<link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css"> <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <!------ Include the above in your HEAD tag ----------> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <h2>Create your snippet's HTML, CSS and Javascript in the editor tabs</h2> <div class="ancestors"> <div style="width:500px;">div (great-grandparent) <ul>ul (grandparent) <li>li (direct parent) <span>span</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ancestors2"> body (great-great-grandparent) <div style="width:500px;">div (great-grandparent) <ul>ul (grandparent) <li>li (direct parent) <span>span</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>

.ancestors * { display: block; border: 2px solid lightgrey; color: lightgrey; padding: 5px; margin: 15px; } .ac { color:red;} .dc {color:black;} .ancestors2 * { display: block; border: 2px solid lightgrey; color: lightgrey; padding: 5px; margin: 15px; } .parent-until { color:#000;}

//parent //we can select parent and add class like 3 type that well i know.... //parents //same like parents we can select any of other parent... $(document).ready(function(){ $("ul").parent().css({"color":"green"}); }); $(document).ready(function(){ $("li").parent().addClass("ac"); }); $(document).ready(function(){ var span_parent = $("span").parent(); span_parent.addClass("ac"); }); $(document).ready(function(){ var try_new = $("span").parent(); try_new.addClass("dc"); try_new.before("ffdfdfdd") }); //parentsUntil //all parents select jisko chahe use select kiye bina $(document).ready(function(){ $("span").parentsUntil("ul").addClass("parent-until"); });