get a common parent for two DOM elements

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How to find the nearest common ancestors of two or more nodes?

I have 2 anchor elements and i need to get the common parent of 2 of them.

Some times they are in a ul, sometimes in a table, or any other way.

I am doing this:

var idParent = $(elem1).parents().filter($(elem2).parents()).first().attr('id');

But it doesnt always work, i finds it element sometimes...

Any better idea? or a way to fix this?

EDIT: I want a jquery solution.

Thank you

The link to the possible duplicate is implemented using jQuery..? — Thor Jacobsen, Oct 04 '11 at 12:50
The very first, and accepted, answer is. If that answer is not good enough, please tell us why? — Thor Jacobsen, Oct 04 '11 at 13:02
The question is exactly the same. That said, the answer there wasn't great, in my opinion: I've just posted a new one. — lonesomeday, Oct 04 '11 at 13:04
@ Thor Jacobsen, my mistake , you are right. ill check that one — Ovi, Oct 04 '11 at 13:09

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '11 at 13:03

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var parent = $(elem1).parents().has(elem2).first();

answered Oct 04 '11 at 13:03

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[;-)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3960843/how-to-find-the-nearest-common-ancestors-of-two-or-more-nodes/7648323#7648323) – lonesomeday Oct 04 '11 at 13:05
@Roz Can you brief how it works? – Mohammed H May 08 '17 at 04:51

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