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Is the Tracy family structure inspired by the U.S. show Bonanza?

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Is the Tracy family structure inspired by the U.S. show Bonanza?

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Yes. Jeff Tracy was modeled on Canadian actor Lorne Greene, famous for his portrayal of patriarch Ben Cartwright on TV’s “Bonanza.” The Cartwright family structure bore a loose resemblance to the Tracy family: The father was raising his good-natured sons without a mother.