JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="test"></div>
JavaScript
var e1 = document.getElementById('test');
var e2 = document.getElementById('test');
alert("e1 parent: " + e1.parentNode + ",\ne2 parent: " + e2.parentNode);
e1.parentNode.removeChild(e1);
alert("e1 parent: " + e1.parentNode + ",\ne2 parent: " + e2.parentNode);