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Crack a little bit. >> anthony: uh-huh. so are you suggesting something untoward? >> peter: weapons. >> anthony: weapons? >> peter: yeah. >> anthony: he was a merchant of death? awesome. you know, my aunt always said he was a gun-runner. we figured she was fulof --. 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 hat maker, ash arms -- are all these local researchers, historians, and g...

Merchandising, it was definitely not hats. >> really? >> we have here jean bourdain. >> right. >> and what is he bringing? 200 boxes of fireworks. >> fireworks? >> fireworks. >> like firecrackers? >> there is not even more than 200 or 300 wealthy families who sometimes in the birthday would crack a little bit. >> uh-huh. so are you suggesting something untoward? >> weapons. >> weapons. >> yeah. >> he was a merchant of death? awesome. my aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was fu...

Interesting. >> your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. >> 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 uruguay to live with his uncle. >> 1850, john bourdain moves. >> this is the document we have showing him arriving. >> there he is. >> in that time, he works with a -- >> with a hat maker. >> hat maker? im pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me, lik...

With madame lynch. >> madame lynch was fond of things like french couture. >> yes. and that changed the way of dress. >> madam lynch might have been good for business. i try to put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, like how clearly forward-thinking my relatives were. his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam lynch with utter contempt, did they live in the old colonial homes, the mansions we see still? that type of residence? >> yes. >> times were changing in s...

Are all these local historians, researchers and geniuses on the money here? was great, great, great grampy an arms dealer? so what hat maker needs 200 tons of gun powder? ive got you now jean bourdain. ive got you now. >> or was he a party supplier, selling fine french hats and firecrackers to school kids? i dont know what to believe. >> and in 58, he died. >> right. >> and he was buried, here, two miles from here in the rich peoples cemetery. we can pretty well say in which area he remains. >> ...

>> at that time he works with a -- >> with a hat maker. >> he was a hat maker. >> hat maker? im pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me a lot. the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project red carpets of their day? >> madam lynch was fond of things like french couture? >> yes. and that changed the way of dress. >> madam lynch might have been good for business. i tried to put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, like how clearly forwa...

So are you suggesting something untoward? >> weapons. >> weapons. >> yeah. >> he was a merchant of death? awesome. my aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was full of shit. she also said she was in the resistance, but everybody in france said that. >> arms. so was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker/arms? are all these historians on the money here? was great, great, great grampy an arms dealer? what hat maker needs 200 pounds of gunpowder. ive got you no...

Good for business. >> he put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, by how forward-thinking my relatives were. >> his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam lynch with utter contempt, did they live in the old colonial homes, the mansions we see still? >> yes. >> times were changing in south america too, in those days. society ladies craved the latest in french fashion. there was money to be made. ah, im bummed. >> after this episode with the new bordeaux group came ...

>> 1850, john bourdain moves. >> this is the document we have showing him arriving. >> there he is. >> at that time, he was a -- >> he was a hat maker. >> hat maker? im pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me a lot. the whole elusive wing of bourdains were red carpets of their day? >> madam lynch was fond of things like french couture? >> yes. and that changed the way of dress. >> madam lynch might have been

My aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was full of shit. she also said she was in the resistance, but everybody in france said that. arms. so was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker/arms? are all these historians on the money here? was great, great, great grampy an arms dealer? so what hatmaker needs 200 pounds of gun powder. ive got you now jean bourdain. ive got you now. or was he simply a party supplier, selling little firecrackers and party hats to ...