 Aunt T. gives Earl a picture of Willa Mae which he keeps near.Earl begins to accept his new family with pride, and he convinces Ray to return to their Arkansas hometown to find their mother's grave.As they share a drink, standing over her grave marker, Earl decides to take Ray to meet his southern family and tell them the unlikely story, ending the movie by joking with Ray that when Earl's "white" nephew finds out he is part black, he will likely want to fight the both of them.