How I Found Out My Family Was In The Mafia

Nick shares the story of how he learned his grandfather was leading a dangerous double life.

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[stacyfire]

So your grandma was living the wattpad stories of the mafia.

[symonew]

😂😂😂😂 the whole thing about the mafia, especially the Italian mafia, is suppose to be secrecy yet the kids, grandchildren, nieces and nephew’s are always running to production companies like “Guess what?! 😏” 😂😂

[missxelocin]

Family: [successfully maintains dirty little secret]

This guy: SO MY FAMILY WAS IN THE MAFIA

[lillyfazz]

DUUDDEE you don’t just spread that HAHAHHA

[davidasher]

I’m also from NJ. When I was 10 to 12 years old my mother was engaged to a guy who was in the Italian mafia. His name was Frank and he was my step father for two years. He looked and dressed like your typical 1980s mobster. Gold chains and watches, money clip the size of your fist. Had a pager and a gun and a hand held stun gun. At that age I didn’t really know what was going on but thinking back on those days it was so obvious. He’d have meetings with other mob guys in the kitchen. We always had everything we wanted. We didn’t own a house but lived in luxury apartments and condos. My mother’s car was actually blown up in my grandparents drive way with all our laundry in it. Eventually he got busted. One of the guys who was coming over to the house was a low level drug dealer/user who started wearing a wire. I guess the FBI eventually had enough evidence and they busted down our door while I was at school. The informant guy mysteriously drowned in a swimming pool months later. We started living with my grandparents after that. He got something like 12 years for drug and gun charges. I never saw him again. Years later my mom explained the whole story to me. I kind of miss the guy. He was strict as hell but I remember learning a lot from him in the small time he was around.

[whoisgianna]

when ur sicilian american and named after someone who worked on The Sopranos lol

[josephaleman]

doesn't sound like your Grandpa was IN the Mob, more like he was being USED by the Mob.

[FingeringThings]

"Dad why are there bodies in the closet?

[advocacies]

You know my family was connected to the mafia too. My father's friend's dad's dog's caretaker's friend's mom's husband knew a guy from the mafia, so my family is like part of the mafia

[winter_wolf]

“hey.. i think mom should make the pasta next time, this sauce tastes... weird”

[zarmeenkhan]

Bruh did he say she was UNFORTUNATELY never in that situation again? I..

[iglesiasangzhengrui]

In short, his grandpa was an associate. Not a made man.

[xamified]

Isn't that just called money laundering? Tbh he could have just said that his grandpa laundered money for the mob, which is actually fairly common for food-related and service-related businesses, not just in the US but all over the world like here in Asia.

[asl]

"If something like that happens again i am leaving and never coming back"

Grandma is my idol now

[piguu]

Imagine being a fan of mob-themed movies and having your own gramps being involved with it irl.

[HollyWatson]

'My grandfather was a member of the Italian mob"
I thought I'd be nice and give Buzzfeed a chance.
I was wrong.
ALSO MY NAME IS NICK

[bwingbwinggwiyomi]

Dude, you better watch your back and sleep with one eye open now that you've released this information though..

Any one of these viewers could be a mafia member..

[zjgoat]

Did he get involved because he hired them to move his couch?

[LemonsNeverGaveYouLife]

In an average mobster voice: A'yo Tony you gut the stuff?

[MikeHaywood]

I just thought my granddad really liked whack-a-mole because he was always whacking moles