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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.
5 sie 2023 · The Blue Fugates were a family from Eastern Kentucky, notably recognized for their blue skin, a genetic condition passed down over generations. The origin of the blue skin trait traces back to a French orphan named Martin Fugate, who settled in Eastern Kentucky in 1820.
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.
Deep in the woods of Kentucky, a fiercely private family gave birth to blue-skinned children since the 1800s. The color of their skin was so shocking for normal people to see, that they chose to stay hidden away from the rest of society in their small community.
2 sie 2024 · In the 1820s there lived a couple in Kentucky whose family would become known as the Blue Fugates. Why? Because they carried a rare genetic condition that gave several members of the family...
21 maj 2013 · Discover Troublesome Creek in Clayhole, Kentucky: Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.
Scientists were quite intrigued as to the cause of the blue skin (cyanosis) in the Fugate family. In the 1960s, a young hematologist named Madison Cawein traveled to the region with the aim to cure the blue people of their skin color.
