diff --git a/lib/shared/search-utils.js b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/search-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
@@ -97,25 +97,28 @@
 
   const nonFriends = [];
   const blockedUsers = [];
-  const friendsAndContainingThreadMembers = [];
+  const friends = [];
+  const containingThreadMembers = [];
+  const parentThreadMembers = [];
 
   for (const userResult of results) {
     const relationshipStatus = userResult.relationshipStatus;
-    if (
-      userResult.isMemberOfContainingThread &&
-      !blockedRelationshipsStatuses.has(relationshipStatus)
-    ) {
-      friendsAndContainingThreadMembers.unshift(userResult);
-    } else if (relationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.FRIEND) {
-      friendsAndContainingThreadMembers.push(userResult);
-    } else if (blockedRelationshipsStatuses.has(relationshipStatus)) {
+    if (blockedRelationshipsStatuses.has(relationshipStatus)) {
       blockedUsers.push(userResult);
+    } else if (userResult.isMemberOfParentThread) {
+      parentThreadMembers.push(userResult);
+    } else if (userResult.isMemberOfContainingThread) {
+      containingThreadMembers.push(userResult);
+    } else if (relationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.FRIEND) {
+      friends.push(userResult);
     } else {
       nonFriends.push(userResult);
     }
   }
 
-  const sortedResults = friendsAndContainingThreadMembers
+  const sortedResults = parentThreadMembers
+    .concat(containingThreadMembers)
+    .concat(friends)
     .concat(nonFriends)
     .concat(blockedUsers);