diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 3bc192c9ad..11bb030ff3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -513,6 +513,18 @@ public class UIImplementation {
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueFindTargetForTouch(reactTag, targetX, targetY, callback);
   }
 
+  /** Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node */
+  public void viewIsDescendantOf(
+      final int reactTag, final int ancestorReactTag, final Callback callback) {
+    ReactShadowNode node = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag);
+    ReactShadowNode ancestorNode = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(ancestorReactTag);
+    if (node == null || ancestorNode == null) {
+      callback.invoke(false);
+      return;
+    }
+    callback.invoke(node.isDescendantOf(ancestorNode));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view relative to the root
    * view and returns the values via an async callback.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index d125cb5dfc..f91d281c42 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -629,6 +629,13 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
         callback);
   }
 
+  /** Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node */
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void viewIsDescendantOf(
+      final int reactTag, final int ancestorReactTag, final Callback callback) {
+    mUIImplementation.viewIsDescendantOf(reactTag, ancestorReactTag, callback);
+  }
+
   @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {