The keys to finding a mafia connection in your own Sicilian heritage: know your family, and the world they lived in.
How to tell if your ancestors were in the Mafia
The godfathers of the American South
In Mario Puzo’s novel, “The Godfather,” Vito Corleone is called by the name of his hometown because he was fleeing the mafia. But why was he called “don”? In the US, we don’t have a term similar to this Sicilian honorific. The Southern custom of calling elders “Mister” or “Miss,” along with their given... Continue Reading →
Mafia genealogy
Founders of two of the Five Families of New York, Giuseppe Morello and Gaetano Reina, came from Corleone around the same time as my great-grandparents. They're also family.
Mafia Genealogy 