Jterrace is correct, you're probably going about this the wrong way. With Cassandra, you don't tend to be concerned as much with objects, how they relate, and how to normalize that. Instead, you have to ask yourself "What queries do I need to be able to answer efficiently?", and then pre-build the answers for those queries.
This usually involves a mixture of denormalization and the "wide row" model. I highly suggest that you read some articles about data modeling for Cassandra online.
I think you're really misunderstanding the data model for Cassandra. You should read Cassandra Data Model before continuing.
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