How to get only the parent of the parent of the component - actionscript-3

I am trying to apply the glow filter to the parent container of the parent container of the child, the event comes from the child.
so: [parent] has [another parent] which has [child]
Event is fired by the child and I only want to get the top level parent.
I have tried:
targetOwner.parent.parent.parent.filters = [glow];
but this applies the glow to all parent containers and I only need the top level one, is that even possible to achieve it this way? Any help appreciated. Thank you

you cant have a parent glow but the child not. you should divide the parent to two mocievlips, one will have the non-glowing childs, other will have the glowing parts of the parent.

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I made a JSBIN with the sample here:
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You'll have to restructure your DOM for this one, I'm afraid.
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http://jsfiddle.net/Kq4JJ/
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Use CSS 3: http://www.css3.info/preview/opacity/
Compatibility of the CSS 3 technique in various browsers: http://caniuse.com/css-opacity