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MyHeritage

4.2

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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 is a family history and genealogy website that allows users to create their own family tree, research their ancestors, and connect with distant relatives.

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Wisconsin
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It's helped me find hundreds of new ancestors. It also made me laugh when MyHeritage found a pedigree associated with my father. Amusingly, it was his collie's pedigree, with a link to the American Kennel Club! I and my genealogy friends thought we'd die laughing!

Date of experience: June 6, 2026

It's amazing what MyHeritage finds for me without me even asking. Via their OldNews service It uncovered the registration name of our first collie along with sire and dam and breeder names. Was NOT expecting that. Our family dog was registered as Cheyenne Break o' Day sired by Duke of White Hub on Cheyenne Sand Storm. Well, it is a pedigree linked to my family surname. It found the info in the American Kennel Club Stud Book Register Dec 1956 New York, United States. Now THAT is truly a full service genealogy subscription!

I suppose their AI just assumed that "Stud Book Register" was a legitimate source for furthering one's genealogy...

I can't stop laughing at this! It truly brightened my day.

Date of experience: November 15, 2025
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Ik heb niet de allerbeste computer ervaring en toch kan ik me er goed mee redden.
De overschakeling van stamboom naar familie overzicht is erg mooi.
Tevens de voorstellen die MyHeritage via de mail doet zijn erg handig.
Ook leuk dat je herinnert wordt als er verjaardagen of bruiloften zijn.
Ik vind het een echte aanrader.

Date of experience: June 5, 2026
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I have been with MyHeritage since 2018 and find my experience exceptional overall. I have found many relatives I did not know I even had (from near and far) and am in contact with them. Further, the Scribe AI has changed my life! I have hundreds old family letters going back to the early 1950s- all written in Russian and Latvian (which I found hard to read due to the handwriting). I tried over the years to find someone to help me but with no success. I knew these letters were crucial to my family history. I could not believe what happened once Scribe AI was introduced to MyHeritage. It is the best thing that could have happened and worth the membership just for that. These letters as I thought have unlocked the keys to a long, long family history.

Also my interaction with one of the managers who I spoke to and upgraded my plan was beyond exceptional.

Date of experience: June 4, 2026
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100 per cent 💯 Satisfaction
June 3, 2026

My experience with MyHeritage has been both productive and genuinely enjoyable. As someone deeply engaged in family history research, I've found the platform intuitive and rich in international records, helping me make meaningful discoveries across borders. The Smart Matches and record suggestions have saved me hours of work. I've also been very impressed with their customer support: responsive, helpful, and reassuring whenever I've had queries. It's a service that clearly understands and supports the needs of its subscribers, whether beginners or more experienced researchers.

Date of experience: June 3, 2026
Spain
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VULNERABILIDAD EN LA SEGURIDAD Y PRIVACIDAD EN LOS DATOS DE MI ÁRBOL GENEALÓGICO. YO SOY ADMINISTRADOR ÚNICO PARA EL ACCESO A MIS DATOS. NO PUEDE SER QUE ME SALTEN CONTINUAMENTE "CUADROS DE DIÁLOGO" DE INVITACIÓN A INVITADOS, DADO QUE EN MI CONFIGURACIÓN NO TENGO DADO AUTORIZACIÓN A NADIE NI TAMPOCO COMPARTO MIS DATOS CON OTROS USUARIOS. SIN EMBARGO, OBSERVO QUE ESTO NO LO CUMPLE EL PROGRAMA. YO COMPRUEBO MI CUENTA Y LAS DIRECCIONES "IP" ACCEDEN A MI CUENTA Y NO SON LAS DE MI DISPOSITIVO. HE ENVIADO INFINIDAD DE EMAILS COMUNICANDO ESTA ANOMALÍA A SUS MENSAJES DE "OBSERVACIÓN" QUE RECIBO PERO, NO TIENE NINGUNA RESPUESTA POR PARTE DE MY HERITAGE. LO SIENTO.

Date of experience: June 3, 2026
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Date of experience: June 3, 2026
Ukraine
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I am incredibly grateful to Dorcas from the MyHeritage support team. I encountered several technical issues with our DNA tests, including a very stressful situation where my 91-year-old grandmother's test was unfortunately lost at the lab. Dorcas stepped in and resolved the issue efficiently, which was a huge relief.
Beyond just fixing the problems, she was exceptionally attentive and human in her approach, offering support that went above and beyond. She even suggested additional opportunities that helped me research our family history more effectively. Her professional yet compassionate handling of our situation made a world of difference during a difficult time (we live in a war zone unfortunately). I highly recommend her to anyone needing assistance—she is truly an outstanding representative of the team!

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
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Wie oben schon geschrieben die Sychronisation von Tree Familie mit My Heritage online funktioniert set dem 28.11.2025 nicht mehr. Kann keine Prifilfotos der Einzelpersonen im Stambaum bei Heritage einfügen. Bei Tree Familie funktioniert dies. Auch sind die einzelfotos der Personen in der Genologie bei nigel bufton vorhanden, weis nicht wie ich die in eine Datei runterladen kann.
Cristian von heritage bemüht sich sehr, aber es funktioniert einfach nicht. Gerd Schröder

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
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Frustrating
June 2, 2026

I have found it very frustrating that My Heritage offers so much - links to all sorts of stuff that relating to your family history, and then hides it all behind a further paywall. What is the point of this? It is already expensive to use without having to pay more to uncover the many links that you suggest relating to various family members

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
Sweden
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Complicated is my thought
June 2, 2026

I have membership with you but yet I get more information on other sites that you keep sending me but the problem is they cost money so I wonder why should I continue yours when it do not fill the purpose it was meant to be. Why do I need to do search on all these different sites is beyond me.

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
Poland
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My experience
June 2, 2026

I love My Heritage, gratfull for DNA test, big data base, conections with people from my matches.
The one bad thing is contact with You. I was waiting weekes for answer and help, now I have premium, but it doesn't changed. I waiting again. I heard that I yave my asistent, but she never aswered anymore…it is weak.

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
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J'ai rencontré un problème particulier au sujet de mon compte, assez épineux, et j'ai apprécié la façon dont plusieurs membres du personnel se sont investis pour le résoudre. Cela avait nécessité un grand nombre d'échanges de mails. Et ils ont réussi à le résoudre. Je leur adresse donc tous mes remerciements et mes félicitations.
Mais je regrette qu'aujourd'hui, il ne soit plus possible de faire quoi que ce soit sur notre compte gratuitement. Comme c'était le cas auparavant, Il faut absolument passer par l'abonnement., Ce que je ne peux envisager les prix étant pour moi prohibitifs. D'où ma déception

Date of experience: June 2, 2026
Spain
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Una gran ayuda.
June 1, 2026

Satisfactoria, me permite adentrarme en el pasado familiar e ir completando nuestro árbol.

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
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My Needs
June 1, 2026

I love all my heritage has to offer. But I only want info on my direct line nothing else. I wish I could eliminate all the rest. Please let me know if this is possible.

Thank you for all your help, I truly appreciate it!

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
Virginia
1 review
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I've found my ancestors!
June 1, 2026

I never expected to discover so many of my ancestors and the discoveries just keep coming. It is an amazing journey when the pieces of history come together. I wish my parents were still alive to see the information I have found.

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
New York
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My two issues are that it is easy to accept other's details that are inaccurate and it is hard to see the family tree and save details.

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
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Billeder og Udforsk
June 1, 2026

Jeg bruger især "Billeder" og "Udforsk", som har nogle gode hjælpemuligheder.

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
NL
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Prima site met prima service
June 1, 2026

Goede ondersteuning en hints naar documenten

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
NL
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MyHeritage is worth using.
June 1, 2026

I have been using MyHeritage for many years to build my family tree. By now, there are nearly 6,000 people in over 550 photos. The "oldest" person dates back to the 12th century.

What is also very nice are the Smart and Record Matches, allowing you to use available archives and research by others.

Date of experience: June 1, 2026
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Het belang om na het afronden van wat ik er uit wilde halen aan informatie toch bij my heritage te blijven zijn de gesprekken geweest met de medewerker(s) van het bedrijf... Zo werd het een win/win situatie voor ons beiden...

Date of experience: June 1, 2026