I could do a test, but discussion seemed like it might turn up something else...
.parents(expr) supports an expression to filter parent elements, e.g., .parents('.getme') // returns all parents with class getme the $(expr) in general allows any css (or xml) selector. Does expr extend this way in parent(expr) to retrieve all <li> children under a parent? e.g., .parents('.getme > li') as a shortcut for .parents('.getme').children('li') Sam