# \_parent field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-field/3730>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 3, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-field/3730 "2011-01-03T14:10:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![senthil\_prabhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@senthil\_prabhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/senthil_prabhu)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-field/3730/1 "2011-01-03T14:10:05Z")

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1. Can i return \_parent field on all child tables.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-parent-field/3730/2 "2017-07-06T04:14:27Z")

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