> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.metriport.com/llms.txt
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# relatedperson

Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/relatedperson.html) for full details.

**Tables in this resource:**

* **related\_person** – Main related person record (this page)
* [relatedperson\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/address) – Addresses per related person
* [relatedperson\_communication](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication) – Communication and language preferences
* [relatedperson\_communication\_language\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication_language_coding)
* [relatedperson\_name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/name) – Names per related person
* [relatedperson\_relationship](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship) – Relationship to the patient
* [relatedperson\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship_coding)
* [relatedperson\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/telecom) – Telecom (phone, email)
* [relatedperson\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension)
* [relatedperson\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension_vcc_coding)
* **relatedperson\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables)

**Primary Keys:**

* relatedperson\_id

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| Column             | Data Type | Description                                                      |
| ------------------ | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| relatedperson\_id  | varchar   | Unique identifier for the related person                         |
| first\_name†       | varchar   | First given name (from first name row)                           |
| last\_name†        | varchar   | Family name (from first name row)                                |
| gender             | varchar   | Gender                                                           |
| birthdate          | date      | Date of birth                                                    |
| address†           | varchar   | First and second address lines concatenated (from first address) |
| city†              | varchar   | City (from first address)                                        |
| state†             | varchar   | State or province (from first address)                           |
| country†           | varchar   | Country (from first address)                                     |
| zip\_code†         | varchar   | ZIP or postal code (from first address)                          |
| email†             | varchar   | First email from telecom                                         |
| phone†             | varchar   | First phone from telecom                                         |
| meta\_source       | varchar   | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source                   |
| data\_source\_ext† | varchar   | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension      |

**Related Tables:**

**Child:**

* [relatedperson\_address](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/address)
* [relatedperson\_communication](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/communication)
* [relatedperson\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/extension)
* [relatedperson\_name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/name)
* [relatedperson\_relationship](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/relationship)
* [relatedperson\_telecom](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/relatedperson/telecom)