You thought Dad's side of the family was a wild ride? Buckle up. In Part 3, Ryan and Sandra venture into the maternal line—the Petropolis side—where the stories are just as chaotic and the characters are even more unbelievable.

Meet Grandma Flo, a woman whose driving style was a binary system of "pedal to the metal" or "slam on the brakes," and whose family history involves Chicago mob ties and a great-uncle who learned the hard way not to narc. We also get the scoop on how she baby-trapped Grandpa to escape her own chaotic home.

Then there are the aunts and uncles. We've got Uncle Gary, whose social awkwardness is only matched by his unsettling gig as the town's resident Santa Claus. And don't miss the story of Uncle James, a man so controlling he once had a meltdown because a ten-year-old Sandra pushed a CD-ROM tray closed instead of using the eject button.

We also relive the eternal trauma of the "kids' table," a holiday tradition so rigid that Ryan, at 40 years old, has still never earned a seat, and Sandra was once exiled to a frozen porch while complete strangers enjoyed the warmth of the main dining room.

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