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The ancestor axis contains the ancestors of the context node; the ancestors of the context node consist of the parent of context node and the parent's parent and so on; thus, the ancestor axis will always include the root node, unless the context node is the root node.
 
/AAA/BBB/DDD/CCC/EEE/ancestor::*
Select all elements given in this absolute path

     <AAA>
          <BBB>
               <DDD>
                    <CCC>
                         <DDD/>
                         <EEE/>
                    </CCC>
               </DDD>
          </BBB>
          <CCC>
               <DDD>
                    <EEE>
                         <DDD>
                              <FFF/>
                         </DDD>
                    </EEE>
               </DDD>
          </CCC>
     </AAA>
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//FFF/ancestor::*
Select ancestors of FFF element

     <AAA>
          <BBB>
               <DDD>
                    <CCC>
                         <DDD/>
                         <EEE/>
                    </CCC>
               </DDD>
          </BBB>
          <CCC>
               <DDD>
                    <EEE>
                         <DDD>
                              <FFF/>
                         </DDD>
                    </EEE>
               </DDD>
          </CCC>
     </AAA>
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