diff --git a/src/brainy.ts b/src/brainy.ts
index ef2de0ae..b15aa919 100644
--- a/src/brainy.ts
+++ b/src/brainy.ts
@@ -1016,6 +1016,14 @@ export class Brainy<T = any> implements BrainyInterface<T> {
       filter.service = params.service
     }
 
+    // v4.5.1: Exclude VFS relationships by default (same pattern as brain.find())
+    // VFS relationships have metadata.isVFS = true
+    // Only include VFS relationships if explicitly requested
+    if (params.includeVFS !== true) {
+      filter.metadata = filter.metadata || {}
+      filter.metadata.isVFS = { notEquals: true }
+    }
+
     // Fetch from storage with pagination at storage layer (efficient!)
     const result = await this.storage.getVerbs({
       pagination: {
diff --git a/src/types/brainy.types.ts b/src/types/brainy.types.ts
index 8bea452f..ec80630c 100644
--- a/src/types/brainy.types.ts
+++ b/src/types/brainy.types.ts
@@ -324,6 +324,17 @@ export interface GetRelationsParams {
    * Only return relationships belonging to this service.
    */
   service?: string
+
+  /**
+   * Include VFS relationships (v4.5.1)
+   *
+   * By default, getRelations() excludes VFS relationships (since v4.4.0).
+   * Set this to true when you need to traverse VFS structure.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   * @since v4.5.1
+   */
+  includeVFS?: boolean
 }
 
 // ============= Batch Operations =============
diff --git a/src/vfs/PathResolver.ts b/src/vfs/PathResolver.ts
index 6eb63c0e..3b49b1f1 100644
--- a/src/vfs/PathResolver.ts
+++ b/src/vfs/PathResolver.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ export class PathResolver {
     // Get all relationships where parentId contains other entities
     const relations = await this.brain.getRelations({
       from: parentId,
-      type: VerbType.Contains
+      type: VerbType.Contains,
+      includeVFS: true  // v4.5.1: Required to see VFS relationships
     })
 
     // Find the child with matching name
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ export class PathResolver {
     // Production-ready: Use graph relationships (VFS creates these in mkdir/writeFile)
     const relations = await this.brain.getRelations({
       from: dirId,
-      type: VerbType.Contains
+      type: VerbType.Contains,
+      includeVFS: true  // v4.5.1: Required to see VFS relationships
     })
 
     const validChildren: VFSEntity[] = []
diff --git a/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts b/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
index ef1b95d6..4069b94f 100644
--- a/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
+++ b/src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
         await this.brain.relate({
           from: parentId,
           to: existingId,
-          type: VerbType.Contains
+          type: VerbType.Contains,
+          metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
         })
       }
     } else {
@@ -440,7 +441,8 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
       await this.brain.relate({
         from: parentId,
         to: entity,
-        type: VerbType.Contains
+        type: VerbType.Contains,
+        metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
       })
 
       // Update path resolver cache
@@ -762,7 +764,8 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
         await this.brain.relate({
           from: parentId,
           to: entity,
-          type: VerbType.Contains
+          type: VerbType.Contains,
+          metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
         })
       }
 
@@ -1674,7 +1677,12 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
       // Add to new parent
       if (newParentPath && newParentPath !== '/') {
         const newParentId = await this.pathResolver.resolve(newParentPath)
-        await this.brain.relate({ from: newParentId, to: entityId, type: VerbType.Contains })
+        await this.brain.relate({
+          from: newParentId,
+          to: entityId,
+          type: VerbType.Contains,
+          metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
+        })
       }
     }
 
@@ -1747,7 +1755,12 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
     const parentPath = this.getParentPath(destPath)
     if (parentPath && parentPath !== '/') {
       const parentId = await this.pathResolver.resolve(parentPath)
-      await this.brain.relate({ from: parentId, to: newEntity, type: VerbType.Contains })
+      await this.brain.relate({
+        from: parentId,
+        to: newEntity,
+        type: VerbType.Contains,
+        metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
+      })
     }
 
     // Update path cache
@@ -1847,7 +1860,8 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
     await this.brain.relate({
       from: parentId,
       to: entity,
-      type: VerbType.Contains
+      type: VerbType.Contains,
+      metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
     })
 
     // Update path resolver cache
@@ -2056,7 +2070,8 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
     await this.brain.relate({
       from: fromEntityId,
       to: toEntityId,
-      type: type as any  // Convert string to VerbType
+      type: type as any,  // Convert string to VerbType
+      metadata: { isVFS: true }  // v4.5.1: Mark as VFS relationship
     })
 
     // Invalidate caches for both paths