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MyHeritage is the leading global platform for family history discovery. It enriches the lives of people worldwide by enabling them to uncover more about themselves and where they belong.
With a suite of intuitive features and innovative products, MyHeritage creates a meaningful discovery experience that is deeply rewarding. Users build family trees and discover new information and relatives through advanced matching technologies and billions of historical records from across the globe. MyHeritage also offers an affordable at-home DNA test revealing an ethnicity breakdown across 79 ethnicities and 2,114 geographic regions, and AI-powered features to repair, colorize, and animate old photos.
The MyHeritage platform is enjoyed by tens of millions of people around the world who treasure and celebrate their heritage. MyHeritage offers full privacy controls and is available in 42 languages.
MyHeritage is generally well-regarded for its user-friendly platform and extensive database, which many customers find invaluable for tracing their ancestry and connecting with relatives. Users appreciate the regular updates and the powerful search capabilities that facilitate discoveries. However, concerns arise regarding customer service, particularly related to billing issues and the difficulty of reaching support. Some users have reported feeling overwhelmed by the volume of information and have encountered challenges in verifying data. Overall, while the service is praised for its features, improvements in customer support and communication are necessary to enhance user satisfaction.
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Hi, Wish to thank Katte from online support, for her assistance. She's been so professional yet understood my problem and not only did she give me the assistance I needed but was so personally helpful and so positive throughout - thank you from Carmen, Malta.
GENUINE not a scam. Got money back after forgetting to cancel free subscription.
SO PLEASED. THANK U
My late husband started using My Heritage many years ago to search his Mothers family tree. The managed to build the tree back to the 1500s
I have continued, for the past couple of years to do research into My mothers, very mysterious past. I am have hit a few walls but enjoying the ride. I have found My Heritage helpful, specially since I did my and my Mums DNA testing.
I had been using MyHeritage for about 3 years now linked to Family Tree Builder. Over time I had a few minor problems, usually caused by incorrect settings which were sorted out quickly. However, I had a major problem 3 weeks ago when the sites would not sync. When I contacted MyHeritage several things were tried over the first week, then I got put through to Ron and he has been reviewing screenshots, logs, and program settings for the past week. He tried many things even deleting the programs and reloading them again and finally got it working. I must admit that I was giving up but he kept going. He is a credit to the Support program.
I have been trying to print family books without any success over the last 10 days. I contacted MH support and found out this function is not working because of a bug. Could you tell me when it will work again? MH support was not able to provide a delay and mentionned it could be not before months!
They have absolutely no actual human that will talk to you. (+31) 0800 24 *******
(Ma–Do, 08:30–20:30 CET, Vr 08:30–14:00 CET). Please, try and call them yourself. And you will see! The most weird woman voice recording will tell you to just visit the website. And obviously the website will absolutely be no help at all. There is no email address to contact support either. It's so frustrating. I had to go on forums like this to find humans that are going through it like I am. And then I see they have the audacity to react to some of these good people's complaining with the most "matter off fact" kind away. Telling them to just contact them. Like that's not what they have been trying to do. They just ignore the whole complaint of not being able to reach them at all. What company doesn't have a phone number? Or atleast a chat service or a support email adres stated clear on their website under the tab contacts?. THATS RIGHT! SCAMMERS DONT! Do you know why because they're tired of hearing the same complaints over and over again and instead of doing something about it they just remove customer service. It's absolutely ridiculous that you offer people a free trial and when they don't want to continue you just act like you don't hear them. And just keep taking their money. You are criminals. Do something about this! Do you have enough money you scammed enough money out of their pockets the least you can do is have a customer service phone number. And don't you dare tell me that you have a phone number ((+31) 0800 24 *******)
Because the phone number goes straight to voice recorder telling me to go on the website.and the website claims you can call me back but then that's a dead end bc that option doesn't realy exist either. SCAMMERS don't do business with these humans pls don't do business with them
Dear Emma,
I regret to find that you have been unable to contact our support team and have waited too long for a response.
Genealogy research is currently a very popular subject and currently, under the world's climate, we at times experience a high volume of questions from the millions of our members. I totally understand how bothersome it may be to be on hold or to wait for a response and I sympathize with your efforts.
We absolutely value your membership and overall member experience and I would like to personally investigate your issue. In order to do so, I must first locate your registration. Therefore, please e-mail me at [email protected] from your registered e-mail address so I may assist you with all of this as soon as possible.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely Yours
Rafael
MyHeritage
I made 3 separate orders of 1,1 and 4 kits. I received the first 2 orders with no problems then could not get an update on the one with 4 kits. I emailed My Heritage and USPS. Evelyn replied within a few hours then forwarded me to José G. They were both very professional and very helpful. They were willing to ship me 4 more kits along with 2 months of free subscription even though at this point USPS finally replied. USPS had not updated the info on that tracking number and "found" the package which was finally delivered. José and Evelyn kept in touch the whole time until it was resolved. I look forward to continue with My Heritage.
Unfortunately I forgot to cancel my membership after the trial period so went on to be charged. This was completely my fault but I'm not in a financial position to be able to afford this at the moment.
I contacted customer services who not only offered me a full refund immediately but gave me a year's basic membership free. Fantastic service, helpful yet professional.
I will certainly renew my full membership when I'm in a better financial position.
The layout for the family tree, the ease of researching and the availability of data on offer is excellent.
A great company overall.
The patience and willingness to understand and help was good.
I hope that the results of the conversation will bear fruit in the end.
Patience is a particularly effective tool in this field.
Shearley was very helpful. She provided me with very good info without making me feel I should have known the answer. And to me, this is a very good quality. Not only did she share her expertise, but she did it with respect and this was very appreciated. Thansk again!
Helene Cloutier
The site is very user friendly, there is a lot of information available. The search is simple and straightforward. The customer service is very fast and friendly, so I can highly recommend it to anyone who is still thinking about it.
I have been using Myheritage for many years but recently I got stuck with many too many duplicates in my media items. In the knowledge base many issues are covered but to find that particular subject is another thing. One email to the helpful staff of myheritage explained the solution to my little problem.
Regards Tony Timmer
Great as always!
Someone stole my box and they quickly reacted and sent me a new one.
I love them!
Efficace, réactif... le pb a été réglé de façon efficiente!
Une hotline comme on aimerait en avoir d'autre
Une excellente note pour my heritage
Lieber Emerson,
Herzlichen Dank für Dein Email und für Deine Antwort.
Das was Du schreibst ist alles verständlich und logisch.
Aber das ist nicht das Problem welches ich jetzt habe.
Das Problem ist folgendes:
Wir haben DIE SELBE Speichel - Probe an 2 verschiedene Gen-Institute geschickt:
(an My Heritage, und an IGENEA, aber es waren die komplett selben Proben der selben Personen);
Und wie kann es jetzt sein dass die Resultate der % Verteilung welche wir von My Heritage erhalten haben, komplett andere sind, als die Resultate welche wir von IGENEA erhalten haben?,
Zb MEINE Resultate von meiner Speichelprobe,
A von My Heritage (von der selben Speichel-Probe):
58% Balkan-Bewohner,
23,5% Balte,
18,5% Skandinavier,
B von IGENEA (von der selben Speichel-Probe):
47% Östliches Mitteleuropa (Polen, Weissrussland, etc),
29% Nordwest Europa (Grossbritannien, Irland),
10% Griechenland und Balkan-Länder,
10% Baltikum,
2% Anatolien, Armenien, Kaukasus, Mezopotamien,
Wie ist es möglich dass bei ein und der selben Speichelprobe so verschiedene Resultate herauskommen?,
Die Unterschiede in den Resultaten bei meinen Verwandten (Frau, Kinder) sind genauso gross,
Das würde somit heissen, wenn die selben Personen noch eine dritte Speichelprobe schicken würden,
Dann wäre die dritte Gen-Analyse wieder komplett anders als die ersten beiden gen-Analysen?;
Bitte um Dringende Info diesbezüglich,
Für Rückfragen und weitere Infos stehe ich jederzeit gerne zur Verfügung, meine Handy Nummer ist: *******130,
Liebe Grüsse, Alexander Petritz und Familie
Ik had een probleem met mijn treebuilder met het synchroniseren van mijn stamboom.
Na het melden via de e-mail, werd ik snel terug gebeld. De geboden oplossing was meteen de goede en het functioneert weer zoals ik gewend was. Brigitte bedankt voor je hulp!
Ok so I was charged for two different sites on Myheritage. Totally my fault for not remembering to cancel my subscription. However, I have been waiting on a response for nearly a week now with nothing. The charge was almost $400.00 bucks so yeah its a big deal to me.
Hi David,
I'm sorry to find that you have not yet received a response from our support team. I will do all I can to help.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that if you did not authorize this type of charge then a refund is in order by all means. Your membership satisfaction is of great importance to us here at MyHeritage. I would also like to investigate why you did not receive a response yet from our support team.
In order to help, I need to confirm and verify your MyHeritage registration but I cannot do that with the name I see here on Site Jabber. Therefore, please e-mail me directly at [email protected] so I may assist you with all of this as soon as possible.
Looking forward to helping you as soon as possible.
Sincerely
Rafael
MyHeritage
I've been using it for a few months already and it's really interesting and so easy to use. When my trial was over I bought my premium option with no hesitation. Also their deep nostalgia is something amazing. My mom was just shocked and mesmerized at the same time.
For the past two weeks I have been in contact with MyHeritage by emails and calls, received replies back by email but need to speak to someone as they have charge my account twice for the subscription. NO one will call me back emails say that there are two different subscriptions, DID NOT AUTHORISE THIS, they took money out of my account under false claims.
Hi Virginia,
I'm sorry to find that you have not yet received a response from our support team. I will do all I can to help.
Firstly, I would like to remind you that if you did not authorize this type of charge then a refund is in order by all means. Your membership satisfaction is of great importance to us here at MyHeritage. I would also like to investigate why you did not receive a response yet from our support team.
In order to help, I need to confirm and verify your MyHeritage registration but I cannot do that with the name I see here on Site Jabber. Therefore, please e-mail me directly at [email protected] so I may assist you with all of this as soon as possible.
Looking forward to helping you as soon as possible.
Sincerely
Rafael
MyHeritage
Customer help? Rubbish.
You can't physically talk to a representative.
Impossible. Emails? No response.
I emailed one month before renewal of membership was due, informing I was cancelling subscription and did not give permission for an "automatic renewal "
They did take my money...$251.
Well... I know police are helpful and will answer my call.
Dear Lesley,
I'm sorry to find you have had trouble contacting a support representative here at MyHeritage. These kinds of issues are always annoying and I will do all I can to help.
I would like to make sure you know that we here at MyHeritage offer a 30-day money-back guarantee with our membership policy. Rest assured you will receive a refund by all means. Id like to personally assist you with this refund but in order to do so, I must first confirm your MyHeritage registration through your e-mail address.
Therefore, please e-mail me directly at [email protected] so I may assist you with this as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely
Rafael
MyHeritage support team
Answer: My issue was the automatic renewal without any kind of courtesy reminder prior to the effective date, as other businesses do. Advising one year in advance is a poor business practice. When I contacted them immediately on the renewal effective date, they refused to cancel and offered me a 25% discount. They eventually gave me the full refund but it was due to me turning it over to AMEX to resolve. I do however agree with the advice to base your renewal on your own personal experience.
Answer: You can find your site subscriptions via MyHeritage homepage - pull-down menu on the right upper corner button "Settings". Then click on "My purchases", and button "Site subscriptions". Click "View details". The details contain section "Cancel subscription". Maybe you can get advice by mail from MyHeritage support team ([email protected]).
Answer: If you are looking to get as many connections to your tree that you can, use My Heritage. If you want flexibility in who is added to your tree, use Ancestry.
Answer: Dear Jonathan, Yes I have the same problem, I wrote to My Heritage and they have still not responded to my request for assistance. They are highly Sloppy and unprofessional in responding to customer request for assistance. Even though they have and excellent Technical Team. Fortunately I have another Computer with Windows 8 as a result of which I am able to continue working with my Website. But recently a few problems have cropped up with the recent upgrade of the My Heritage Program and have sent in a request for assistance and till today 3-5 months later I have no response. Apparently the company believes that they can play games with the customers. I firmly believe that they have somehow gone into self destructive mode.
Answer: Probbably you should like to know what are additional charges - described on MyHeritage site: Help Center > Account and Subscriptions > Subscriptions Whats the difference between a FAMILY SITE SUBSCRIPTION and a DATA SUBSCRIPTION? A Family Site Subscription (Premium or PremiumPlus) entitles you to increased storage on your family site for people in the family tree, photos, videos and documents. A Data Subscription entitles you with the access to billions of historical records in all the collections in SuperSearch. You also get unlimited access to Record Matches, including confirming and rejecting matches, if you have a family tree on MyHeritage.com. In addition, you can save and extract information from historical records you find in SuperSearch or get with Record Matches directly to your family tree.
Answer: If you have any problem with My Heritage you should email support@myheritage and state that you with to terminate the programme. They will tell you how to go about it. Hope that helps Sandra.
Answer: I believe a direct ancestor is someone without whom you would not be here. All your other ancestors are indirect.
Answer: Julija L. A: Probbably you should like to know what are additional charges - described on MyHeritage site: Help Center > Account and Subscriptions > Subscriptions Whats the difference between a FAMILY SITE SUBSCRIPTION and a DATA SUBSCRIPTION? A Family Site Subscription (Premium or PremiumPlus) entitles you to increased storage on your family site for people in the family tree, photos, videos and documents. A Data Subscription entitles you with the access to billions of historical records in all the collections in SuperSearch. You also get unlimited access to Record Matches, including confirming and rejecting matches, if you have a family tree on MyHeritage.com. In addition, you can save and extract information from historical records you find in SuperSearch or get with Record Matches directly to your family tree.
Answer: Hi After posting my complaint about MyHeritage on here I got a very quick response from some one called Dave at the company. He told me to send an email to [email protected] and add the subject Dave: sitejabber. He responded a couple of days later - I emailed on a Saturday - and the auto repeat on my subscription was cancelled and my money refunded within days. Hope this helps.


Dear Catherine,
I'm sorry you have not yet been able to print your family book and use this feature. I'd be happy to investigate this but for you and or see about giving you a workaround to your issue.
In order to do so, I must first locate your registration, therefore, please e-mail me directly at [email protected].
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely
Rafael
MyHeritage