How can I join a buffer layer to the layer it was created from?

[ChristopherShultz]

I have two relevant layers for this problem:

1. Real estate parcels (point data)
2. Multiple ring buffer layer - contains multiple buffer rings around each particular real estate parcel. (0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2 miles).

There are 2900 real estate parcels, each one a multiple ring buffer layer containing 4 quartiles. The buffer layer table has 2900*4 entries since each parcel has 4 buffer layers.

I need to join the buffer layers with the parcel they were created from, and there doesn't seem to be an easy way. Any tips on a useful tool?

[XanderBakker]

By default if you use the multiring buffer you option dissolve will be "ALL". This means that all buffers of the same distance will be merged into a single feature, and you will have no reference to the features from which they were created. If you change this to NONE, all the attributes of the input feature will be written to the output featureclass.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Are you talking about an attribute join based upon a common key/field? or a spatial join based upon location?