Being illegitimate, as a youth he was not included in the Corleone family.

When Michael Corleone offers him employment in one of the family's legitimate businesses, Vincent declines, preferring to work for Joey Zasa, who runs the remnants of the Corleone family's criminal empire in New York City. Vincent saves Michael from an assassination attempt orchestrated by rival Joey Zasa, whom Vincent then personally murders. Vito became the criminal he was all to protect his family. The Corleone family is a fictional Sicilian-American organized crime family, and the focus of the novels and films of The Godfather series. As a price for his elevation, Vincent agreed to give up his relationship with Michael's daughter. In The Godfather, married Sonny Corleone and his sister's bridesmaid, Lucy Mancini were having an illicit affair; Vincent Mancini is the result of that union.

However, The Godfather Part II gives insight into this man and how his son Michael betrayed everything he stood for. The family was created by Mario Puzo and first appears in his 1969 novel The Godfather.The family is from Corleone, Sicily, Italy, and is based in New York City, U.S. . Fredo is naive and stupid. Vincent is eventually embroiled in a feud with Zasa when he s… He elevated Vincent to be the new Don of the Corleone family, telling him that going forward he was to call himself Vincent Corleone. Operations in America: Vincenzo would take over the Corleone family after the death of Michael Corleone. Vincent succeeded Michael Corleone as the Don of the Corleone family. Vincent's irrepressible violent streak often angers Michael, but not nearly as much as his burgeoning romance with Michael's daughter (and Vincent's cousin) Mary, whom Michael fears would be endangered by being involved in Corleone family business. He gets back Joey Zasa’s ruined empire in New York and carries on.

I'm asking for the order." The Godfather trilogy is the tragic story of Michael Corleone, and even now, the ending of this series packs an incredible emotional punch. With Michael out of the way, Fredo is the new Don and Roth gets control over the Corleone empire. "Well, I don't want out. Then he tells Michael he had no idea that it would be a hit at his home where his family lives. I want the power to preserve the family. But, he is a mobster and make no mistake about it, he is very greedy and gets pushed around by everyone - Moe Greene, Sunny, Michael, his alcoholic wife, etc. Fredo sells him out to Johnny Ola, who is working for Hyman Roth. He murdered and intimidated, as was necessary in his line of business. ―Vincent Mancini to Michael Corleone.. Vincenzo "Vincent" Corleone (né Mancini) was the illegitimate son of Santino "Sonny" Corleone and Lucy Mancini.