Family of 'missing' Texas woman found living in a lost ancient tribe in Scottish woods say she is now leader's 'second wife'
By James Cirrone
Daily Mail
Aug 23, 2025
Kaura Taylor, 21, is pictured in her tribal garb after leaving Texas to go join the Kingdom of Kubala, a tribe that claims to derive from ancient Hebrews
The family of a 'missing' Texas woman who was found living with an 'ancient tribe' in the Scottish woodlands revealed she is now living as a second wife to the tribe's 'king'.
Kaura Taylor, 21, vanished with her one-year-old child three months ago to to set up a new home in the so-called Kingdom of Kubala completely unbeknownst to her relatives.
Taylor has been living with the tribe's leader King Atehene and his wife, Queen Nandi and has adopted the tribal name Asnat, Lady Safi, of Atehene.
The trio live with Taylor's daughter in a claimed section of forest in Jedburgh, Scotland and say they are trying to restore a so-called Hebrew tribe.
However, their adoption of a primitive lifestyle has seen Nandi, who is a mother to seven, accused of child abuse.
Taylor's family told The Independent that they're distraught over her going to live the unorthodox life, where she also apparently waits hand and foot on Queen Nandi as her handmaiden.
'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,' said Taylor’s aunt, Teri Allen.
Taylor posted a message to her Facebook account on Wednesday claiming that she was never missing and that she is enjoying living in the woods with the couple.
Taylor is pictured with family members in Texas. Her two aunts were shocked to learn that she had joined a so-called tribe living in the woods in Scotland
Taylor (right) is pictured with Queen Nandi (left) and King Atehene (center). Atehene, real name Kofi Offeh, is the leader of the trio and is married to Nandi, real name Jean Gasho
'Yes I'm very happy with my King and Queen, I was never missing, I fled a very abusive, toxic family who abused me sexually since I was a child! So you don't go "missing" to your abusers,' Taylor wrote.
Allen denied that her niece was a victim of abuse by her family, describing Taylor's childhood as 'very sheltered and protected'.
She said Taylor, 'was brought up in church, but not their religion. Not this thing that they got going. It’s a bunch of hogwash'.
King Atehene, real name Kofi Offeh, is a former PR agent and opera singer from Ghana, while Nandi used to go by the name Jean Gasho.
Photos and videos show the trio dressed in robes and performing rituals, dancing at a camp fire and appearing to worship Offeh.
In response to an earlier Daily Mail article about the tribe, Gasho made a post claiming that her and her husband's group is a lost Hebrew tribe.
'We are not a “A Lost African Tribe” we are rather the Lost Tribes of Hebrews and have returned to claim Scotland as our homeland, a land stolen by Elizabeth the first 400 years ago when she deported all black people from Scotland and England,' she wrote.
The truth is much more nuanced than Gasho suggests.
In 1596, Queen Elizabeth I made an arrangement with a merchant to possibly sell black people living in England to get back English prisoners being held in Portugal and Spain, according to the National Archives.
The Kingdom of Kubala hopes to grow its ranks by convincing other supposedly lost tribes to come live with them (Pictured: King Atehene during a ritual)
Masters of black workers were not offered compensation by the Crown to give them up, so this plan never came to fruition.
In 1601, the queen signed a proclamation that once again ordered the deportation of all black people, but historians doubt that this actually succeeded.
Nonetheless, the tribe in Scotland hope to boost their numbers by convincing other supposedly lost tribes to come live with them.
Allen, Taylor's aunt, believes her niece found the Kingdom of Kubala through a high school classmate of hers in 2023.
She was living with Vandora Skinner, her other aunt, at this time. Family members told The Independent that she suddenly disconnected from them, refusing to go to any parties or holiday celebrations.
Taylor tried to get her then-boyfriend to come with her to live with tribe, but he was spooked by the king and queen's 'ungodly rituals' and decided not to relocate, according to Skinner.
Taylor ended the relationship with him and headed to Scotland with her then-eight-month-old daughter, whose father is no longer in the picture.
After she left, she reportedly told Skinner she would contact her once she got connected to Wi-Fi but never reached out.
Taylor is pictured giving an offering a food to the king. Taylor, whose tribal name is Asnat, Lady Safi, of Atehene, is essentially a servant to the couple, which worries her family
Skinner is most upset about the fact that Taylor considers herself the king's second wife, even though they're not legally married.
'Now she’s talking about, she’s married to this man and he can have as many wives as he wants?' Skinner said.
Skinner has been in contact with Scottish police. It is understood that Taylor flew to the UK on a six-month tourist visa, so Skinner hopes that by November she'll be forced to leave the country.
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