Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
Remember that one of the main reasons that Michael was attracted to Kay was that she represented everything he hoped to attain: that WASPy legitimacy that he craved.
At first, when he tried to estrange himself from his father and family, that might be the reason why he was interested in her.
But later, when he got into the family business, words about legitimacy seemed more a convenient excuse, weapon or surface to hide something else. Even at the end of GF1 he seemed much more into his Sicilian roots and values than any dreams of waspiness. And he would certainly rather bring up his kids in those values, if he wished to see them in family business after all.
