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Liv Bridge
A missing woman from the US who has been 'found' alive in a 'tribe' has made a shocking claim about her own family.
Three months ago, Kaura Taylor was reported missing, only to be found living in a so-called 'lost African tribe' in a forest in Scotland, some 3,000 miles away from her Texas home.
The 21-year-old was discovered living among a 'King and Queen' in a group that calls itself the 'Kingdom of Kubala' in a remote woodland area near Jedburgh, approximately 40 miles south of Edinburgh.
They claim to be a lost tribe aiming to reclaim the 'land' they believe belonged to their ancestors 400 years ago.
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While her family has grown concerned for the mom-of-one, Taylor, who now goes by the name 'Asnat of Atehene', has lashed out and is urging the authorities to leave her alone as a consenting adult.
In a message posted to Facebook, she criticized reports that she was ever missing, stating: "I’m very happy with my King and Queen, I was never missing, I fled a very abusive, toxic family."
"To the UK authorities, obviously I am not missing,” Taylor continued. “Leave me alone. I am an adult, not a helpless child.”
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However, her family refute her claims, instead stating that her childhood was 'very sheltered and protected.'
Taylor's aunt, Teri Allen, told The Independent that the young woman had been 'brought up in church, but not their religion'.
"Not this thing that they got going. It’s a bunch of hogwash," she added.
"It is very stressful, and difficult. It breaks our heart. We’re overly concerned about Kaura, but she doesn't think anyone is concerned about her," Teri added.
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Her aunt continued to claim that Taylor kept her conversations with the Kingdom's leaders, King Atehene, 36, and his wife, Queen Nandi, 43, 'totally hidden from the family.'
The aunt believes Taylor discovered the group on the internet through a high school classmate, and shortly after making contact, she allegedly isolated herself from her family and friends.
The discovery of her new woodland life unravelled when she reportedly told another aunt, Vandora Skinner, with whom Taylor had been living, that she was getting 'out' with her then eight-month-old daughter to 'explore a little bit' after breaking things off with her boyfriend in May.
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But when she asked where she was, she says she didn't get a response. After speaking to Taylor's friend, Skinner then called Taylor's ex, who told her about 'the Kingdom', which she found on social media.
"I looked up the Facebook page and sure enough, there she was," she recalled.
Taylor is understood to have flown to the UK on May 25 on a six-month tourist visa, which expires in November. Her aunts hope that the expiry date will force Taylor to leave the tribe and come home.
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The King, a former opera singer and PR agent from Ghana whose real name is Kofi Offeh, and Queen, Jean Gasho, who say they live a 'very simple life of returning to innocence.'
"We connect to nature. We connect to the trees around us. We get grounded every morning. We bathe in the springwater. We are living a simple life of relying daily on the creator for food, shelter and clothing," Offeh said.
"We live in a tent without walls, but we are not afraid of anyone, for we have the protection of the creator, Yahowah."