The Meaning of the Author's Statement: "The Father, However High Up the Line, and the Mother, However High Up the Line"

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement, "the father, however high he may be, and the mother, however high she may be," who are those who are higher than the father? Who are those who are higher than the father?

Answer:
In terms of lineage, meaning, for example, a mother in the lineage such as the mother of the father's mother, or the mother of the father's grandfather, who is higher in the lineage. Yes, the mother of the grandfather, the mother of the grandfather's father, the mother of the grandfather's grandfather. Yes.