# Relationship
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Information about how blocks are related to each other. A `Block` object contains 0 or more `Relation` objects in a list, `Relationships`. For more information, see [Block](API_Block.md).

The `Type` element provides the type of the relationship for all blocks in the `IDs` array. 

## Contents
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 ** Ids **   <a name="Textract-Type-Relationship-Ids"></a>
An array of IDs for related blocks. You can get the type of the relationship from the `Type` element.  
Type: Array of strings  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: No

 ** Type **   <a name="Textract-Type-Relationship-Type"></a>
The type of relationship between the blocks in the IDs array and the current block. The following list describes the relationship types that can be returned.   
+  *VALUE* - A list that contains the ID of the VALUE block that's associated with the KEY of a key-value pair.
+  *CHILD* - A list of IDs that identify blocks found within the current block object. For example, WORD blocks have a CHILD relationship to the LINE block type.
+  *MERGED\$1CELL* - A list of IDs that identify each of the MERGED\$1CELL block types in a table.
+  *ANSWER* - A list that contains the ID of the QUERY\$1RESULT block that’s associated with the corresponding QUERY block. 
+  *TABLE* - A list of IDs that identify associated TABLE block types. 
+  *TABLE\$1TITLE* - A list that contains the ID for the TABLE\$1TITLE block type in a table. 
+  *TABLE\$1FOOTER* - A list of IDs that identify the TABLE\$1FOOTER block types in a table. 
Type: String  
Valid Values: `VALUE | CHILD | COMPLEX_FEATURES | MERGED_CELL | TITLE | ANSWER | TABLE | TABLE_TITLE | TABLE_FOOTER`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/textract-2018-06-27/Relationship) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/textract-2018-06-27/Relationship) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/textract-2018-06-27/Relationship)