# Finding child documents without parents **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 11, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-child-documents-without-parents/22087 "2015-02-11T08:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ron\_Sher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ron_sher/32/4472_2.png) [@Ron\_Sher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ron_Sher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-child-documents-without-parents/22087/1 "2015-02-11T08:53:54Z")
We have child documents and we suspect that some of them don't have their parents. Can someone suggest a query I can use to find child documents without parents? Thanks, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/76a913db-8ed9-48e9-bd0f-29495c1b6e0f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/76a913db-8ed9-48e9-bd0f-29495c1b6e0f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-child-documents-without-parents/22087/2 "2017-07-06T00:33:38Z")