How to Traverse up in LINQ-XML?

Question

I have a big XML file and suppose I have following code:-

 

xdoc.Descendants("employee").Select(x => //rest of the code

 

Suppose I have multiple nodes in between, now I want to traverse back to root node with this element i.e. `x`

So currently doing it like this:-

 

x.Parent.Parent.Parent

 

I want to know is their any alternative to this? So that I can directly reach the root element?