How do I extract the parent container of a ListBoxItem? In the following example I can go till the ListBoxItem, higher than that I get Nothing:

<ListBox Name="lbAddress">
  <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
      <Button Click="Button_Click"/>
    </DataTemplate>
  </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>

Private Sub Button_Click(sender As Button, e As RoutedEventArgs)
  Dim lbAddress = GetAncestor(Of ListBox) 'Result: Nothing
End Sub

Public Shared Function GetAncestor(Of T)(reference As DependencyObject) As T
  Dim parent = GetParent(reference)

  While parent IsNot Nothing AndAlso Not parent.GetType.Equals(GetType(T))
    parent = GetAncestor(Of T)(parent)
  End While

  If parent IsNot Nothing Then _
    Return If(parent.GetType Is GetType(T), parent, Nothing) 

  Return Nothing    
End Sub

Public Function GetParent(reference As DependencyObject) As DependencyObject
  Dim parent As DependencyObject = Nothing

 If TypeOf reference Is FrameworkElement Then
    parent = DirectCast(reference, FrameworkElement).Parent
  ElseIf TypeOf reference Is FrameworkContentElement Then
    parent = DirectCast(reference, FrameworkContentElement).Parent
  End If

  Return If(parent, VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(reference))
End Function

Update

This is what happens (note that the 'parent' variable remains null):