#### 26.5.8 Closing DocBook ancestor elements

To get a block element under the correct parent, you might have to specify that an ancestor element (and all its descendants) must end when the current block element ends; or that the prior block must end before the current block element begins.

In this section:

§26.5.8.1 Ending ancestor elements before the current block

§26.5.8.2 Ending ancestor elements after the current block

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Parent Topic: 26.5 Nesting DocBook block elements

Sibling Topics:

26.5.1 Understanding how DITA2Go determines element nesting

26.5.2 Designating DocBook ancestor elements

26.5.3 Fixing up interpolated ancestries

26.5.4 Deciding when to fully specify ancestry

26.5.5 Specifying alternate ancestries for the same element

26.5.6 Specifying first-child status for nested elements

26.5.7 Specifying full ancestry for nested sections

26.5.9 Opening DocBook ancestor elements

26.5.10 Configuring multi-paragraph list items

26.5.11 Specifying DocBook element levels