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" Benjamin "Benjy" Stacy so frightened maternity doctors with the color of his skin-As Blue as Lake Louise"- that he was rushed just hours after his birth in 1975 to University of Kentucky Medical Center."
Blue-Skinned People of Kentucky Reveal Today's Genetic Lesson - ABC News
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:02 AM EST
Article Source: ABC News
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"In an unusual story that involves both genetics and geography, an entire family from isolated Appalachia was tinged blue. Their ancestral line began six generations earllier with a French orphan, Martin Fugate who settled in Eastern Kentucky.
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#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:05 AM EST"You almost never see a patient with it today," he said. "It's a disease that one learns about in medical school and it is infrequent enough to be on every exam in hematology."
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#2 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:28 AM ESTThe stigma of a different color of skin is also magnified by this genetic disorder as noted at the end of the article. Interesting...good catch tzia62. I had forgotten about this particular one.
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Genetics is interesting, though when the scientists or doctors come up on a 'new' one, it messes with their day. lol
I liked the one where some genetists found a narrowing of the gene pool which corresponded with some major earth trauma, ie major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, asteroids etc. Blew the geologists away. haha
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Now that was very interesting. I had never heard of this before. Great find tzia.
There are group of Bedouins that have blue skin, there called the ''indigo people'' the color comes from the dye that they use on their robes that cover their whole body.
new article up.
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#3 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:37 AM ESTIt's been a long time since I've thought of this! Long long time. Living here in Louisville, it is sometimes hard to realize the relative isolation of some of the people that live in other portions of the state.
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#4 - Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:57 PM ESTOh yes, this was a big deal in the late 1970's... I had forgotten that they exist, though! :-)
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