Basic LINQ : Why is this code returning null

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Xml.Linq;



namespace ConsoleApplication6
{    
    
    /// <summary>
    /// //Create Save Load XML Doc
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            XDocument empoloyees =
                new XDocument (                                    
                    new XElement ("Employees",                    
                        new XElement ("Employee",               
                        new XElement ("Name","John Smith"),   
                            new XElement ("Phone", "12345678")),
                            new XElement ("Employee",
                                new XElement("Name","Jane Smith"),
                                    new XElement("Phone","111123456")
                                    )
            ));

            empoloyees.Save("employee.xml");
            var thedoc = XDocument.Load("employee.xml");

            XElement root = thedoc.Element("Employees");
            IEnumerable<XElement> employeeCount = root.Elements();

            XElement justForParent = thedoc.Element("Name").Parent;
            /*Why is the code above returning null? I am confused as I thought the parent node of "Name" would be            Employee? And the parent node of that would be "Employees"? */
            Console.WriteLine(justForParent);

           /* foreach (var emp in employeeCount)
            {
                XElement nameNode = emp.Element("Name");
                Console.WriteLine(nameNode.Value);
                XElement phoneNode = emp.Element("Phone");
                Console.WriteLine("{0}",phoneNode.Value);
                Console.WriteLine("\n");
            }*/


            Console.ReadLine();
                            

        }
        /*Methods:
         * Nodes returns IEnumerable<object>
         * Elements returns IEnumerable<XElement>
         * Element returns XElement
         * Parent returns XElement
         * */
    }
}