diff --git a/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/src/Models/RequestPathPattern.cs b/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/src/Models/RequestPathPattern.cs
index 4910099ae28b..e3ea29a8d5b0 100644
--- a/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/src/Models/RequestPathPattern.cs
+++ b/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/src/Models/RequestPathPattern.cs
@@ -81,17 +81,23 @@ private static IReadOnlyList<RequestPathSegment> ParseSegments(string path)
         /// <returns></returns>
         public bool IsAncestorOf(RequestPathPattern other)
         {
+            // Ancestor detection: compare only constant segments, skip variable segments.
             // To be the parent of other, you must at least be shorter than other.
             if (other.Count <= Count)
                 return false;
             for (int i = 0; i < Count; i++)
             {
-                // we need the segment to be identical when strict is true (which is the default value)
-                // when strict is false, we also need the segment to be identical if it is constant.
-                // but if it is a reference, we only require they have the same type, do not require they have the same variable name.
-                // This case happens a lot during the management group parent detection - different RP calls this different things
-                if (!this[i].Equals(other[i]))
+                if (this[i].IsConstant)
+                {
+                    if (!this[i].Equals(other[i]))
+                        return false;
+                }
+                else // variable segment
+                {
+                    if (!other[i].IsConstant)
+                        continue;
                     return false;
+                }
             }
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/test/RequestPathPatternTests.cs b/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/test/RequestPathPatternTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..469e88c3b1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/packages/http-client-csharp-mgmt/generator/Azure.Generator.Management/test/RequestPathPatternTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using Azure.Generator.Management.Models;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Azure.Generator.Management.Tests
+{
+    public class RequestPathPatternTests
+    {
+        [TestCase("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}", "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{accountName}", true)]
+        [TestCase("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}", "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}", true)]
+        [TestCase("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}", "/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{managementGroupId}", false)]
+        public void IsAncestorOf_BasicCases(string ancestor, string descendant, bool expected)
+        {
+            var ancestorPattern = new RequestPathPattern(ancestor);
+            var descendantPattern = new RequestPathPattern(descendant);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, ancestorPattern.IsAncestorOf(descendantPattern));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsAncestorOf_AncestorMustBeShorterThanDescendant()
+        {
+            var ancestorPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            var childPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            // Ancestor and child are the same length, should return false
+            Assert.IsFalse(ancestorPattern.IsAncestorOf(childPattern));
+
+            var longerAncestor = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Storage");
+            var shorterChild = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            // Ancestor is longer than child, should return false
+            Assert.IsFalse(longerAncestor.IsAncestorOf(shorterChild));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsAncestorOf_VariableSegmentCheck()
+        {
+            var ancestorPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            var descendantPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{otherSub}/resourceGroups/{otherGroup}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{accountName}");
+            Assert.IsTrue(ancestorPattern.IsAncestorOf(descendantPattern));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsAncestorOf_ConstantSegmentMismatch()
+        {
+            var ancestorPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            var descendantPattern = new RequestPathPattern("/tenants/{tenantId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}");
+            Assert.IsFalse(ancestorPattern.IsAncestorOf(descendantPattern));
+        }
+    }
+}