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We all know that Scrooge's character is inspired by Ebenezer Scrooge, whose role he played in "Mickey Christmas Carol"..<BR>
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In my genealogical researches, I found several Ebenezer in the family :<BR>
first in strobl's "Uncle Donald and His Nephews - Family Fun", from "Dell Giant" # 38, 1960<BR>
<A HREF="http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/stroblduck.html">http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/stroblduck.html</A><BR>
we can see a Ebenezer Duck on a family tree...<BR>
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Then, Asger Pedersen's list mentions an Ebenezer McDuck in Bradbury's "Indian Takeover" (S 68064 , 1968), who was Scrooge's grandfather, at least in the danish version of that story :<BR>
<A HREF="http://coa.inducks.org/story.php/x/S+68064">http://coa.inducks.org/story.php/x/S+68064</A><BR>
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and eventually, INDUCKS mentions a "Old Ebeneeza McDuck "<BR>
in Strobl's "Be it Ever so Humble " (S 67019 , 1967) <A HREF="http://coa.inducks.org/story.php/x/S+67019">http://coa.inducks.org/story.php/x/S+67019</A><BR>
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Does anybody know if Strobl and Bradbury communicate their works to eachother, or that Bradbury's knew strobl's 1967 story? Were both ebenezer's intended to be the same character???<BR>
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Gilles</FONT></HTML>