Probably not because his 'Italian' parents might very well have been friends of the Corleone Family. Even if Tom had become Don of another Family, he would not be compared to Michael because Sonny Corleone might not have died due in part to Tom's non-Genco/non-Sicilian lawyer's brain.
CouldaWouldaShoulda.
Here's one more to 'discussion for the sake of...'.
Apple
Everyone knows that all Italians know each other personally, that only German-Irish people end up in the streets, and that creative speculation about fiction is just "woulda couldashoulda."
Apple is going soft in the brain. I think she's turning into Cider.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
