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Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Gabriele Capone was a barber from Castellammare di Stabia, a village south of Naples, Italy. And his mother, Teresina Raiola (maiden name), was a seamstress at a town in the province of Salerno. The Capones had immigrated to the United States in 1894, and lived in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Gabriele and Teresina had seven sons and two daughters including: Vincenzo Capone, Raffaele Capone, Salvatore Capone, Erminio Capone, Umberto Capone, Matthew Capone, Rose Capone, Mafalda Capone, and of coarse, Al Capone (born Alfonso Capone).
Capone's life of crime began early. As a teenager, he joined two gangs, the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors, and engaged in small crimes. He quit school in the sixth grade at the age of 14, after he fought with a teacher. Im sure that once Capone gave up school and joined gangs, he knew that he wanted to become a gangster. For preparations for the future, Capone......

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