1. The Blue People of Troublesome Creek

2. © Anne Beaumont

3. Blue People of Troublesome Creek

4. Blue People of Troublesome Creek (http://www. people. virginia
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

5. Blue People of Troublesome Creek
Testing to see what happens

6. 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

7. Blue People of Troublesome Creek

8. Side Effects