Okay, in essence: select r from Relationship r returns both partyRoles correctly. select pr from PartyRole pr where pr.id = :idOfToPartyRole returns pr.involvedIn, with the correct relationsihps select pr from PartyRole pr where pr.id= :idOfFromPartyRole does not return pr.invovledIn with any relationships. THis is all very confusing. It's the same code for both sides AND the DATABASE IS CORRECT. Any ideas why it's only the From Role Type that's doing this? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4155545#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...