Blue Skin mystery

On some old beliefs and folklore, blue skin usually refers to the figure of the god. For example, the god Krishna in Hindu belief. Alternatively, the Egyptian god, Ammon was also depicted a blue-skinned.
Somehow, it turns blue-skinned man was real, as the following story.

In 1820, a French orphan named Martin Fugate received a grant of land in eastern Kentucky, which is known by the name of Troublesome Creek.

Martin later married an American woman, Elizabeth Smith, the red hair and very white skin, white as snow. Fugate family has 7 children, 4 of which are blue-skinned.
This family is increasing in number, as fellow members of the family Fugate married to each other. Marriage between cousins ​​are common, Fugate family also married with families of their neighbors.
These communities live in remote areas that do not have the infrastructure.
Martin children who eventually married a blue-skinned brother from their mother. Zachariah, a blue-skinned child, married the brother of the mother, and produce a combination of genes that 100 years later be the cause of the birth of Benjy Stacy with blue-purple skin color!

When family doctors are amazed to see the condition of Benjy, they explained the story of Benjy great-grandmother, the Luna Fugate. The family said Luna is a woman who was "very blue", "bluest woman who ever lived".

Why blue-skinned?
The disorder is called methaemoglobinaemia - or in short: met-H, a condition that reduces the ability to carry oxygen in the blood. As a result, the blood becomes darker than normal color.
Cases in Family Fugate possible due to marry a neighbor and close relatives that cause genetic disorders continues.

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