Ruby's Module
class provides the
#ancestors
method. This method allows you to determine the ancestors (parents,
grandparents, etc.) of a given class.
> 5.class.ancestors
=> [Fixnum, Integer, Numeric, Comparable, Object, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel, BasicObject]
> Array.ancestors
=> [Array, Enumerable, Object, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel, BasicObject]
> Class.ancestors
=> [Class, Module, Object, PP::ObjectMixin, Kernel, BasicObject]
> BasicObject.ancestors
=> [BasicObject]