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HTML

<div class='mother'>
mother1
    <div class='child'>
     child1
    </div>
    
   

</div>

CSS

.child{
  cursor:pointer;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.child').click(function() {
	  var container = $(this).closest('.mother').html();
    alert(container);
  })
})