They never actually went through with the marriage.
After her parents got a divorce when she was just two years old, she moved to New York to live with her mother, Teresa Augello and was raised there. Alicia was her devoted mother’s only child and the only child she ever bore. As was previously said by Keyes, her parents never really interacted with one another.
“I haven’t spoken to him in a long time,” remarked the woman’s father. That is not in the least bit inappropriate. I remember being anxious about it when I was younger. It made me really angry. On the other hand, it opened my eyes to how resilient my mother was and motivated me to model my own life after hers in the years to come. I think that it worked out better for me this way.”