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Get parent element

  
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Xml.Linq;

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        XElement xml = XElement.Load("Employee.xml");
        XElement firstName = xml.Descendants("firstname").First();
        Console.WriteLine(firstName.Parent);
    }
}

   
  








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