<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.ancestors * {
display: block;
border: 2px solid lightgrey;
color: lightgrey;
padding: 5px;
margin: 15px;
}
</style>
<script src="/lib/jquery-1.12.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var DOM = document.getElementsByClassName("greatgp");
$(".child").parentsUntil(DOM, "ul").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 only select the ul ancestor <b>between</b> the span element with class name "child", and the div element with class name "ancestors". -->
</html>