Map a generic parent object to its child

MapParentToChild.cs

/// <summary>
/// Maps a parent object to a child object. <br></br>
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Generic Type of the Parent Object</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="U">Generic Type of the Child Object</typeparam>
/// <param name="parent">Parent Object</param>
/// <param name="child">Child Object</param>
/// <returns>U Child object</returns>
public U MapParentToChild<T, U>(T parent, U child)
{
    foreach (PropertyInfo prop in parent.GetType().GetProperties())
        child.GetType().GetProperty(prop.Name).SetValue(child, parent.GetType().GetProperty(prop.Name).GetValue(parent));

    return child;
}