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**To retrieve the child accounts and OUs of a parent OU or root**
The following example you how to list the root or OU that contains that account 444444444444: ::
aws organizations list-children --child-type ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT --parent-id ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111
The output shows the two child OUs that are contained by the parent: ::
{
"Children": [
{
"Id": "ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid111",
"Type":"ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT"
},
{
"Id":"ou-examplerootid111-exampleouid222",
"Type":"ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT"
}
]
}