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 …

2023年8月5日 · 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.

2023年3月21日 · For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family – known as the “Blue Fugates” – passed their blue skin on for generations as they remained isolated from the outside world in the foothills of eastern Kentucky. Even locals who’d lived right nearby for decades would be shocked if and when they stumbled upon one of the infamous blue people of Kentucky.

2023年3月6日 · 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.

2012年2月21日 · 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.

2023年8月12日 · KENTUCKY — 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. She was described as a red-haired woman who was as pale as “the mountain laurel that blooms every spring around the creek ...

2018年6月20日 · 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.

2021年10月10日 · From around 1820 through the mid 1900s there were some very unusual-looking people living in an isolated area of Eastern Kentucky. What made them unusual was the color of their skin – it was blue. They were varying shades of blue: Some were pale blue, others a deeper blue, and still others just had blue tinges to their fingernails and lips.

2023年8月14日 · Let’s go back in Kentucky history and learn more about these Blue People of Kentucky who lived in the 19th century. This is the story of early times in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky with the Fugate family.

2023年8月19日 · Blue People of Kentucky: In the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, nestled away in the remote hills of eastern Kentucky, lies a captivating and lesser-known piece of history that has intrigued researchers and history buffs alike: the story of the Blue Fugates. This remarkable tale takes us on a journey through genetics, local lore, and a ...