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In order to analyse the relationship between piracy, law and family, the article takes a look at the popular Pirates of the Caribbean films. Hollywood turns out to link piracy with family; instead of forming the usually assumed contrast, both are closely intertwined entities. The film series can therefore be seen as an unorthodox revision of the pirate’s common juridical classification as the anti-social hostis humani generis. It becomes apparent that, surprisingly, family sometimes may develop from piracy.