your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. >> anthony: okay, thehis 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 chapelier. >> natalia: with a hat maker. >> anthony: hat maker? i'm 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, lópez's 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 might've been good for business. i'm trying to put this at a light i could be enthusiastic about. like, how clearly forward thinking

sometime in mid-19th century, 1850s, my great-great-great-grandfather jean bourdain emigrated to south