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Are smooth relative curves over an arbitrary base normal?

Let $X/S$ be a smooth, projective scheme of relative dimension one over a scheme $S$ (which we may assume is affine Noetherian, but need not be reduced nor irreducible nor even connected). For $s \in ...
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Can a non-proper variety contain a proper curve

Let $f:X\to S$ be a finite type, separated but non-proper morphism of schemes. Can there be a projective curve $g:C\to S$ and a closed immersion $C\to X$ over $S$? Just to be clear: A projective ...