<html><head><style>.ancestors * { display: block; border: 2px solid lightgrey; color: lightgrey; padding: 5px; margin: 15px;}</style><script src="https://libs.baidu.com/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script><script>$(document).ready(function(){ var DOM = document.getElementsByClassName("greatgp"); $(".child").parentsUntil(DOM).css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid red"});});</script></head><body class="ancestors"> body (great-great-grandparent) <div style="width:500px;" class="greatgp">div (great-grandparent) <ul>ul (grandparent) <li>li (direct parent) <span class="child">span</span> </li> </ul> </div></body><!-- In this example, we use the DOM to select all ancestor elements between the span element with class name "child", and the div element with class name "ancestors". --></html>