I’m not sure if he’s a bad father. It seems like he’s either lost his memory or smth cause he genuinely did not know or remember her :/ and it seems like he cares a lot for her and puts consideration into how she’s feeling. He also seems like he cares for his other children as well so I don’t necessarily think he’s a bad father.
The child's mother belongs to a tribe that gets forgotten if they die and die of they're forgotten...
Here, the mother didn't die because she was forgotten. She died because she gave birth to a child whose father did not belong to the tribe. She died and hence, she was forgotten according to the rules of the tribe.
No one can be blamed here.

THE PRIZE FOR THE WORST FATHER OF THE YEAR GOES TO....(〜 ̄△ ̄)〜