At Carlo and Connie's wedding -
[This is also introducing the various characters to us the audience as well]
- Tom and Michael embrace
- Michael makes the introduction “My brother, Tom Hagen This is Kay Adamsâ€
- Michael only offers further information after Kay asked “If he's your brother, why does he have a different name?â€
- Michael goes on “Oh, ah, that -- when my brother Sonny was a kid, he found Tom Hagen in the street and he had no home so my father took him in and he's been with us ever sinceâ€
It came across to me as a feel-good story, showing Michael's family benevolent helping the less fortunate, homeless Street kid [not even a Sicilian!] without any strings attached - Michael goes on “He's a good lawyer not a Sicilian but I think he's gonna be consiglieriâ€
- Then Michael explains further after Kay asked “What's that?†"That's like a counsellor an advisor very important to the familyâ€
seemed to me with pride that even though Tom is not a Sicilian he is family and very important member
Besides at this time, the Corleones were flying high
Vito had not been shot, Sonny was alive, Carlo had not shown his true colours Only Happiness and Peace
So among others even if
Michael resented Tom's position in the family. Tom was Sonny's choice for a brother, not Michael's Tom was Vito's choice for consigliere, not Michael's
[Tom] didn't think Michael regarded him as a brother
These were events down the track so really had no bearing on the wedding talk