Get RaphaelJS parent from node - svg

Question

Is it possible to get the parent of the RaphaelJS generated code? I use a converter to convert my SVG to Raphael code, which I don't want to change, as I would have to do that for every iteration of my SVG file. Inside Illustrator, I have a structure like this:
GroupName
<Path>
<Path>
<Path>
The group has a name, which gets set like this:
var GroupName = rsr.set();
var path_a = rsr.path("......").attr({parent: "GroupName"});
var path_b = rsr.path("......").attr({parent: "GroupName"});
So they're not nested in the code or on the object, but the path actually has an attribute called "parent". How do I access that variable? I have tried multiple things, such as element.node.data("parent"), element.getAttribute("parent"), element.node.getAttribute("parent"), and so on.
I want to be able to mouseover on multiple paths, which has the same parent, and then run some code.

Answer 1

Workaround hack here:
It's trying to add the parent attribute on the element, but it's not allowed by Raphael. Inside the Raphael source code, there's an availableAttrs property. By adding parent: "" to it, I could actually add the HTML property on the element, then simply grab it with getAttribute on my node.
Neat little workaround which I only have to apply everytime Raphael comes out with an update (which is never).