He could have been a member of another family. But we only know that Roth was a close associate of the Corleone family for over 30 years. Therefore I would find it a little strange that he would have been a capo in another family assigned to provide Roth with muscle. Afterall, after the murder of the rival heads the Corleone family had full supremacy over New York.

We see Michael treating him very warmly which would have been a little awkward if he would have been a member of a rival family. If he would have been a capo for Chicago than Michael would have taken a big risk by ordering his death.

Meyer Lansky did business with many families but he was never more close with any other family than the Genovese family and Vincent Alo.

Taking all this points into account for me it's the most logical explanation that he must have been a member of the Corleone family.



I agree. There's no clear indication that Altobello was a member of the Corleone crime family. But I don't agree about the "don" thing.

By the 1970s Michael was hardly involved with the criminal faction of the Corleone family. He confirms this when he tells Zasa that he has nothing to do with his business. So it's pretty clear that he had turned over leadership. Sure, he was still considered to be de facto head of the underworld, but that doesn't mean that Altobello couldn't have been a "Don". And besides, he could very well have been adressed as a Don as a sign of respect as he was the 'family's oldest friend' and Connie's godfather.

I find it a little hard to believe that he could have been the boss of the Barzini or Tattaglia family and be Connie Corleone's godfather since the 1920s. We all know the Barzini and Tattaglia family were the Corleone family's biggest rivals...