How do I get the XML root node with C#?

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Root node is the DocumentElement property of XmlDocument

XmlElement root = xmlDoc.DocumentElement

If you only have the node, you can get the root node by 

XmlElement root = xmlNode.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement

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