diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/dom/NativeDOM.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/dom/NativeDOM.cpp
index ba1ad60d4db9..b01fab0c8913 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/dom/NativeDOM.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/dom/NativeDOM.cpp
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ jsi::Value NativeDOM::getParentNode(
   }
 
   auto shadowNode = getShadowNode(rt, nativeNodeReference);
-  if (isRootShadowNode(*shadowNode)) {
-    // The parent of the root node is the document.
-    return jsi::Value{shadowNode->getSurfaceId()};
-  }
 
   auto currentRevision =
       getCurrentShadowTreeRevision(rt, shadowNode->getSurfaceId());
@@ -209,6 +205,16 @@ jsi::Value NativeDOM::getParentNode(
     return jsi::Value::undefined();
   }
 
+  // The parent of the surface's root node is the document. Only the actual
+  // root node qualifies: nested nodes that carry the `RootNodeKind` trait
+  // (e.g. <Modal>, portals/overlays) still have a real parent in the shadow
+  // tree and must report it. Otherwise capture/bubble event propagation is
+  // silently severed at that boundary (a listener on an ancestor rendered
+  // above the modal would never receive descendant focus/blur, etc.).
+  if (ShadowNode::sameFamily(*currentRevision, *shadowNode)) {
+    return jsi::Value{shadowNode->getSurfaceId()};
+  }
+
   auto parentShadowNode = dom::getParentNode(currentRevision, *shadowNode);
   if (parentShadowNode == nullptr) {
     return jsi::Value::undefined();
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeElement-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeElement-itest.js
index d0757fcdba75..63770292a848 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeElement-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeElement-itest.js
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import TextInputState from '../../../../../../Libraries/Components/TextInput/Tex
 import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {createRef} from 'react';
-import {ScrollView, Text, TextInput, View} from 'react-native';
+import {Modal, ScrollView, Text, TextInput, View} from 'react-native';
 import {
   NativeText,
   NativeVirtualText,
 } from 'react-native/Libraries/Text/TextNativeComponent';
 import * as ReactNativeFeatureFlags from 'react-native/src/private/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags';
 import Event from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/events/Event';
+import ReactNativeDocument from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeDocument';
 import ReactNativeElement from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement';
 import ReadOnlyElement from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReadOnlyElement';
 import ReadOnlyNode from 'react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReadOnlyNode';
@@ -398,6 +399,47 @@ describe('ReactNativeElement', () => {
         expect(childNodeC.parentNode).toBe(null);
         expect(childNodeC.parentElement).toBe(null);
       });
+
+      it('returns the containing element as the parent of a modal host view, not the document', () => {
+        const parentRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
+        const modalRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
+
+        const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          root.render(
+            <View ref={parentRef}>
+              <Modal ref={modalRef} />
+            </View>,
+          );
+        });
+
+        const parentNode = ensureReactNativeElement(parentRef.current);
+        const modalNode = ensureReactNativeElement(modalRef.current);
+        const document = ensureInstance(
+          parentNode.ownerDocument,
+          ReactNativeDocument,
+        );
+
+        // Capture the relations before tearing down, so cleanup runs even if
+        // the assertions below fail.
+        const modalParentNode = modalNode.parentNode;
+        const modalParentElement = modalNode.parentElement;
+
+        // Unmount and drain the queue so the modal's AppContainer passive
+        // effects (in __DEV__) don't trip the global "MessageQueue is not
+        // empty" validation hook.
+        root.destroy();
+        Fantom.runWorkLoop();
+
+        // The <Modal> host view is a root-kind shadow node, but its parent
+        // must still be its actual containing element, NOT the document.
+        // Two-phase event propagation (e.g. focus/blur bubbling to ancestors
+        // rendered above the modal) walks this parent chain, so returning the
+        // document here silently severs bubbling at the modal boundary.
+        expect(modalParentNode).toBe(parentNode);
+        expect(modalParentElement).toBe(parentNode);
+        expect(modalParentNode).not.toBe(document);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('compareDocumentPosition / contains', () => {