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 ...

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.

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 idea of blue-skinned people may seem relegated to Smurf Village and other fictional places; however, one rural Kentucky family actually sported sapphire skin due to a rare condition sparked by ...

Eventually, the story of these blue people got out and they became known as the Blue People of Kentucky. It turns out the cause is easily explained by genetics and, luckily, the eventual cure was ...

a hematologist at the University of Kentucky's Lexington Medical Clinic, drew family charts and blood samples to better understand the genetic disorder. The most detailed account, "Blue People of ...