using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(new XElement("Books", new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "J"), new XElement("LastName", "R")), new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "E"), new XElement("LastName", "B")))); foreach (XElement element in xDocument.Element("Books").Descendants("FirstName").Ancestors()) { Console.WriteLine("Ancestor element: {0}", element.Name); } } }