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Mar 21, 2023 · By Gabe Paoletti | Edited By John Kuroski. Published March 21, 2023. Updated June 21, 2023. For nearly 200 years, the Fugates — known as the blue people of Kentucky — remained largely sealed off from the outside world as they passed their blue skin from generation to generation. For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family – known as the ...
- Gabe Paoletti
Feb 21, 2012 · Fugates of Kentucky: Skin Bluer than Lake Louise. Genetics and in-breeding cause six generations of family to turn blue. By ABC News. February 21, 2012, 12:02 PM. Feb. 22, 2012 -- Benjamin "Benjy ...
Mar 6, 2023 · By: Dave Roos | Updated: Mar 6, 2023. The Fugate and Combs families of Kentucky (not pictured) had blue-looking skin thanks to a rare genetic trait. HowStuffWorks/Library of Congress. In the isolated hollows of rural eastern Kentucky, they were known as the blue Fugates and the blue Combses.
- Dave Roos
Nov 21, 2022 · Here's the (Mostly) Blue People You'll Have to Distinguish Between in Avatar: The Way of Water. Germain Lussier. November 21, 2022 · 1 min read. 1. Image: Disney. Avatar: The Way of Water is...
- Germain Lussier
Nov 29, 2023 · Much older than you’d expect. In fact … suspiciously old. One explanation for this is that there’s something magical about certain regions of the world and how incredibly disparate groups of people behave. But there’s a simpler explanation: Blue Zones don’t really exist. This idea comes from Oxford University demographer Saul Newman.
- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
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.
Oct 5, 2015 · 15h ago. A family with a missing enzyme causing them to turn blue surfaces in Kentucky.
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