---
title: "Retrievea list of ancestor organ(s) of a given uuid"
method: GET
path: "/entities/{id}/ancestor-organs"
---

# Retrievea list of ancestor organ(s) of a given uuid

`GET /entities/{id}/ancestor-organs`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

An array of Samples (sub-type organ) are returned

- object[]

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid or misformatted entity identifier
- `401` — The user's token has expired or the user did not supply a valid token
- `403` — The user is not authorized to retrieve the entity
- `404` — The target entity could not be found
- `500` — Internal error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/hubmapconsortium/apis/hubmap-entity-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/hubmapconsortium/apis/hubmap-entity-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/hubmapconsortium/hubmap-entity-api/revisions/a192f35c6b16/schema)