{"id":225122,"date":"2023-12-10T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=225122"},"modified":"2023-12-10T08:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T08:01:21","slug":"my-family-is-so-inbred-they-were-real-life-smurfs-great-gran-was-bluest-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/my-family-is-so-inbred-they-were-real-life-smurfs-great-gran-was-bluest-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"‘My family is so inbred they were real-life Smurfs \u2013 great gran was bluest ever’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    In 1975 a man's rare condition astonished doctors when he was born with blue skin, a trait inherited from a distinctive inbred lineage renowned for its history of unusual Smurf-like pigmentation.<\/p>\n

    Ben Stacy, 37, hails from an exceptional family line residing in Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, USA. Their distinctiveness arose from generations of inbreeding that combined recessive genes in remarkable ways.<\/p>\n

    The Fugate family saga commenced in 1820 with Martin Fugate, a French orphan, and Elizabeth Smart forming their union.<\/p>\n

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    Martin carried an exceedingly rare genetic anomaly known as methemoglobinemia, impacting only 0.0035% of the global population. This condition hindered proper oxygen transport in the blood, giving it a brown hue and causing blue skin and purple lips.<\/p>\n

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    Among Martin and Elizabeth's seven children, four were born with blue skin due to the recessive gene.<\/p>\n

    Had they not continued marrying within their family, the condition might not have prevailed in subsequent generations. However, due to their secluded lifestyle, intermarrying with cousins became the norm, intertwining their bloodline with the Combs, Richies, Smiths, and Stacys within the tight-knit community.<\/p>\n

    Zacharia, one of Martin and Elizabeth's children, astonishingly wed his own aunt, and another son married a close cousin.<\/p>\n

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