# Parent Child Mapping in Elastic search

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-mapping-in-elastic-search/16814
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 4, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-mapping-in-elastic-search/16814 "2014-04-04T03:35:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![arjun02phy36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@arjun02phy36](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun02phy36)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-mapping-in-elastic-search/16814/1 "2014-04-04T03:35:14Z")

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Can I create a n-ary tree using elastic search. If yes, how to query to get the subtree.

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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, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-mapping-in-elastic-search/16814/2 "2017-07-06T01:38:18Z")

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