Given a construct like the following parents does not do what I expect it do. May be I am just misunderstanding something.

<table class="datatable">
<tr class="dt-row">
<td><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="dt-action-remove">Click Me!</a></td>
</tr>
</table>

Now I add an click handler to the a.dt-action-remove and expect, the

parents call to return the table, but it somehow stops at the tr.

$('.dt-action-remove').click(function(){
console.log($(this).parents('table'));
});