Normally, you could use an approach described in this article.
Instead of storing a parent id try representing your tree as a nested set. Give it a left and a right value. Now you have a node A with two children B and C and C has two children, D and E.
Now imagine visiting each node twice and assigning them numbers, once down the left side and once up the right. When you are going up the right and hit a branch, go down it's left. Leaf nodes get two sequential numbers.
Then go back up until you hit the root a second time.
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