See it's quite possible the family the Lupertazzi's come from takes an alternate path for example with the Colombo thing Carmine could've been the one rebelling against Persicio in which he took over the family considering the Lupertazzi territory being in Colombo stomping grounds they could easily be based on them Persicio isn't mentioned in the show leaving a good gap between 1993 and 2001 when the Lupertazzi family is properly introduced