How to check what div span is placed in

Question

I am trying to find out what div is the span is in using jquery.

here is a eg.

 <div id='one'></div>
 <div id='two'></div>
 <div id='three'><span id="find_me"></span></div>

thanks

Answer 1

Use .closest() to find the closest ancestor div (.parent() will only find it it if the div is the immediate parent).

$('#find_me').closest('div').attr('id')

Answer 2

alert ( $("#find_me").parent().attr("id") ); // <- three