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 …

Mar 21, 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.

Aug 5, 2023 · When a family lives in isolation, it doesn’t make sense to constantly leave to marry. 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.

Mar 6, 2023 · 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. Embarrassed by their bluish hue, the families retreated even further from society, which only exacerbated the problem.

Feb 21, 2012 · In an unusual story that involves both genetics and geography, an entire family from isolated Appalachia was tinged blue. Their ancestral line began six generations earlier with a French orphan, Martin Fugate, who settled in Eastern Kentucky.

Jun 20, 2018 · Yet, in the relatively recent past, 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. That’s right blue. Okay, well, maybe not entirely blue – but definitely a blueish tint. Let me explain.

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. Very few people…

Aug 2, 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...

Aug 12, 2023 · Have you ever heard of "The blue people of Troublesome Creek"? This family lived in eastern Kentucky for nearly 200 years.

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. The doctor hiked through the Appalachian hills on a mission to find the famous blue people of Kentucky.