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TAR 17: Andie DeKroon and Jenna Sykes -- Birth Mother/Daughter
georgiapeach:
Andie and Jenna
Birth Mother/ Daughter
Andie DeKroon
Age: 43
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Connection to your Teammate: Birth Mother
Current occupation: Stay at home mom
Favorite hobbies: Running, hiking, scrapbooking and learning foreign languages
Achievements: Choosing life when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. More recently, raising a big family.
Lifelong to do list: Skydive, bungee jump and get a diver's certification. I'm definitely having a midlife crisis.
What scares you most about traveling? The fear that something bad will happen while I'm abroad and it will be hard for me to get to my family.
What excites you most about traveling? Being somewhere totally out of my comfort zone
If I could switch places with someone: A younger version of myself. I would love to have a do-over knowing what I know now.
Role model/hero: My husband, Joe, because his strength of character never wavers. He inspires me to be the best person I can be.
What are you passionate about? My kids! I love every part of being their mother.
What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would give at least 10 percent to my children's school and to the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help kids like my sweet nephew, Mateo. The rest would go to raising and education my children.
People would be surprised to learn: I am an at-home mom of 10 children, ages 18 months to 18 years.
Favorite place you have ever visited: I visited Rome, Italy when I was 23 years-old.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Experiencing all the stresses the other teams are facing, with the added stress that we've only just met and are still getting to know each other.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I want to get to know this person I brought into the world. I feel the opportunity of being together 24/7 for a while on the Race would give us the chance to know each other in a deeper way than we would if we met under normal circumstances.
Pet peeve about your teammate: I don't know her well enough to have a pet peeve yet!
Jenna Sykes
Age: 21
Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Connection to your Teammate: Biological daughter
Current occupation: Student
Favorite hobbies: Traveling, movies and enjoying the music and nightlife in Athens excites me.
Achievements: Testing my fear of heights by going glacier bungee jumping off a 300 foot cliff
Lifelong to do list: I would like to have a family, be successful and never be afraid to dream bigger than what I thought was ever possible.
What scares you most about traveling? Absolutely nothing
What excites you most about traveling? It opens my mind to entirely different perspectives and way of life. I love to see everything I can and be completely in the moment.
If I could switch places with someone: I wouldn't because I love my life! But, one Saturday as Uga (Georgia Bulldogs mascot) would be really fun.
Role model/hero: My parents. I'll be lucky to be half the person and half the parent that each of them are.
What are you passionate about? Traveling, seeing the world, writing, reading and loving my friends and family
What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would take my parents and friends to Italy and then save the rest.
People would be surprised to learn: I can rough it. I can't wait to go without makeup, without showering and without sleep on the Race.
Favorite place you have ever visited: I love Interlaken, Switzerland. It is the extreme sports capital of the world!
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Since we just met, it will be harder for us to race without knowing one another as well as the other teams do. We have to trust each other way more and have faith in ourselves.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I hope to get to know my birth mother through this incredible opportunity. It is my hope that we will be able to spend a lot of time together and become friends.
K2Review:
In terms of casting, I think this pair is a brilliant choice. The fact that they haven't known each other very long is kind of a new "twist" in casting, since historical Amazing Race teams have a pre-existing relationship. But the fact that they are a birth-mother/birth-daughter pair is just really interesting. Kudos to them for being willing to put themselves under a microscope so early in the process of them getting to know each other. Hope it ends up being a good thing for them!
jerseydude:
I personally would love to see how this team works out because they sort of know each other and they sort of don't. So it's going to be interesting to see how they work together.
DrRox:
Kudos to CBS for this coup. I hope they do well. But if they dont, then they will have fun at ES getting to really know each other.
Sandra1991:
They seem to be an interesting team, I'm looking forward to see them on the race!
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