From: ThoML Date: 2008-02-19T01:24:56+09:00 Subject: Re: how to find parent object_id into child object ? Well, I'm not sure if I understood the question right. But I think something like this is possible (struct maybe is a bad choice for demonstration purposes): class A def initialize(o=nil) @o = o end end Anyway, the proper way probably would be to design the class so that obj2 gets a reference to obj1 when it is included in obj1 (if you know it needs such a reference), which is what Robert meant I suppose.