WPF Get UserControl owner (the container element)

You can always use VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(child) to return the parent in the Visual Tree (the parent user control from a nested user control).

I came up with this solution, but post if you have a better one. Thanks!

DependencyObject ucParent = this.Parent;

while (!(ucParent is UserControl))
{
    ucParent = LogicalTreeHelper.GetParent(ucParent);
}