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MyHeritage

4.4

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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.com
Founded in 2005
Lehi, UT, Israel
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MyHeritage Reviews Summary

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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Texas
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Finally got my info uploaded but could not have done it without the help of the kind reps at MyHeritage. Very pleasant and patient. Thank you so much.

Date of experience: May 20, 2018
GB
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AoifeD was a very pleasant, friendly and knowledgeable lady, who took time and patience to help me sort out a couple of queries. If only all Customer Services were like this, and not only open 24/7 but free calls to boot! 100% from me. Thank you very much, I am really impressed.
Colin Foster

Date of experience: May 20, 2018
Florida
2 reviews
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I was having technical difficulties and I called My Heritage for assistance. Not only did I receive the help I needed, I had a very pleasant experience with my customer service rep. He was patient and kind and helped take the frustration out of my problem. If only more companies had people like him!

Date of experience: May 20, 2018
GB
1 review
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Help fo me
May 18, 2018

Very lovely patient lady who managed to help me to sort my problems. What a pity there are not more people around like her

Date of experience: May 18, 2018
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Excellent Service!
May 18, 2018

Kiran was extremely polite and helpful in getting my issue resolved. I was able to take advantage on benefits that the site provided, made possible by her expert guidance and recommendations. Her servant attitude made the time on hold insignificant. I consider her an asset to your organization! Thanks Kiran!

Date of experience: May 18, 2018
GB
1 review
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I had to telephone to resolve a query about uploading DNA data, Sharon M. Was most courteous and helpful, although she had to make further enquiries for me. As it turned out, my concerns were misplaced. Sharon wasn't fazed and I was grateful.

Date of experience: May 18, 2018
Florida
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I had difficulty accessing the site as all of my usual passwords failed to work and when I tried to reset my password on line I kept getting an error message regarding switching off my popup blocker. However even with that function disabled I was still getting the same error message. One e-mail to MyHeritage support resolved the problem and I am now exploring my heritage and creating a family tree. Many thanks for your prompt service.

Date of experience: May 18, 2018
France
1 review
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My problem has been quickly and effitiently solved, but, as I am french, I would have prefered reach a french-speaking concelor.
Globaly good service anyway

Date of experience: May 18, 2018
Canada
1 review
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Pricing
May 18, 2018

Fabulous and informative help, because of this i signed up for a year.
Linda Wraight. I had already purchased my DNA from a different source but i wanted to connect with other sights as well to see if i could get even more information.

Date of experience: May 17, 2018
Canada
1 review
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I was not able to access the "Family Site" for my four genealogy projects. The problem was sent up the line of experts until Ron helped me out and after a number of attempts he was able to get it all straightened out.

Date of experience: May 17, 2018
Nebraska
1 review
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I was so pleased to receive a prompt and detailed response to my numerous questions and concerns regarding Family Tree Builder. It may have been a time saver, however, if I could have spoken to someone, but have not been successful in that regard. I dial the number on the website and there is no answer; the phone just rings continuously. I have called on a previous occasion and it worked very well. Many thanks!

Date of experience: May 17, 2018
New Zealand
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Professional
May 17, 2018

The My Heritage website and staff are extremely professional and friendly amd easy to deal with. I was most impressed with Peter who helped me with my account enquiry.

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
Hong Kong
1 review
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Extremely helpful
May 17, 2018

I could not log in as the email was wrong, after trying many options they all wanted an account number, which I could not get! I rang the sales. The lady there (PaulineG) was extremely helpful, and made sure I could log in before she left me.
It Might be nice to have an option for account holders who can't log in?

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
Canada
1 review
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DNA analysis is complicated enough for us newbies without websites making the subject more obtuse. When I encountered a problem with one of my DNA kits not being properly assigned (I had uploaded a new family tree file and severed the links) I was therefore getting very frustrated trying to find a solution on my own. But less than five minutes on the phone with a very helpful technical support person set the matter to rights and showed me how to take care of such problems in my own in the future. This is the way technical support is supposed to work but seldom does. Many thanks to MajaI.

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Waste of my time.
May 16, 2018

The representative was argumentative and of no help. The answers she gave me were nebulous.
Now I must submit at least 100 characters before I can submit my review. Evidently, My Heritage is not that interested in feedback.

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
MyHeritage Support T. — MyHeritage Rep
over a year old

Hello Angelo,

I’m sorry to hear about your experience.
In MyHeritage we care about our users and expect that all our agents meet the highest customer service standards. Please email me more details about your call via [email protected] (date, time, name of the agent, etc.) so I can follow up on it.
Also, if your issue is still ongoing please include more details about it in your email and I’ll be happy to look into it too.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Elena, MyHeritage Team

Germany
1 review
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Customers Help
May 16, 2018

I was very satisfied with the help. The lady was very friendly and gave good advise. It was helpful that she could look at my side the same moment when I was in.

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
Belgium
1 review
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I had two inquiries, both were rectified thanks to the helpful and friendly service provided by Melissa

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
Massachusetts
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Customer Service
May 16, 2018

I order a kit for my brother and the Rept I had was patience and kind
She walked me through the whole procedure and she explain everything to me.
Thank you for the level of experitse

Date of experience: May 15, 2018
North Carolina
1 review
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My Heritage is the best ancestry site I been on and is easy to use. They have sent me emails helping me find and match My relatives.

Date of experience: May 15, 2018
New Zealand
1 review
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Last year I accidentally applied for some extra information and did not realise I had to pay for it. Some months ago my account was debited with the $110 US but as I had been in hospital for a long time by the time I realised it was too late to cancel. I wrote to Gerard and explained my error and in no time my debit had been reversed and my account credited. No questions, no arguments it was immediately refunded notwithstanding it all being my fault. They are great people to deal with.

Date of experience: May 15, 2018