In the hills of eastern Kentucky, near a stream called Troublesome Creek, lived a family whose story captured the attention of doctors, scientists, and curious minds across the country.

For years, people have posted images and stories on the internet about a family from Kentucky who had blue-colored skin. Understandably, some viewers have questioned whether these stories and ...

Over the next hundred years, more people in this tiny community were born blue ... to Kentucky, he had no idea of his family background — he was an orphan from France. Smith had no history ...

The idea of blue-skinned people may seem ... letter denoting their history of inbreeding. Two Fugates even approached Madison Cawein, a hematologist at the University of Kentucky’s medical ...

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 ...

The Blue People of Kentucky were the Fugate family, who lived in the hills of Kentucky and were known far and wide for their distinct blue skin. The blue people truly existed [MidiLibre] Now ...

By chance I took a back road through Frakes, the hometown of the Blue People of Kentucky, located in the southeast mountains. Unfortunately, I saw none. It got me to start researching. The Blue ...

The Blue People of Kentucky continue to fascinate people today ... He has been writing a history column for Ravalli Republic since 2009.