---
title: 'Liquid objects: parent_relationship'
description: Information about the parent relationship for a nested cart line item.
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/parent_relationship'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/parent_relationship.md'
api_name: liquid
---

# parent\_​relationship

Information about the parent relationship for a nested cart line item.

## Properties

* * **parent**

    [line\_item](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/line_item)

  * The parent line item for the nested cart line item.

### Returned by

* [line\_​item.parent\_​relationship](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/line_item#line_item-parent_relationship)