#### 24.5.9 Closing DITA 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:

§24.5.9.1 Ending ancestor elements before the current block

§24.5.9.2 Ending ancestor elements after the current block

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Parent Topic: 24.5 Nesting DITA block elements

Sibling Topics:

24.5.1 Understanding how DITA2Go determines element nesting

24.5.2 Designating DITA ancestor elements

24.5.3 Fixing up interpolated ancestries

24.5.4 Deciding when to fully specify ancestry

24.5.5 Specifying alternate ancestries for the same element

24.5.6 Avoiding invalid ancestries

24.5.7 Specifying first-child status for nested elements

24.5.8 Configuring nested lists

24.5.10 Opening DITA ancestor elements

24.5.11 Configuring multi-paragraph list items

24.5.12 Specifying DITA element levels