# Using Relationship Queries with History Objects

Custom objects and some standard objects have an associated history object that tracks changes to an object record. You can use SOQL relationship queries to traverse a history object to its parent object.

For example, the following query returns every history row for `Foo__c` and displays the name and custom fields of `Foo`:

```soql
SELECT OldValue, NewValue, Parent.Id, Parent.name, Parent.customfield__c
FROM foo__history
```

This example query returns every Foo object row together with the corresponding history rows in nested subqueries:

```soql
SELECT Name, customfield__c, (SELECT OldValue, NewValue FROM foo__history)
FROM foo__c
```