# Has\_Child Without Specifying Type?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/has-child-without-specifying-type/16692
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 29, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/has-child-without-specifying-type/16692 "2014-03-29T03:08:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Patrick\_White](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Patrick_White)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/has-child-without-specifying-type/16692/1 "2014-03-29T03:08:29Z")
Is it possible to do a has\_child query without specifying type? I suppose
the same question would apply for a nested document and path. The use case
is a common parent type (think of it sort of like a placeholder) with a
children of 10 different types. I could execute a few different queries,
but that seems a bit cludgy.
Any advice would be much appreciate!
Thanks!
-PW
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### Author:  [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/has-child-without-specifying-type/16692/2 "2014-03-31T19:59:17Z")
Unfortunately no. However, you certainly can do a bool query/filter with
multiple has\_childs in it if needed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/has-child-without-specifying-type/16692/3 "2017-07-06T01:39:15Z")