# Directed Paths shown when not Directed?
**URL:** https://community.neo4j.com/t/directed-paths-shown-when-not-directed/1560
**Category:** Cypher
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/directed-paths-shown-when-not-directed/1560 "2018-09-16T19:59:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@rcfro2](https://community.neo4j.com/u/rcfro2)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/directed-paths-shown-when-not-directed/1560/1 "2018-09-16T19:59:58Z")
Why does the returned nodes show a directed relationship when the relationship is not directed actually ?
match (p)-[:KNOWS]-(k:Person{name:"Keanu Reeves"})
return p, k
limit 5
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### Author:  [@andrew\_bowman](https://community.neo4j.com/u/andrew_bowman)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/directed-paths-shown-when-not-directed/1560/2 "2018-09-17T02:00:37Z")
You misunderstand here, all relationships have a direction, there is no such thing as an undirected relationship in Neo4j, and results will show the direction of the relationships returned.
When you omit the direction of a relationship when you query, you're saying that the direction of the relationship is not a factor in the pattern to match, allowing the match to apply no matter the direction of the relationship.