Yes, `querySelectorAll()` can select elements within a specific parent or ancestor element. To do this, you need to call `querySelectorAll()` on the parent or ancestor element, rather than calling it on the document.
Here's an example:
```html
<div id="parent">
<div class="child">Child 1</div>
<div class="child">Child 2</div>
</div>
<div id="another-parent">
<div class="child">Child 3</div>
<div class="child">Child 4</div>
</div>
```
```javascript
// Select the parent element
const parentElement = document.querySelector("#parent");
// Select all child elements with the class "child" within the parent element
const childElements = parentElement.querySelectorAll(".child");
console.log(childElements); // NodeList [Child 1, Child 2]
```
In this example, we first selected the parent element with the `querySelector()` method. Then, we called `querySelectorAll()` on the parent element to select all child elements with the class "child". This returned a NodeList containing only the child elements within the specific parent.