Have you ever found yourself feeling a bit blue? Well, for the descendants of one family, that phrase has take on a very literal and devastating meaning. For the past 200 years, the Fugate family has been battling an ultra-rare blood disorder that has caused generations of men and women to be tarnished with blue skin, a lingering reminder of the 'interbreeding' that took place between their ancestors. The mysterious 'blue people of Kentucky' - who can be traced back to a man named Martin Fugate - left doctors baffled for decades until one blood specialist in the 1960s discovered they were suffering from methemoglobinemia.
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