diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
index 7b49168e79c..35446e221b8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function createTraceFrame(data: TraceResponse): DataFrame {
       { name: 'startTime', type: FieldType.number },
       { name: 'duration', type: FieldType.number },
       { name: 'logs', type: FieldType.other },
+      { name: 'references', type: FieldType.other, values: [] },
       { name: 'tags', type: FieldType.other },
       { name: 'warnings', type: FieldType.other },
       { name: 'stackTraces', type: FieldType.other },
@@ -44,10 +45,12 @@ export function createTraceFrame(data: TraceResponse): DataFrame {
 }
 
 function toSpanRow(span: Span, processes: Record<string, TraceProcess>): TraceSpanRow {
+  const parentSpanID = span.references?.find((r) => r.refType === 'CHILD_OF')?.spanID;
+
   return {
     spanID: span.spanID,
     traceID: span.traceID,
-    parentSpanID: span.references?.find((r) => r.refType === 'CHILD_OF')?.spanID,
+    parentSpanID: parentSpanID,
     operationName: span.operationName,
     // from micro to millis
     startTime: span.startTime / 1000,
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ function toSpanRow(span: Span, processes: Record<string, TraceProcess>): TraceSp
     tags: span.tags,
     warnings: span.warnings ?? undefined,
     stackTraces: span.stackTraces,
+    references: span.references?.filter((r) => r.spanID !== parentSpanID) ?? [], // parentSpanID is pushed to references in the transformTraceDataFrame method
     serviceName: processes[span.processID].serviceName,
     serviceTags: processes[span.processID].tags,
   };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/testResponse.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/testResponse.ts
index a438602c381..497851f4ce2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/testResponse.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/testResponse.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export const testResponseDataFrameFields = toVectors([
   { name: 'startTime', values: [1605873894680.409, 1605873894680.587] },
   { name: 'duration', values: [1049.141, 1.847] },
   { name: 'logs', values: [[], []] },
+  { name: 'references', values: [[], []] },
   {
     name: 'tags',
     values: [