Whatcha doing?
AAAAA yourself! But that doesn't answer my question, silly.
Just some genealogical research.
I don't know what that is.
Genealogy is the study of family history.
Y'know, where ponies come from and who they're related to.
Ooh, fascinating.
M-Maybe you should pick one from the…
top?
Interesting...
I see...
That makes sense...
Not much of a surprise there...
WHAT?!?!?
This is the most amazing thing ever!!
Why didn't you tell me how amazing this is?!?
Genealogy is better than cotton candy on top of a fountain of chocolate!
You'll never believe who it says I'm related to!
Hey, cousin!
This is just so exciting I can hardly believe it!
I know! Isn't it the best!
I have another sister! I have another sister!
Well, you actually have a fourth cousin twice removed by a fifth cousin, but that's like
exactly like a sister!
I try to tone it down a little bit around non-family members,
because I don't wanna make them jealous, but…
This is the best family ever!
It really is! You are gonna love being an Apple!
I mean, you've got the playful one.
The strong one.
Eeyup!
And, of course, there's Granny Smith, who knows everything about everything!
A ponyville snail can hybernate for up to forty-eight moons.
Who knew?!
And then, there's me.
You smell that sweet apple air, Pinkie Pie?
That was rhetorical.
Of course, you smell it! You're an Apple now!
And Applejack is the one responsible for it!
Oh, Apple Bloom, that it is sweet, but…
It's true!
I mean, she keeps us all organized, all on schedule, and does her own part on top of it all!
I was already super happy as a Pie,
and now I get to be a part of this amazing family too!
It seems even more amazing now that you're in it!
We're family, we're family, you and me are family!
Best family twirl ever!
I just can't believe we've never heard anything about this before!
What's wrong, sis?
I'm not seeing where exactly it says we're family.
It's ri-i-i-i-i--i-i-i-i-ght
here!
It… is?
Apple Sauce of the Apple family lineage is a fourth cousine twice removed of the Pie family!
I see the part about our great-grand auntie Apple Sauce and fourth cousine twice removed part,
but that last bit's awful smudged.
Are you sure it says "Pie"?
I guess it is a li-i-ittle smudged, but I see most of it there
and when I read it, I knew in my heart it was true!
Well, ain't it just the sweetest thing?
It is, it is, I'd just hate for us to get all excited before we found out for sure.
So how are we supposed to find out for sure?
Cousine Goldie Delicious!
Her cabin is practically an Apple Family history museum!
If anypony has the records to back up Pinkie's theory, it's her!
I suppose we could always
— I mean, Goldie Delicious does not live all that far away —
and we haven't been on one as a family for a real long time…
Are y'all thinking what I'm thinking?
Family road trip!
Did anypony see my travelling bonnet?
Isn't that it on your head?
No!
It looks an awful lot like…
Well it ain't, and that's final!
Hey, everypony? Since Pinkie Pie is back home getting her stuff for the trip, can y'all gather round?
I just wanted to say something real quick.
I've had something in my teeth this whole time, haven't I?
Darnsnickety, what a way to welcome a family member!
No, Granny, your… teeth are fine.
I just wanted to be sure that we're all on the same page about showing Pinkie Pie how
awesome a family we really are.
We want her to get to know family she's been born into,
but, like, the best version of it, you know?
Oh! Don't you worry, honey,
we're a great family and she can't help but see it!
I'll bet my future cutiemark is gonna be a picture of me being the best-behaving pony ever!
That's how good I'm gonna be!
Big Mac?
Eeyup!
Are you all ready to go? Because I am ready to go-go-go!
Big Mac, are you sure we really need all that stuff?
Eeyup.
Are you sure you're strong enough to really pull all that stuff?
Eeyup!
Are you sure the wagon's strong enough to hold it all?
Eeyup!!
Then let's get this show on the road!
Come on, Apples, y'all know this one!
We travel the road of generations
Joined by a common bond
We sing our song 'cross the pony nation
From Equestria and beyond
We're Apples forever, Apples together
We're family, but so much more
No matter what comes, we will face the weather
We're Apples to the core
There's no place that I'd rather be
Than travelin' with my family
Friends all around come to join and see
As we sing out across the land
We're Apples forever, Apples together
We're family, but so much more
No matter what comes, we will face the weather
We're Apples to the core
We're peas in a pod, we're thick as thieves
Any cliché you can throw at me
We're here for each other, through thick and thin
You're always welcome if you're Apple kin
You're more fun than the color pink
Or balloons flying over your favorite drink
The love I feel here is swim, not sink
As we party across this land
All right!
We're Apples forever, Apples together
We're family, but so much more
No matter what comes, we will face the weather
We're Apples to the core!
Big Mac! I thought you said…
I thought… I mean… Not that I'm blaming you, because we don't blame in this family, but
I thought you said all this stuff wasn't gonna be too heavy.
How are we supposed to get to Goldie Delicious now?
I don't know, but I don't see how we can go back now either.
We're closer to the cousin Goldie's than we are to home.
I have the best idea ever!
Family river trip!
Just one problem.
We haven't got a raft. About the only thing that didn't get packed.
Well, back in the old days we used to use a sap from a sugarpine tree to glue things together.
That is… fascinating.
Don't know if it's helpful, but it is fascinating.
Not helpful, my patootie?
We're gonna build ourselves a raft out of these here jalopy parts
and keep it held together with sugarpine sap!
Worth a shot.
Could be worse. I guess.
Now remember. This time we're only packing the necessities.
Wait a second!
This one is for the scrapbook.
Pinkie Pie, when did you have time to make these?
Applejack, when you're family, you make the time!