diff --git a/data/model/image.py b/data/model/image.py
index b77bdee95..cf2db7020 100644
--- a/data/model/image.py
+++ b/data/model/image.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def get_parent_images(namespace_name, repository_name, image_obj):
-  """ Returns a list of parent Image objects in chronilogical order. """
+  """ Returns a list of parent Image objects starting with the most recent parent
+      and ending with the base layer.
+  """
   parents = image_obj.ancestors
 
   # Ancestors are in the format /<root>/<intermediate>/.../<parent>/, with each path section
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ def get_parent_images(namespace_name, repository_name, image_obj):
 
   id_to_image = {unicode(image.id): image for image in parents}
 
-  return [id_to_image[parent_id] for parent_id in parent_db_ids]
+  return [id_to_image[parent_id] for parent_id in reversed(parent_db_ids)]
 
 
 def get_repo_image(namespace_name, repository_name, docker_image_id):
diff --git a/endpoints/api/tag.py b/endpoints/api/tag.py
index b657e5827..6d6596865 100644
--- a/endpoints/api/tag.py
+++ b/endpoints/api/tag.py
@@ -147,9 +147,7 @@ class RepositoryTagImages(RepositoryParamResource):
     for image in parent_images:
       image_map[str(image.id)] = image
 
-    parents = list(parent_images)
-    parents.reverse()
-    all_images = [tag_image] + parents
+    all_images = [tag_image] + list(parent_images)
 
     return {
       'images': [image_view(image, image_map) for image in all_images]
diff --git a/endpoints/v1/registry.py b/endpoints/v1/registry.py
index 428c6f19c..e6c09a090 100644
--- a/endpoints/v1/registry.py
+++ b/endpoints/v1/registry.py
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ def get_image_ancestry(namespace, repository, image_id, headers):
   parents = model.image.get_parent_images(namespace, repository, image)
 
   ancestry_docker_ids = [image.docker_image_id]
-  ancestry_docker_ids.extend([parent.docker_image_id for parent in reversed(parents)])
+  ancestry_docker_ids.extend([parent.docker_image_id for parent in parents])
 
   # We can not use jsonify here because we are returning a list not an object
   response = make_response(json.dumps(ancestry_docker_ids), 200)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ def process_image_changes(namespace, repository, image_id):
   parent_trie_path = None
   if parents:
     parent_trie_path, parent_locations = process_image_changes(namespace, repository,
-                                                               parents[-1].docker_image_id)
+                                                               parents[0].docker_image_id)
 
   # Read in the collapsed layer state of the filesystem for the parent
   parent_trie = changes.empty_fs()
diff --git a/endpoints/verbs.py b/endpoints/verbs.py
index 98e9063fe..7d8bb2dc8 100644
--- a/endpoints/verbs.py
+++ b/endpoints/verbs.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def _open_stream(formatter, namespace, repository, tag, synthetic_image_id, imag
   # the database.
   with database.UseThenDisconnect(app.config):
     image_list = list(model.image.get_parent_images(namespace, repository, repo_image))
-    image_list.append(repo_image)
+    image_list.insert(0, repo_image)
 
   def get_next_image():
     for current_image in image_list: