Why were the blue people of Troublesome creek blue

The blue people of Troublesome Creek had methemoglobinemia, a metabolic condition affecting hemoglobin, the four-part protein that carries oxygen bound to an iron atom at each subunit's core. The Fugate family of the Troublesome Creek region of Kentucky is but one example of a genetic disorder, scientifically known as Methemoglobinemia. ... Due to a recessive gene, some members of the Fugate family have a bluish tint to their skin.

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