allParents = $("#myElement").parents("*")

function GetParents(id) {
    var parents = $("#" + id).parents("*");
    var selector = "";
    for (var i = parents.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
        selector += parents[i].tagName + " ";
    }

    selector += "#" + id;

    return selector;
}

myParent = $("#myElement").parent();

var parents = $("#element").parents();
for(var i = 0; i < parents.length; i++){
  $(parents[i]).dosomething();
}

var sParents = $('#myImg').parents('*').map(function() {
      return this.tagName;
    }).get().join(' ');

var sParents = $('#myImg').parents('*').map(function() {
      return this.tagName;
    }).get().join(' ');