NEED MORE HOWELL GROUP 8 MALES BIGY TESTED, ONLY HAVE TWO!) The lab offers upgrade discounts from marker to BigY SNP testing.
. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/howell/default.aspx?section=Project Results: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/howell/default.aspx?section=ydna-results-overview
. https://discover.familytreedna.com/groups/howell/tree?subgroups=26485 Group 8 BigY Tree
. https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/R-BY70260/story (see all reports for group 8a here)
, https://pbase.com/image/172687021 SNP Path Tree from R-M269>

Most Distant Known Ancestor (NOTE: Group 8a and 8b NOT RELATED since ancient times, R-L151)
8a: R-BY70260 includes R-U106
R-M269>L23>L51>P310>L151>U106>Z2265>BY30097>FTT8>Z381>Z156>Z306>Z307>Z304>FGC29253>DF98>S1911>FGC13445>FGC13446>FT208295>BY70260>Y9679

71473 William Howell, ca 1780-1836 R-U106
354709 William Howell, ca 1780-1836 United States R-BY70260
20752 Matthew Howell, d. Isle of Wight, VA 1720 R-BY70260
57084 Matthew Howell, d. Isle of Wight, VA 1720 R-BY70260
24507 John Howell, b 1799 TN; d 1865 Rhea Co TN
456537 John Nelson P. to gf Wright Patrick b1789GA Unknown Origin R-BY70260
435409 James grandson of Wright Patrick b1789, Wayne GA United States R-U106

8b: R-DF13 + >R-BY57004
R-M269>L23>L51>P310>L151>P312>Z290>L21>S552>DF13>ZZ10_1>FGC42672>MC14>FT27336>FT4323>BY57004

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