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HTML

<html>
    <body>
        <div>above stophere<br /><br />
            <div id="stophere">stophere<br />
               <h4 class="parentclass">h4 <br /><br />
                <span class="target">Clicked</span>
               </h4>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

CSS

* {color: #000;}

JavaScript

$('.target').parentsUntil($('#stophere').parent()).css('color','red')