Publish date: 2024-02-18

Tracy McMillan father Harold McMillan spent 31 years total in federal prison. Born on August 29, 1935, he passed away on January 21, 2023, at age 87.

He was an African-American born as the fifth of nine children to his parents at home in Midway, Alabama. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the young of 20.

Harold looked after his daughter from 18 months until he went to prison when Tracy was just 3 years old. His departure forced her into foster care in multiple places.

Lots of individuals would have just forgotten about their kids in such a situation, but her dad wrote her, called her, and got her foster mother to bring her to see him, twice a year, 500 miles away.

Soon after he was released from prison, he took her back, only to be jailed again after only one year out of prison. Then he left again and continued to write her and call her like before.

He also got his former girlfriend to bring his daughter to see him in jail, three or four times a year. Before she hit adulthood, the cycle would repeat itself two more times.

He would still call her and ask someone to bring her to see him until she refused to go. By the time he was released in the early 1980s, McMillan wanted nothing to do with him.

At that time, she had a handsome MBA-type boyfriend in her life. She then moved to California with him and settled down. At least after 3 years of not talking to him, one day she called him.

The father and daughter came together once again. For the next ten years, he stayed out of prison and they continued embracing their relationship. They visited a few times a year and talked on the phone.

In 1993, he got convicted again for drug trafficking and was sentenced to 23 years. He was released in 2013.

They grew close once again and simply resumed their relationship until Harold passed away in January 2023.

On January 27, the relationship expert took to her Instagram to share a tribute to her father. There she talked about her dad's both positive and negative sides. She said, "Of all the Bad Dads in the world, he was one of the best."

She said her dad was selfish and vain, a liar, and a cheater, but wasn't violent, angry, aggressive, or mean. The author said he was smart, verbal, spiritual, insightful, and sweet. 

"He was just... a person. Flawed. Human. He lived. He was my dad," she concluded the post.

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