The man pictured here with Malcolm Jamal Warner is the father of a bangin’ Black actress and the ex-husband of a Motown legend. Was that easy enough?

Yup, that’s Tracee Ellis Ross’s dad Robert Ellis Silberstein, pictured at Essence Magazine’s celebration of Tracee as their latest covergirl.

Here is again with Diana Ross’s eldest daughter Rhonda Ross Kendrick, who Robert adopted when he married Diana in 1971.

Check out who else celebrated with Essence and Tracee below.