wp_nav_menu, unless altered by a filter, adds a current-menu-parent and a current-menu-ancestor class to the menu items. It sounds like you want the “ancestor” one.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_nav_menu#Menu_Item_CSS_Classes
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