C# garbage collection with object references

Question

In C#, when I have two object obj1, obj2 composed of a List<string> and I assign both of those objects to the same List<string> object.

If my reference to obj1 goes out of scope but my reference to obj2 does not, is obj1 still eligible for garbage collection, or are there some dependency issues because there is still a reference to the List<string> object?

Answer 1

obj1 should be eligible for garbage collection as long as there are no references to obj1 itself.