Haplogroup R1b1a2 13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 (WAMH)
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Kit Most Distant Known Ancestor
8a:
71473 William Howell, ca 1780-1836 (Sub-Clade U106+)
20752 Matthew Howell, d. Isle of Wight, VA 1720
57084 Matthew Howell, d. Isle of Wight, VA 1720
24507 John Howell, b 1799 TN; d 1865 Rhea Co TN

8b:
24250 John Howell, b. c. 1862, Caerphilly, Wales
N57429 Franklin Howell
60290 Robert Marion Howell born 1844
175058 Nichols, pre-1893