Question

If I need to select 10-th parent, is there a cleaner way, then repeating .parent() 10 times?

$('#element_id').parent().parent().parent().parent().parent().parent().parent().parent().parent().parent();

Answer 1

If you truly need to get the 10th parent, and you are unable to use a selector to get there, the smoothest way would probably be something like this:

$('#element_id').parents().eq(9);