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A V7 cell is a type 2 element. This element type does not contain a data field that stores the parent cell library name.
The original cell library information is not retained when a cell is placed. The best way to handle this is with well organized and documented cell libraries.
In V8, I doubt this information is stored, since any model can be placed as a cell.