diff --git a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/Node.java b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/Node.java
index 6477681..4a0e67a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/Node.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/Node.java
@@ -249,5 +249,12 @@ public interface Node<T> {
      *
      * @return a stream of all the nodes in the tree below this node
      */
-    Stream<Node<T>> streamAll();
+    Stream<Node<T>> stream();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a stream of all the node's ancestor nodes.
+     *
+     * @return a stream of the node's parents recursively until the root node
+     */
+    Stream<Node<T>> parentStream();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItem.java b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItem.java
index 70724c5..d876c8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItem.java
@@ -371,8 +371,14 @@ class NodeItem<T> implements Node<T> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Stream<Node<T>> streamAll() {
+    public Stream<Node<T>> stream() {
         return Stream.concat(Stream.of(this), getChildren().stream()
-                                                           .flatMap(Node::streamAll));
+                                                           .flatMap(Node::stream));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Stream<Node<T>> parentStream() {
+        return findParent().map(node -> Stream.concat(Stream.of(node), node.parentStream()))
+                           .orElseGet(Stream::empty);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/ImmutableNodeItemTest.java b/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/ImmutableNodeItemTest.java
index 6f5491d..7454e05 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/ImmutableNodeItemTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/ImmutableNodeItemTest.java
@@ -437,14 +437,14 @@ public class ImmutableNodeItemTest {
         Nodes.namedChild("eight", "eight", n6);
         val immutableRoot = Nodes.asImmutable(node);
         //when
-        val result = immutableRoot.streamAll()
+        val result = immutableRoot.stream()
                                   .collect(Collectors.toList());
         //then
         assertThat(result).as("full tree")
                           .hasSize(9);
         // and
         assertThat(immutableRoot.getChild("one")
-                                .streamAll()
+                                .stream()
                                 .collect(Collectors.toList())).as("sub-tree")
                                                               .hasSize(4);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItemTest.java b/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItemTest.java
index 9e8504c..e9928b6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItemTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/kemitix/node/NodeItemTest.java
@@ -920,13 +920,13 @@ public class NodeItemTest {
         val n7 = Nodes.namedChild("seven", "seven", n5);
         val n8 = Nodes.namedChild("eight", "eight", n6);
         //when
-        val result = node.streamAll()
+        val result = node.stream()
                          .collect(Collectors.toList());
         //then
         assertThat(result).as("full tree")
                           .contains(node, n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, n7, n8);
         // and
-        assertThat(n1.streamAll()
+        assertThat(n1.stream()
                      .collect(Collectors.toList())).as("sub-tree")
                                                    .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(n1, n3, n5, n7);
     }
@@ -945,4 +945,24 @@ public class NodeItemTest {
         assertThat(Nodes.unnamedChild(null, root)
                         .isRoot()).isFalse();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void parentStream() {
+        //given
+        val root = Nodes.namedRoot("root data", "root");
+        val child1 = Nodes.namedChild("child 1 data", "child 1", root);
+        val child2 = Nodes.namedChild("child 2 data", "child 2", root);
+        val child3 = Nodes.namedChild("child 3 data", "child 3", child2);
+        //when
+        val resultRoot = root.parentStream()
+                             .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        val resultChild1 = child1.parentStream()
+                                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        val resultChild3 = child3.parentStream()
+                                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        //then
+        assertThat(resultRoot).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(resultChild1).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(root);
+        assertThat(resultChild3).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(child2, root);
+    }
 }