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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _ancestors( self, qname: Union[QualName, bool] = None) -> List[InstanceNode]: """XPath - return the list of receiver's ancestors."""

        return self.up()._ancestors(qname)