It depends on what historic account we go by, Bonanno may have contradicted others, and so forth. I think there is no doubt Luciano definitely was the boss after Maranzano, I don't think that was ever disputed. As for the family names that started after Valachi testified. The is why the family was called The Genovese Family. They used the names of whoever was boss in 1963.
Luciano was boss after Maranzano's death that we know for sure but this really only leaves us with 2 possible options....
#1. Either the original 5 families is wrong.
#2. The Luciano family began while Maranzano was alive.
I'm inclined to think it's #2 but that goes back to my original question, if Luciano did break away from Maranzano while he was still alive, when and what were the circumstances around it?
Since Maranzano decided to have him killed, I believe at some point between Maranzano taking over and his death, Luciano must have left Maranzano and started his own family without Maranzano's blessing and if that's the case, we know nothing about that aspect and there's a gap in mafia history.
