Is Mackenzie Related to Blake Shelton on Claim to Fame? Her Celebrity Relative, Revealed

Warning: Claim to Fame Season 3 spoilers ahead. With only so many six-foot-tall country singers on the music scene, fans are confident that Mackenzie is related to Blake Shelton on Claim to Fame Season 3 . But are they correct?

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Mackenzie is one of 11 contestants on Claim to Fame Season 3, ABC ‘s reality TV series where relatives of celebrities must correctly identify each other’s famous family members while keeping their own a secret in order to win $100,000. Each contestant has a clue inside a wine bottle that has information about their celebrity relative. Other contestants can reveal the clue after winning a challenge, giving them the opportunity to enter the wine room and opening one of their fellow competitor’s bottles.

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Mackenzie’s wine clue was opened by Shane, who speculated that her celebrity relative was a 6’6″ country singer based on the first part of the clue: six footsteps followed by the number six and a cowboy hat on top of a music note. Because of this fans speculated that Mackenzie was related to country singer and former Voice coach Blake Shelton , who is over 6 foot tall and fits the country theme.

Is Mackenzie related to Blake Shelton on Claim to Fame Season 3?

While the clues make sense, Shelton is not Mackenzie’s celebrity relative on Claim to Fame. (For what it’s worth, Shelton is 6′ 5″ tall, while Mackenzie’s celebrity relative is 6′ 6″.) Instead, Mackenzie is related to country singer Trace Adkins. For one, Adkins 6′ 6″ tall, which is the first part of Mackenzie’s wine clue with six footsteps followed by the number six. He’s also country singer, which is the second part of Mackenzie’s wine clue featuring a cowboy hat on top of a music note.

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The last part of Mackenzie’s clue—which features an owl speaking, a person holding a trophy, a monkey, a house for sale with the word “sale” missing, and an ice cube—is a reference to Adkins’ win on Celebrity Apprentice Season 13. The monkey, house for sale, and ice cube translate to “ape-rent-ice,” while the owl and the award translate to “who won.”

How is Mackenzie related to Trace Adkin?

Mackenzie, whose full name is Mackenzie Adkins, is Adkins’ daughter. Her two truths and lie were that her celebrity relative is her dad, a singer, and has won a Tony, which means that her lie was the Tony part. Mackenzie is Adkins’ daughter with his third wife, Rhonda Forlaw.

Mackenzie also confirmed Adkins was her father in the biography of her X account, in which she wrote: “Am Mackenzie Adkins daughter of Trace Adkins the famous Music in the World.” Her profile’s header photo also features a picture of her and Adkin in the car. Mackenzie also starred in the music video for Adkins’ 2000 song, “More,” which also confirmed her relation to him.

Claim to Fame is available to stream on Hulu.