Did she actually know Vincent was her cousin and still pursued him? I mean I know that they didn't grow up together but wouldn't most Americans find that still taboo because of sharing the same blood?
shareIn America it is taboo. But not so much elsewhere. Coppola says that his own family is descended from married cousins and he didn't see an issue doing this.
Besides it allowed Michael to have something to hold over Vincent.
Is Vincent Connie's son?
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No, Vincent is Sonny's illegitimate son. His mother is the bridesmaid Sonny sneaks off to have sex with at Connie's wedding early in the first film.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
Is it mentioned how long Vincent was known about?
Hey! You're not old enough to drink! Now go and die for your country!!!
Good question! As far as I'm aware, Vincent isn't mentioned at any point in the first two films, and only appears at the start of the third as a grown man. According to the dialogue, he and Mary saw a lot of each other at family functions and the like when they were young, but she appears not to recognise him or know who he must be, even after her father makes a thing of including Vincent and his mother in the family photo.
Obviously Vincent was invented for the plot of the third film, which is fair enough. He's a bit like Frankie Pentangeli in the second, who we're told was one of Don Vito's closest associates, though he's clearly not the brightest, shiniest button, but we've never heard of him until the actor playing Clemenza priced himself out of being cast.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
he and Mary saw a lot of each other at family functions and the like when they were young,Ah yes indeed! I knew we didn't hear about him prior to GFIII but I forgot that Mary said that.