by HairyKnuckles » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:59 pm
B. wrote:Pogo The Clown wrote:There was that but I was referring more to Andrew Campos and Andy Knapik. If Alite didn't flip and was still on the street, who knows, the Gambinos may have made him after doing a background check and "discovering" he had Italian heritage.
Pogo
I started a topic about it on the old board, but I have been curious about what these background checks entail. Back in the day they could easily ask around and find out where someone or their parents were from, and that's on top of the fact that a lot of guys had a lot more Italian cultural influence back then and even looked more Italian. Nowadays what do they do? Go to genealogy websites? It can be hard enough to sift through those even as a researcher. I can't imagine some 75-year-old capo sitting in front of a computer going through immigration records haha.
They call JD or Antiliar.
I would imagine if they know the prospect´s father, or grandfather, to be (or to have been) Italian, the prospect is half way in.
[quote="B."][quote="Pogo The Clown"]There was that but I was referring more to Andrew Campos and Andy Knapik. If Alite didn't flip and was still on the street, who knows, the Gambinos may have made him after doing a background check and "discovering" he had Italian heritage. :lol:
Pogo[/quote]
I started a topic about it on the old board, but I have been curious about what these background checks entail. Back in the day they could easily ask around and find out where someone or their parents were from, and that's on top of the fact that a lot of guys had a lot more Italian cultural influence back then and even looked more Italian. Nowadays what do they do? Go to genealogy websites? It can be hard enough to sift through those even as a researcher. I can't imagine some 75-year-old capo sitting in front of a computer going through immigration records haha.[/quote]
They call JD or Antiliar. :)
I would imagine if they know the prospect´s father, or grandfather, to be (or to have been) Italian, the prospect is half way in.