That's what's made the Rizzutos so hard to read over the years. I think it comes with the more unique set up of Italian OC in Canada, where the lines between the Sicilian Mafia, the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, and the American LCN are not as clear as they are in the U.S. This has led to a lot of debates ranging between - what I've always thought - were two extremes. One, the Rizzutos just being a faction of the Bonanno family. And the other, the Rizzutos being the "Sixth Family." I've always thought the truth fell somewhere in the middle.
Its a fact that they started as a Bonanno crew, but in time they got more independance from New York, because of the attacks from the feds/gov. Hence, they became the "Sixth Family". Their family is build upon the ruins of the Bonanno crew. Thats why they are made Bonanno members, maybe a bit renegade.
