JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by pimvdb
HTML
<table>
<tr id="first_row">
<td><span id="first_span">item1</span></td>
<td><span>item2</span></td>
</tr>
<tr id="second_row">
<td><span>item1</span></td>
<td><span>item2</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
var $a = $("#first_row");
var $b = $("#first_span").parents("tr");
var $c = $("#second_row");
alert($a.is($b));
alert($a.is($c));