Genoveses første hustru, Donata Ragone, døde i 1931 af [[tuberkulose]] og Genovese meddelte kort efter, at han ville gifte sig igen med sin [[Fætter og kusine|kusine]] Anna Petillo, der imidlertid allerede var gift med Gerard Vernotico.<ref name=Maas/><ref name=abadinsky>{{cite book|last=Abadinsky|first=Howard|title=Organized crime|year=2010|publisher=Wadsworth/Cengage Learning|location=Belmont, Calif.|isbn=978-0-495-59966-1|pages=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcrWRVykMgEC&q=%22Genovese+married%22&pg=PA97|edition=9th|access-date=22. november 2020|archive-date=17. oktober 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017021806/https://books.google.com/books?id=UcrWRVykMgEC&q=%22Genovese+married%22&pg=PA97|url-status=live}}</ref> Vernotico blev den 16. marts 1931 fundet kvalt på et tag i [[Manhattan]], og den 28. marts 1932 giftede Genovese sig med enken Anna.<ref name=Maas>{{cite book|last=Maas|first=Peter|title=The Valachi papers|year=2003|publisher=Perennial|location=New York|isbn=0-06-050742-X|pages=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mn_uRpQsfrsC&q=%22Genovese+married%22&pg=PA129|edition=1st Perennial|access-date=22. november 2020|archive-date=17. oktober 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017021807/https://books.google.com/books?id=mn_uRpQsfrsC&q=%22Genovese+married%22&pg=PA129|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2012/04/the_gangsters_garden.html|title=The Gangster's Garden|first=Valerie|last=Sudol|date=23. april 2012|website=nj|access-date=23. oktober 2019|archive-date=23. oktober 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023180035/https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2012/04/the_gangsters_garden.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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