If you are a BODMAN, BODENHAM, BODNAM, and any other reasonable spelling variations you are welcome to join the project. Only males have Y-chromosomes, so only male BODMAN can participate. If you are female, you can have a male BODMAN. relative you can submit a sample for your line. To participate meaningfully, it would be useful if testees are able to share their direct male line ancestry back to the earliest known BODMAN.