Blue People of Troublesome Creek :
Blue People of Troublesome Creek
Blue People of Troublesome Creek (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/blkysc82.html) :
Blue People of Troublesome Creek (http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/blkysc82.html) 1820 - French orphan Martin Fugate settled in Troublesome Creek
Married Elizabeth Smith - 7 children of whom 4 reported to be ‘blue’
Many consanguineous marriages (normally cousin - cousin)
One of their sons married an aunt
Blue People of Troublesome Creek :
Blue People of Troublesome Creek
Blue People of Troublesome Creek :
Blue People of Troublesome Creek 6 generations later Ben Stacy born (1975)
Ben’s skin blue - no apparent cause
(1998) lips and fingernails still blue when stressed
What is the cause? Treatment?
Madison Cawein (1960 ) proposed answers
Blue People of Troublesome Creek :
Blue People of Troublesome Creek
Side Effects :
Side Effects