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    import bisect
    from collections import defaultdict, deque
    from itertools import chain
    
    def longest_increasing_subsequence_length(s):
        lis, covers, last_cover_members = deque(), defaultdict(list), []
        for c in s:
            i = bisect.bisect_left(last_cover_members, c)
            covers[i].append(c)
            if i >= len(last_cover_members):
                last_cover_members.append(c)
            else:
                last_cover_members[i] = c
    
        return len(last_cover_members)
    
    def commonChild(s1, s2):
        indices_sorted_rev = defaultdict(list)
        for i in range(len(s2) - 1, -1, -1):
            indices_sorted_rev[s2[i]].append(i)
        indices_of_s1_chars_in_s2_rev_sorted = list( chain.from_iterable( (indices_sorted_rev[c] for c in s1) ) )
        if not indices_of_s1_chars_in_s2_rev_sorted:
            return 0
        return longest_increasing_subsequence_length( indices_of_s1_chars_in_s2_rev_sorted )