There are ways but Major Version Patches are officially discouraged (see MSDN).
 
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:41:45 -0700
> From: nickra...@hotmail.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple versions
> 
> Actually, trying my idea didn't work for me. It may not be possible to have a
> single patch file that updates multiple versions. However, you may be able
> to create a patch for each version that you want to update. For each one,
> keep the PatchFamily's Id the same (that way they'll maintain their correct
> patching order). The PatchFamily's Version could match the version you're
> upgrading to (for simplicity). Then perhaps use Burn to bundle them all
> together?
> 
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