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>> anthony: oh, really? >> eduardo: yeah. >> anthony: okay, interesting. >> eduardo: yeah. your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. >> anthony: okay, the facts as i know them so far, i think, are this. my great-great-great-granddad jean, his son, also named jean, came to montevideo, uruguay to live with his uncle. >> eduardo: 1850, jean bourdain moves to asunción. >> natalia: this is the document that we have showing him arriving. >> anthony: there he is...

So, was he ever a hatmaker? was this a cover job? was he a hatmaker, slash arms -- are all these local researchers, historians, and geniuses on the money here? was great-great-great-grampy an arms dealer? so what hat maker needs two hundred tons of gunpowder? hundred tons of gunpowder? ive got you now jean bourdain. ive got you now. or was he simply a party supplier selling fine french hats and little firecrackers to school kids? i dont know what to believe. >> peter: and in 58, unfortunately he...

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Disappoints me, like, a lot. >> natalia: and here you see "chapelier." >> anthony: the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project runway contestants of their day? >> eduardo: in 1855, lópezs son arrived to asunción. >> anthony: right, with madame lynch? >> eduardo: with madame lynch. >> anthony: madame lynch was fond of, uh, things like french, uh, couture. >> eduardo: yes, yes, and that changed the way of dress in asuncion. >> anthony: madame lynch mightve been goo...

Was a masseur for madame lynch, i guess id be let down. >> eduardo: i contacted with another historians and genealogists around the world and the history of your family is very interesting. >> anthony: oh, really? >> eduardo: yeah. >> anthony: okay, interesting. >> eduardo: yeah. your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. >> anthony: okay, the facts as i know them so far, i think, are this. my great-great-great-granddad jean, his son, also named jean, came ...

Awesome. you know, my aunt always said he was a gun-runner. we figured she was full of --. i mean, she also said she was in the resistance, you know, but everybody in france said that. arms? so, was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hatmaker slash arms? all these geniuses with great, great, great arms dealers. 200 tons. i got you now. ive got you now. was he simply a party supplier? selling fine french hats and little fire crackers to school kids? i dont know what to believe. >...

Fond of, uh, things like french, uh, couture. >> eduardo: yes, yes, and that changed the way of dress in asuncion. >> anthony: madame lynch mightve been good for business. im trying to put this at a light i could be enthusiastic about. like, how clearly forward thinking my relatives were. his customers, as a hat maker, the very people who treated madame lynch with such utter contempt. did they live in the colonial homes, the old mansions that we see still in asuncion, that type of residence? >> ...

>> eduardo: yeah. your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. >> anthony: okay, the facts as i know them so far, i think, are this. my great-great-great-granddad jean, his son, also named jean, came to montevideo, uruguay to live with his uncle. >> eduardo: 1850, jean bourdain moves to asunción. >> natalia: this is the document that we have showing him arriving. >> anthony: there he is. >> eduardo: in that time, he worked with, eh, chapelier. with ? >> nata...

Was he a hat maker/arms -- are all these local researchers, historians, and geniuses on the money here? was great-great-great-grampy an arms dealer? so what hat maker needs two hundred tons of gunpowder? ive got you now jean bourdain. ive got you now. or was he simply a party supplier selling fine french hats and little fire crackers to school kids? i dont know what to believe. >> peter: and in 58, unfortunately, he died. >> anthony: right. >> peter: and he was buried, here. two miles from here ...

Worked with, eh, chapelier. with ? >> natalia: with a hat maker. >> anthony: hat maker? im pretty sure he said hat maker. which, i have to say, disappoints me, like, a lot. >> natalia: and here you see "chapelier." >> anthony: the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project runway contestants of their day? >> eduardo: in 1855, lópezs son arrived to asunción. >> anthony: right, with madame lynch? >> eduardo: with madame lynch. >> anthony: madame lynch was fond of, uh,...