- Periodically in the past year, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali would shoot off an email to Steve Jobs, the son he never met. They were simple notes: "Happy Birthday" or "I hope your health is improving."

It is unclear if Jobs ever wrote back. A person close to Jobs' family said, no, he didn't, while Jandali said he did receive two short replies. The last one arrived six weeks before Jobs' death, Jandali said, and said simply, "Thank you."

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