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The Fugates, commonly known as the "Blue Fugates" [1] or the "Blue People of Kentucky", are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky starting in the 19th century, where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to appear blue.
21 mar 2023 · Known as the blue people of Kentucky, the Fugate family settled in Appalachia in 1820 and became famous for a recessive gene that made their skin bright blue. For 197 years, the Fugate family has remained sealed off from the outside world as they've passed their blue skin through the generations.
5 sie 2023 · This is how the blue people spread throughout Eastern Kentucky. For nearly 200 years, no one knew what caused the blue people to turn blue. Some thought it was heart disease or lung disorder, while others described it as a disease where the blood got “too close to the skin.”
6 mar 2023 · In the isolated hollows of rural eastern Kentucky, they were known as the blue Fugates and the blue Combses. Collectively they were called the blue people of Kentucky. For more than a century, these Appalachian families passed along an exceedingly rare genetic blood condition that turned their skin a disarming shade of blue.
24 lis 2023 · Nestled in the heart of Appalachia lies a tale as mysterious as it is captivating: the story of the blue-skinned people of Kentucky. This phenomenon, centered around the enigmatic Fugate family, has intrigued scientists and storytellers for generations.
12 sie 2023 · KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — A remote settlement in eastern Kentucky known as Troublesome Creek had a surprise guest arrive in the early 1800s. Martin Fugate, a French orphan, settled down in Troublesome Creek with his wife, Elizabeth.
20 cze 2018 · In the hills of eastern Kentucky, there was a clan of folk who seem to have shared a genetic anomaly that, in effect, rendered them blue. After ruling out heart and lung diseases, the doctor suspected methemoglobinemia, a rare hereditary blood disorder.
