Hey everyone, newbie here. There's a thing that has been puzzling me about the American Mafia. Generally when we think of the typical mob organization and traditions we don't think earlier than 40's or 50's. Even the old fashioned traditional bosses such as Masseria, Maranzano or Johnny Torrio didn't apparently make men as mobsters such as Luciano or Al Capone weren't made. When Luciano established the Commission he didn't agree with the traditional ways of doing business so I guess he didn't bother with the made man ceremonies either. So, when was it become custom to make men and who made it happen?

Also, when were the structure and ranks we know today brought in? I don't think Luciano cared about that stuff either, but earlier bosses led what we usually call simply gangs and not families so I wonder when were those organizations started being called families?

Thank you.