diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ Ondřej Súkup
 Oscar Benjamin
 Parth Patel
 Patrick Hayes
+Patrick Kenny
 Paul Müller
 Paul Reece
 Pauli Virtanen
diff --git a/changelog/10210.bugfix.rst b/changelog/10210.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes issue where nested data structures of different types did not raise an error with ``approx``.