What's an Aggregate Root?

Question

I\'m trying to get my head around how to properly use the repository pattern. The central concept of an Aggregate Root keeps coming up. When searching both the web and Stack

Answer 1

Dinah:

In the Context of a Repository the Aggregate Root is an Entity with no parent Entity. It contains zero, One or Many Child Entities whose existence is dependent upon the Parent for it's identity. That's a One To Many relationship in a Repository. Those Child Entities are plain Aggregates.