The Bachelorette: Tayshia Adams accepts marriage proposal from Zac Clark during season 16 finale

Tayshia Adams accepted a marriage proposal from Zac Clark on Tuesday’s season finale of The Bachelorette on ABC.

The 30-year-old former phlebotomist and addiction specialist Zac, 36, got engaged after she sent home runner-up Ben Smith, 30, before the final rose ceremony.

Mid-season replacement Tayshia and Zac showed instant chemistry after she stepped in for Clare Crawley, 39, who left season 16 early after falling in love and getting engaged to Dale Moss, 32.

Season finale: Tayshia Adams accepted a marriage proposal from Zac Clark on Tuesday’s season finale of The Bachelorette on ABC

Zac during the two-hour finale met Tayshia’s parents Desmond and Rosario as well as her brothers Desmond Jr and Tice.

Tayshia earlier in the episode allowed Ben back in after previously denying him a rose and eliminated Ivan Hall, 28, for religious reasons.

Ivan was dismissed after their Fantasy Suite experience as Tayshia during the three-man rose ceremony asked to speak with him privately.

‘This past week, we’ve talked about some important subjects. …There are some things that kind of posed concern,’ Tayshia said.

Getting married: The 30-year-old former phlebotomist and addiction specialist Zac, 36, got engaged after she sent home runner-up Ben Smith, 30, before the final rose ceremony

Getting married: The 30-year-old former phlebotomist and addiction specialist Zac, 36, got engaged after she sent home runner-up Ben Smith, 30, before the final rose ceremony

One knee: Zac dropped down to one knee as he proposed to Tayshia

One knee: Zac dropped down to one knee as he proposed to Tayshia

Final three: Ivan Hall, Zac and Ben Smith made up the final three

Final three: Ivan Hall, Zac and Ben Smith made up the final three

‘I wish I could say that there were a lot of red flags prior to this week. And there haven’t been. It’s just like, at the end of the day, religion’s part of my morals and my beliefs,’ she told him.

Ivan accepted his fate rather calmly after bonding with Tayshia over their mixed-race backgrounds and the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I definitely get it… That is the roadblock for the two of us. I was definitely struggling with bringing it up, ’cause, you know, all the girls I have dated in the past, it never ended because of religion or anything, but I know that’s something that’s important to you,’ Ivan said.

Religious reasons: Tayshia during the three-man rose ceremony asked to speak with Ivan privately before dismissing him over religious reasons

Religious reasons: Tayshia during the three-man rose ceremony asked to speak with Ivan privately before dismissing him over religious reasons

He apologized for not bringing up sooner as Tayshia told him, ‘I really do think the world of you’.

‘It’s all good. It just sucks,’ he responded. ‘I meant every word when I said I was falling in love with you this week, and I just hate that it couldn’t work out.’

Ivan on his way out admitted that he knew ‘this thing could really be the bomb that explodes everything here’ and also predicted that Tayshia wouldn’t pick anybody following his departure.

Fond farewell: Ivan apologized for not bringing up sooner as Tayshia told him, 'I really do think the world of you'

Fond farewell: Ivan apologized for not bringing up sooner as Tayshia told him, ‘I really do think the world of you’

Headed home: On his way out, Ivan admitted that he knew 'this thing could really be the bomb that explodes everything here' and also predicted that Tayshia wouldn't pick anybody following his departure

Headed home: On his way out, Ivan admitted that he knew ‘this thing could really be the bomb that explodes everything here’ and also predicted that Tayshia wouldn’t pick anybody following his departure

Tayshia then resumed the rose ceremony and offered red flowers to Zac and Ben who eagerly accepted them along with invitations to meet her family.

Ben impressed early by mentioning that he graduated from West Point.

He gushed about Tayshia to her family and told them that he was in love with her.

Final two: Tayshia then resumed the rose ceremony and offered red flowers to Zac and Ben who eagerly accepted them along with invitations to meet her family

Final two: Tayshia then resumed the rose ceremony and offered red flowers to Zac and Ben who eagerly accepted them along with invitations to meet her family

The parents: Desmond and Rosario were ready to meet the men pursuing their daughter

The parents: Desmond and Rosario were ready to meet the men pursuing their daughter

Together again: Tayshia talked to her parents and brothers about Zac and  Ben

Together again: Tayshia talked to her parents and brothers about Zac and  Ben

First up: Ben was first to meet Tayshia's family

First up: Ben was first to meet Tayshia’s family

Tayshia called it a ‘perfect day’ after Ben again said that he loved her.

Zac then met her family and Rosario asked where he saw himself with Tayshia in five years.

He replied that he saw them happily married, still madly in love and starting a family.

Next up: Zac then met Tayshia's family during the two-hour finale

Next up: Zac then met Tayshia’s family during the two-hour finale

Good question: Rosario asked Zac where he saw himself with Tayshia in five years

Good question: Rosario asked Zac where he saw himself with Tayshia in five years

Zac told Desmond how he got divorced in his 20s but had a better understanding of marriage as he promised to support Tayshia.

Tayshia was surprised by a knock on her door thinking it might be another rejected suitor making a last-ditch effort to gain her heart, but it turned out to be her dad.

Desmond admitted that he was worried about her and didn’t want her to suffer through the pain of another divorce.

Worried father: Desmond admitted that he was worried about Tayshia and didn't want her to suffer through the pain of another divorce

Surprise visit: Tayshia was surprised by her father who knocked on her door to share his worry

Worried father: Desmond admitted that he was worried about Tayshia and didn’t want her to suffer through the pain of another divorce

‘I don’t want you making the biggest mistake of your life,’ Desmond told her.

Tayshia reeled from his remarks and admitted that she was confused.

‘Oh my gosh, this is too much. This is too much,’ she said.

Too much: 'Oh my gosh, this is too much. This is too much,' Tayshia said as she got confused

Too much: ‘Oh my gosh, this is too much. This is too much,’ Tayshia said as she got confused

She went on a last date with Zac that included a dance lesson of a traditional wedding dance routine.

Tayshia was too stressed out to enjoy it, but Zac eventually loosened her up and they learned the wedding dance routine.

Zac later told Tayshia that the day marked his nine-year sobriety anniversary and he pledged to stay sober so he would never run away from her.

Last date: She went on a last date with Zac that included a dance lesson of a traditional wedding dance routine

Last date: She went on a last date with Zac that included a dance lesson of a traditional wedding dance routine

Tayshia the next day was supposed to go on her final date with Ben, but realized her heart was with Zac and sent him home.

Neil Lane then met up with Zac to go over engagement rings and he decided on an emerald cut diamond.

Tayshia held hands with Zac as she declared her love for him.

Emerald cut: Neil Lane then met up with Zac to go over engagement rings and he decided on an emerald cut diamond

Emerald cut: Neil Lane then met up with Zac to go over engagement rings and he decided on an emerald cut diamond

‘It’s this wild, wild love that I have tried to come up with so many reasons to not believe. And you have truly just made me believe that there doesn’t need to be flaws and that I deserve a love with a man that won’t run away. And I’m truly looking at my heart, and, yes, it is real, and I feel it too,’ Tayshia said.

Tayshia said she was ready to start a life with him and would do ‘absolutely anything’ to keep the smile on his face.

Zac got emotional as he told Tayshia that his parents noticed the smile on his face that he hasn’t had for years.

Rose ceremony: Tayshia wore a gorgeous white dress to the final rose ceremony

Rose ceremony: Tayshia wore a gorgeous white dress to the final rose ceremony

Last rose: She was ready to hand out he final rose

Last rose: She was ready to hand out he final rose

Midseason replacement: Tayshia found love after stepping in as a midseason replacement

Previously married: Tayshia talked about the pain of her divorce and crying in her car with her father

Midseason replacement: Tayshia found love after stepping in as a midseason replacement

The host: Chris Harrison hosted the finale on ABC

The host: Chris Harrison hosted the finale on ABC

‘I can’t picture another day, another moment without you in my life. And if you’ll let me, I’m gonna choose you right now, I’m gonna choose you tomorrow morning, I’m gonna choose you next week and next year. I’m gonna choose you forever,’ Zac said as Tayshia started crying.

‘Cause I love you,’ Zac said as he dropped to a knee and opened the Neil Lane ring box.

‘Marry me?’ he asked.

Choose forever: 'I can't picture another day, another moment without you in my life. And if you'll let me, I'm gonna choose you right now, I'm gonna choose you tomorrow morning, I'm gonna choose you next week and next year. I'm gonna choose you forever,' Zac said as Tayshia started crying

Choose forever: ‘I can’t picture another day, another moment without you in my life. And if you’ll let me, I’m gonna choose you right now, I’m gonna choose you tomorrow morning, I’m gonna choose you next week and next year. I’m gonna choose you forever,’ Zac said as Tayshia started crying

‘Yes! Yes, yes, yes!,’ Tayshia replied.

Zac slipped the ring on Tayshia’s trembling hand as they kissed.

‘We did it! Me and you. We did it,’ Tayshia said. 

Getting emotional: 'Yes! Yes, yes, yes!,' Tayshia replied as she started crying in joy

Getting emotional: ‘Yes! Yes, yes, yes!,’ Tayshia replied as she started crying in joy

She then offered Zac her final rose and he accepted.

Zac and Tayshia danced around and she flashed her ring before they drove off together in a cardoard taxi ahead of living in New York City together.

Tayshia will appear on Good Mornig America on Wednesday morning for her first interview after the finale. 

Good times: Zac and Tayshia danced around and she flashed her ring before they drove off together in a cardoard taxi ahead of living in New York City together

Good times: Zac and Tayshia danced around and she flashed her ring before they drove off together in a cardoard taxi ahead of living in New York City together

First interview: Tayshia will appear on Good Mornig America on Wednesday morning for her first interview after driving off with Zac in the finale

First interview: Tayshia will appear on Good Mornig America on Wednesday morning for her first interview after driving off with Zac in the finale