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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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Australia
1 review
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I wanted to remove an unwanted tree from my website. The service provider gave precise and succinct instructions on how to achieve this. Problem fixed.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Maine
2 reviews
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NOT VERY PLEASED
April 13, 2018
Updated review

I paid my fee and before very long, I seem to be blocked at times and the payment schedule shows up. Try another time and I am fine. Hardly ever get to call as I work on my tree late in the day and a hearing loss makes that difficult to hear. Not likely to renew as I don't need the hassle. Many contributors have no sense of a common naming convention, something standard. Someone who died in Colonial America in 1700 might be buried in Mass, USA, Mass, British Colonial America, Mass Colony and the error finder will flag dozens if not hundred of differences. Just tired of so many just copying and pasting info to their tree in such a manner that (so in so) "gave birth to daughter "A" when she was 5 years old". Don't those people fact check? When combined with Geni, I surely want to do my research somewhere else. As for DNA, I get more authentic hits through another DNA provider that actually are in my tree!

Date of experience: April 12, 2018

A Good source of information
April 13, 2018
Previous review

There never seems to be a shortage of potential family among the "matches". Being slightly OCD the info can be somewhat an overload, requiring a pause in my review process. DNA matching going well, just didn't expect to find 900 years of family so quickly!

Date of experience: August 19, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
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I have found this family tree site one of the best I've ever used. It has so information available it's incredible. I've never found the site lacking in anything.

The support crew are wonderful: 0)

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Spain
1 review
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Very efficient
April 13, 2018

MyHeritage support team was very kind and quick answering my question. Even though I wrote them in Spanish, they replied in both languages, English and Spanish, which was very nice.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Brazil
1 review
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No matter what is your doubt, the team members for MyHeritage helps a lot. My doubt was very easy; neverthereless they were right away to give me the direction which solve my problem. Also, the smart seach is very precise and allow us to manage our family three.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Canada
1 review
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Excellent service!
April 12, 2018

Jai reçu un très bon service de la part du conseiller en ADN. Il a pris le temps de mexpliquer et répondre à tous mes questions. Merci Maorm!

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Missouri
1 review
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Polite, detailed and very efficient in explaining possible delay of receiving "sample"... well done!

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Utah
1 review
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I want to write a short review about my experience with MyHeritage customer service assistance. I couldnt figure out how to merge my two family trees. With the assistance of your wonderful team, especially Leah, at MyHeritage, my complicated issue was simplified and it was so easy for me to go through the steps that I received, and, resolve my problems. Great job, Leah!
Thanks very much for all your help.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Excellent help
April 12, 2018

It was very pleasant to get the help from Tessa, from my heritage. Well informed, correct and to the point. Thanks a lot for that.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
Israel
1 review
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Amazing site
April 12, 2018

The site is terrific and when using the new DNA testing I got a lot of help. My questions were answered and the rep kindly offered all further help. Thanks so much.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018
California
1 review
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Help Was Effortless!
April 11, 2018

Today I contacted My Heritage because I have not received the DNA that was ordered for my sister. I was immediately answered by William who helped me with my problem and even provided additional information to me. I submitted my DNA to ancestry.com and my sisters through My Heritage. There is no comparison and My Heritage is far more user friendly! I wish now I had used them for my DNA! If youre on the fence, I would recommend My Heritage. I would also recommend that William get a bonus. No, we are not related. I will keep his name and if I do need help, I hope I get him!

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
California
1 review
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Taking way too long
April 11, 2018

I ordered the kit on February 18th, and sent it in the same day I received it in the mail. They did not process it until March 13th. Now here we are a month after that and still no results, no contact, nothing. I ordered an Ancestry DNA test on February 28th, sent it in same day I received it, they processed it by March 14th and I got my results by April 8th. Still waiting on the MyHeritage results to compare but so far Ancestry DNA has been 2 weeks quicker. I called MyHeritage customer support and they said it may be another week or 2 so I am not pleased at all so far.

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
Illinois
2 reviews
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My Heritage DNA
April 11, 2018

I recently used My Heritage DNA and found it to be invaluable in verifying some family folklore on deeper historical ethnicity. The family tree builder Is easy to use and the research database add on is strong in information if you are of Eastern European or Baltic Heritage. The Help service is rapid and thorough in their responses to your queries.

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
California
1 review
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Fantastic!
April 11, 2018

Thank you so much for your help today. I'd forgotten that I used another email, but she knew. She walked me through each step.

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
Sweden
1 review
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Perfect
April 11, 2018

Lisa in Sweden gave me awesome service and helped me out with my problem, even though my call was cut twice due to signal problems. She even called me back and left me a message while I was out of signal!

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
Belgium
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I'm a native Dutch speaker. After choosing that language, I found out that 5 people were in line before me. When I arrived at number 1, this guy's problem took an eternity. As a voice kept telling me that I could easily switch to the English helpdesk and I was tired of waiting, I switched over... only to find out that this time another 4 people were waiting before me and there was no way switching back!

I then tried it another day and this time I was helped almost immediately.

The person was very friendly and accurate.

Date of experience: April 11, 2018
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had posted a 'I am disappointed' review and Rafael was super quick at responding, asking me to contact him. Which I did. We figured out what had possibly occurred and with no blame assigned, I received a full refund, which was what I was seeking. Very quick, very accommodating and easy to work through the issue. Rafael was terrific!

Date of experience: April 10, 2018
New York
1 review
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Good experience
April 11, 2018

I gained a lot of information using My Heritage. They were easy to work with and I would recommend them.

Date of experience: April 10, 2018
California
1 review
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How encouraging that they even have phone support, let alone a staff that one senses really cares. Got my questions answered. Will probably call back again later.

Date of experience: April 10, 2018
Brazil
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Estou gostando muito de trabalhar com o My Heritage. Minhas duvidas foram esclarecidas. E muito interessante encontrar parentes com 16 graus nem imaginava. E entrar em contato com varios parentes.

Date of experience: April 10, 2018