![These are the Fugates, also known as The Blue People of Kentucky, they are carriers of a rare genetic trait that causes the disease methemoglobinemia, which causes bluing of the skin : These are the Fugates, also known as The Blue People of Kentucky, they are carriers of a rare genetic trait that causes the disease methemoglobinemia, which causes bluing of the skin :](https://external-preview.redd.it/3AMZyC8QyCsGUoyqmexYqyQqrgYEzhhRgxY4TtF8mOg.jpg?auto=webp&s=26a27cb9bdaad8c5ca7a1ecadaf67ad9c1eb65fc)
These are the Fugates, also known as The Blue People of Kentucky, they are carriers of a rare genetic trait that causes the disease methemoglobinemia, which causes bluing of the skin :
![Incestuous family were so inbred their skin turned BLUE and was passed down generations - Mirror Online Incestuous family were so inbred their skin turned BLUE and was passed down generations - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article27206676.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_THP_CHP_110622Slug_02754JPG.jpg)
Incestuous family were so inbred their skin turned BLUE and was passed down generations - Mirror Online
![Jules Lipoff, MD on X: "BLUE. From blood (venous malformations, venous lakes), deposition (argyria - silver deposition, minocycline) erythema dyschromicum perstans, methemoglobinemia (Fugate family), blue nevus/dermal melanocytosis (aka Mongolian spot ... Jules Lipoff, MD on X: "BLUE. From blood (venous malformations, venous lakes), deposition (argyria - silver deposition, minocycline) erythema dyschromicum perstans, methemoglobinemia (Fugate family), blue nevus/dermal melanocytosis (aka Mongolian spot ...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDE8OHVVAAAtZ-I.png)
Jules Lipoff, MD on X: "BLUE. From blood (venous malformations, venous lakes), deposition (argyria - silver deposition, minocycline) erythema dyschromicum perstans, methemoglobinemia (Fugate family), blue nevus/dermal melanocytosis (aka Mongolian spot ...
![Cyanosis: Cyanosis and the Clinical Assessment of Hypoxemia, Generation of Cyanosis, Causes of Cyanosis Cyanosis: Cyanosis and the Clinical Assessment of Hypoxemia, Generation of Cyanosis, Causes of Cyanosis](https://img.medscapestatic.com/pi/meds/ckb/70/306270tn.jpg)