diff --git a/pkg/confluence/api.go b/pkg/confluence/api.go
index b99802d..8386d70 100644
--- a/pkg/confluence/api.go
+++ b/pkg/confluence/api.go
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ type API struct {
 	BaseURL string
 }
 
+type SpaceInfo struct {
+	ID   int    `json:"id"`
+	Key  string `json:"key"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+
+	Homepage PageInfo `json:"homepage"`
+
+	Links struct {
+		Full string `json:"webui"`
+	} `json:"_links"`
+}
+
 type PageInfo struct {
 	ID    string `json:"id"`
 	Title string `json:"title"`
@@ -122,6 +134,26 @@ func (api *API) FindRootPage(space string) (*PageInfo, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func (api *API) FindHomePage(space string) (*PageInfo, error) {
+	payload := map[string]string{
+		"expand": "homepage",
+	}
+
+	request, err := api.rest.Res(
+		"space/"+space, &SpaceInfo{},
+	).Get(payload)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if request.Raw.StatusCode == 404 || request.Raw.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return nil, newErrorStatusNotOK(request)
+	}
+
+	return &request.Response.(*SpaceInfo).Homepage, nil
+}
+
 func (api *API) FindPage(space string, title string, pageType string) (*PageInfo, error) {
 	result := struct {
 		Results []PageInfo `json:"results"`
@@ -442,14 +474,7 @@ func (api *API) UpdatePage(
 	nextPageVersion := page.Version.Number + 1
 	oldAncestors := []map[string]interface{}{}
 
-	if page.Type != "blogpost" {
-		if len(page.Ancestors) == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf(
-				"page %q info does not contain any information about parents",
-				page.ID,
-			)
-		}
-
+	if page.Type != "blogpost" && len(page.Ancestors) > 0 {
 		// picking only the last one, which is required by confluence
 		oldAncestors = []map[string]interface{}{
 			{"id": page.Ancestors[len(page.Ancestors)-1].Id},
diff --git a/pkg/mark/ancestry.go b/pkg/mark/ancestry.go
index 6873ee8..d436778 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/ancestry.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/ancestry.go
@@ -104,11 +104,26 @@ func ValidateAncestry(
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	isHomepage := false
 	if len(page.Ancestors) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`page %q has no parents`, page.Title)
+		homepage, err := api.FindHomePage(space)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, karma.Format(
+				err,
+				"can't obtain home page from space %q",
+				space,
+			)
+		}
+
+		if page.ID == homepage.ID {
+			log.Debugf(nil, "page is homepage for space %q", space)
+			isHomepage = true
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(`page %q has no parents`, page.Title)
+		}
 	}
 
-	if len(page.Ancestors) < len(ancestry) {
+	if !isHomepage && len(page.Ancestors) < len(ancestry) {
 		actual := []string{}
 		for _, ancestor := range page.Ancestors {
 			actual = append(actual, ancestor.Title)
diff --git a/pkg/mark/mark.go b/pkg/mark/mark.go
index d0aa075..ba4497a 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/mark.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/mark.go
@@ -32,8 +32,25 @@ func ResolvePage(
 		return nil, page, nil
 	}
 
+	// check to see if home page is in Parents
+	homepage, err := api.FindHomePage(meta.Space)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, karma.Format(
+			err,
+			"can't obtain home page from space %q",
+			meta.Space,
+		)
+	}
+
+	skipHomeAncestry := false
+	if len(meta.Parents) > 0 {
+		if homepage.Title == meta.Parents[0] {
+			skipHomeAncestry = true
+		}
+	}
+
 	ancestry := meta.Parents
-	if page != nil {
+	if page != nil && !skipHomeAncestry {
 		ancestry = append(ancestry, page.Title)
 	}