# Can one person belong to multiple places in the same hierarchy?

**URL:** <https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/can-one-person-belong-to-multiple-places-in-the-same-hierarchy/101>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** people, places, hierarchy, users\
**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/can-one-person-belong-to-multiple-places-in-the-same-hierarchy/101 "2017-05-28T06:01:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/can-one-person-belong-to-multiple-places-in-the-same-hierarchy/101/2 "2019-07-12T10:27:38Z")

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As of right now. no. Hierarchies are defined by having a parent, and you can only have one.

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