""" Relating an object to itself, many-to-one To define a many-to-one relationship between a model and itself, use ``ForeignKey('self', ...)``. In this example, a ``Category`` is related to itself. That is, each ``Category`` has a parent ``Category``. Set ``related_name`` to designate what the reverse relationship is called. """ from django.db import models class Category(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=20) parent = models.ForeignKey( "self", models.SET_NULL, blank=True, null=True, related_name="child_set" ) def __str__(self): return self.name class Person(models.Model): full_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) mother = models.ForeignKey( "self", models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name="mothers_child_set" ) father = models.ForeignKey( "self", models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name="fathers_child_set" ) def __str__(self): return self.full_name