How to Prove: Racial Passing

2004: Obituary for John Allen McMillan, grandfather of Tracie
1967: Death certificate for Ella Carter in 1967,
- identifying her as white.
1907: Birth record of John Allen McMillan.
- His birth was reported by his father, John McMillan, a resident of Steelton. There’s no indication of where he was born or living, only of his father’s residence, and no indication of race.
1901: Census enumeration in Ontario,
- showing the race of the Carter family noted as “B” for Black. The names include Ella Carter, Tracie’s paternal great-grandmother, mother to John Allen McMillan.