diff --git a/connectors/src/connectors/github/temporal/activities.ts b/connectors/src/connectors/github/temporal/activities.ts
index 6fc6295f3c2c..e6f1ad8a6f92 100644
--- a/connectors/src/connectors/github/temporal/activities.ts
+++ b/connectors/src/connectors/github/temporal/activities.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export async function githubUpsertIssueActivity(
     documentUrl: issue.url,
     timestampMs: lastUpdateTimestamp,
     tags: tags,
-    parents: [],
+    parents: [issueNumber.toString(), repoId.toString()],
     retries: 3,
     delayBetweenRetriesMs: 500,
     loggerArgs: { ...loggerArgs, provider: "github" },
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export async function githubUpsertDiscussionActivity(
     documentUrl: discussion.url,
     timestampMs: new Date(discussion.createdAt).getTime(),
     tags,
-    parents: [],
+    parents: [discussionNumber.toString(), repoId.toString()],
     retries: 3,
     delayBetweenRetriesMs: 500,
     loggerArgs: { ...loggerArgs, provider: "github" },
diff --git a/core/src/data_sources/data_source.rs b/core/src/data_sources/data_source.rs
index 06fbf68aa7de..c76b44e20c39 100644
--- a/core/src/data_sources/data_source.rs
+++ b/core/src/data_sources/data_source.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ pub struct Chunk {
 /// parent in the array, their channel (since a channel does not have any
 /// parent).
 ///
+/// For github, we store the github issue / discussion's number (as string), and
+/// the repo name (its "parent" in the hierarchy).
+///
 /// Parents are at the time of writing only relevant for managed datasources
 /// since standard datasources do not allow specifying a hierarchy. A parent is
 /// represented by a string of characters which correspond to the parent's