The attached press release announces the availability of a new Y-DNA research study on the patrilineal lineage of John Hart, one of America’s Founding Fathers, and 13th signer of the Declaration of Independence, in which we identified the Y-DNA genetic signature of his lineage. We will be posting the preliminary research study on Academia.edu on July 4, 2017 at: [url]https://independent.academia.edu/JeffreyMarkPaull.