ERISMAN, EARISMAN, EHRESMAN, EHRESMANN, EHRISMAN, ARISMAN and any other reasonable spelling variations are welcome to join the project. Only males have Y-chromosomes, so only male ERISMAN/etc. can be tested. If you are female, you can have a male ERISMAN/etc. relative submit a sample for your line. To participate meaningfully, testees will need to share their direct male line ancestry back to the earliest known ERISMAN/etc., either in the form of a pedigree chart or, preferable, family group sheets (excluding living persons).