To Find Just The Parents of an Oracle Database Object:

SELECT
TYPE || ' ' || OWNER || '. ' || NAME || ' References ' ||
REFERENCED_TYPE || ' ' ||REFERENCED_OWNER || '.' || REFERENCED_NAME
AS DEPENDENCIES
FROM All_Dependencies
WHERE Referenced_Name = UPPER(LTRIM(RTRIM('&ls_REF_name')))
AND (REFERENCED_OWNER <> 'SYS'
AND REFERENCED_OWNER <> 'SYSTEM'
AND REFERENCED_OWNER <> 'PUBLIC'
)
AND (OWNER <> 'SYS'
AND OWNER <> 'SYSTEM'
AND OWNER <> 'PUBLIC'
)
ORDER BY OWNER, Name,
REFERENCED_TYPE ,
REFERENCED_OWNER ,
REFERENCED_Name
/