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The Blue People of Kentucky

Stories of Appalachia
Stories of Appalachia
Episode • Jul 8, 2023 • 13m
In 1820 French orphan Martin Fugate and his wife Elizabeth arrived as new settlers in eastern Kentucky. Unknown to them, they carried genetic traits that would pass on to their descendants, causing many of them to have skin that was a purplish-blue color.

Today we tell the story of the blue people of Kentucky.

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