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MyHeritage has a rating of 3.3 stars from 3,771 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with MyHeritage most frequently mention family tree, customer service, and support team. MyHeritage ranks 1st among Genealogy sites.

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Thumbnail of user lesj5
New Zealand
1 review
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July 15th, 2016

I have been with my heritage for over 7 years and the first time I have had a major problem with the program not syncing because of duplicate entries I contacted support, They answered within two days and then the person pushed me up the chain to a person who could help me. Three days of e-mails and easy instruction problem diagnosed and fixed. Hassel free and impressed with the service I received. Saved 7 years of hard work. Well done my heritage.
Les James
New Zealand

Date of experience: July 14, 2016

Thumbnail of user dorothyb59
North Dakota
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February 14th, 2018

Dear Arron,
Thank you so much for your time and help in getting my gift kit activated. When I was ready to quit you were not and had great patience in getting the job done. You give great service for the company.

Dorothy B.

Date of experience: February 14, 2018

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Florida
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June 15th, 2018

I can only research back to 1908-before that my relatives were in Europe-if my American history went further I could learn more. I thought I could follow further back when I ordered this. The info from 1908 thru present was very helpful.
E Parness`

Date of experience: June 15, 2018

Thumbnail of user jamesm1346
Maryland
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June 15th, 2018

I had mistakenly thought I had done a DNA test with another company and wanted to get another one from MyHeritage for comparative purposes. I purchased a kit online, only to discover that I had already done their test a while ago! I called MyHeritage and was met by a cheerful PaulaG, who quickly offered to cancel my new order. I gratefully said yes, then moved onto my wife's DNA results which exhibited some puzzling results. PaulaG unerringly showed me some keystrokes which provided more detailed results that finally made sense. With that she also provided me some useful history about the historical relationship of the English and the Vikings. One stop shopping, coupled with a sunny disposition! A role model for others in the business of customer service to emulate!

Date of experience: June 15, 2018

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Arizona
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July 3rd, 2020

MyHeritage representative Paul was absolutely amazing, friendly, knowledgeable and professional. I received my kit, got my results in a decent amount of time and was so excited to see my heritage as well as who I was related to. I highly recommend my heritage (:

Date of experience: July 2, 2020

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New York
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March 17th, 2017

Their results said I was 97% Western European/U. K./Ireland/Scotland. Very broad area, 2% italian and 1% Asian. Before sending them my DNA I had already traced my maternal lineage back 3 generations to Croatia. Their results said I had no Balkan DNA! Go figure... Not only do I look exactly like my mother, I have the same hereditary rare disease. As other reviewers indicated it appears they profile their DNA results to your name. In my case my married surname is very scottish and my first name, Angela, is Italian (I was named after a friend of my mom's, no relation). I guess they threw the 1% Asian to make it look more authentic. I have submitted a DNA sample to another DNA research Company. Maybe this will prove them creditable and me to be a switched at birth foundling or MyHeritageDNA to be just another Shister Scam.

Date of experience: March 17, 2017

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Israel
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February 10th, 2018

My experience was very pleasant. The Representative that helped me was very helpful, kind, pleasant and actually I wish I remembered his name because there arent enough kind words to express how he handled my situation. Thank you

Date of experience: February 9, 2018

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Maryland
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May 11th, 2018

It took tech support only 1/2 day to diagnose that the problem I was having with my family tree and to correct the problem all the while dealing with my at any query I had. Problem resolved within 1/2 day

Date of experience: May 10, 2018

Thumbnail of user robertl188
California
3 reviews
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April 8th, 2016

I purchased a subscription to MyHeritage in response to an offer transmitted by an affiliated company called FamilyTreeDNA. Although this on-line purchase transaction seemed straightforward, it did not give me access to the services I had just purchased. After my first effort to resolve the problem through MyHeritage technical support was unsuccessful, I tried again and this time connected with an associate, Sharon, who took the time to diagnose and then resolve the problem. This required several e-mail exchanges over a two week period, so if others should find themselves in a similar situation, then patience and persistence are strongly suggested.

Date of experience: April 7, 2016

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Pennsylvania
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June 23rd, 2018

I talked to Patrick to help me sign into the MyHeritage site so I could order a DNA kit.
Patrick was very helpful, very professional. He gave me a sign-in code and stayed on the phone with me to be sure I was able to sign in. A very good experience for me thanks to Patrick.

Date of experience: June 22, 2018

Thumbnail of user davidt267
Arizona
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July 18th, 2017

I ordered 2 kits, one for me and one for my wife. I was able to register mine OK but for some reason I was unable to register my wife's. Whoever took my call was extremely helpful and we resolved the issue in no time!

Date of experience: July 18, 2017

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New Zealand
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September 25th, 2017

I have just spent approx 20 minutes speaking to Aaron from the My Heritage Support Team and I am most impressed with the assistance I was provided by him. Aaron was patient, helpful and went into great detail to explain things clearly to me which I really appreciated. Aaron has also now emailed me detailed instructions to assist me with some family trees I wish to merge/delete. I am really grateful for the assistance I was provided by Aaron - thank you.

Date of experience: September 24, 2017

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Arizona
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July 16th, 2018

I tried to add a photo of myself to my profile and the system would not let me do it. I called and talked with Shaun and he did it for me and then showed me how to do it in the future if I need to add photos in the future.
Thanks.

Date of experience: July 16, 2018

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Canada
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January 26th, 2022

Had an issue which saw 4 tickets and was ongoing that had me near quitting the site until 1 party worker; Shayli, came and took over handling the issue. She showed efficiency throughout and resolved the problem that had her wondering why it wasn't resolved sooner.
An employee such as she is dependable and knowledgeable and can keep the site in very high standards as this is what is needed. Tickets need to be handled in a timely manner and Shayli did wonderfully and even explained what she had done.
I enjoy the site but there is a need for some improvements, like all businesses. I am really grateful to Shayli and hope My Heritage will continue to have employees as dependable, trustworthy, reliable and efficient.

Date of experience: January 25, 2022

Thumbnail of user alexanderk50
Israel
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May 20th, 2017

Although I work pretty much on my family tree. In the course of my research, I discovered that there are records that are time-consuming and of low importance to the family tree. Like matching records. Alon, a representative of MyHeritage, offered me a professional solution. Which can be applied in a number of ways, depending on the specific problem. Thank you very much. Alexander Kafri

Date of experience: May 20, 2017

Thumbnail of user herec1
California
1 review
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August 9th, 2017

This site is stupid. They have my dad being born in the 1800 and he wasn't born until 1924. Same dad/mother listed. Wrong guy. Don't waste your money on this site, they apparently don't have any idea what they are publishing.

Date of experience: August 9, 2017

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MyHeritage Support T. – MyHeritage Rep

Dear Here C.

I'm sorry to read your review and will do all I can to help.

If I understand you correctly, you may have located a SmartMatch™ from someone's tree that is listing the same father and mother as yours but there is inconsistent information attached to the matching profile.

MyHeritage offers a suite of many different kinds of researching tools. One of them is our SmartMatch™ feature that matches people that you have defined in your family tree with people in other family trees that members all over the world have created on MyHeritage.

While this tool has helped literally millions of our members in finding more information about their family roots, it is the researcher's responsibility to evaluate the source & information it provides and resolve conflicts in information through contacting the site manager from where the match derives from.

Therefore, I would recommend you to track down the referenced source by contacting the site manager of the match to verify if indeed the information is correct and the other site manager simply needs to update his information or if it is just a simple coincidence in names.

In order to contact someone from another family site in regards to a Smart Match™, simply visit the matches page and click on 'Review matches'. Each match in the list will show the source site as well as the name of the webmaster. Hover over the name of the site manager and click on the 'Contact' button.

Please let me know if you need help with this by all means. Simply write to my inbox from your registered e-mail address and address it to rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com.

I would be happy to give you more details on how to use our features and help you with your research.

Warm Regards
Rafael
MyHeritage

Thumbnail of user kellyr227
Brazil
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February 11th, 2019

I contacted myheritage customer attendance yesterday to ask for help about a undue charge. Stefanie talked with me and was a very good listener. She helped me with my issue very quickly. I'm very satisfied, and I recommend the "Myheritage" services.

Date of experience: February 11, 2019

Thumbnail of user bjornb8
Norway
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December 27th, 2015

After some trial and error a few years ago, I ended up with a page in MyHeritage. It was one smart choice would be seen as time passed. I chose a side of my father's family and one side of my mother's family, not something I would recommend if the families are large. Better and have all gathered on a page.
Start-up and creation of a family tree at MyHeritage is free and only after several years if the tree has been great, it will cost a bit, but it's worth itathered at one familieside.

Date of experience: December 27, 2015

Thumbnail of user davidw147
New Zealand
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April 14th, 2014

I have nothing but praise for this programme. It is easy to use for someone in the older age group, the instructions are clear and concise. The support group connected with MyHeritage couldn't be more helpful and of other sites I tried in the past and discarded, this is by far the best. Well done to all associated with it.

Date of experience: April 14, 2014

Thumbnail of user alexas129
Netherlands
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December 29th, 2022

I got an email about a year contract today and I can't cancel it anymore. It's not possible to contact the customer service about this issue. There's only an automated chatbot. All I wanted is a dna test no year contract.

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Date of experience: December 29, 2022

Thumbnail of user robertw439
New Jersey
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April 11th, 2018

Customer Service Representative was charming, professional, polite, answered all of my questions /concerns, and quickly resolved the issue. I am very satisfied with the company's follow-up support and will recommend using MyHeritage DNA to my family and friends.

Date of experience: April 10, 2018

Thumbnail of user johank15
Sweden
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December 10th, 2015

My family has quite a large tree, one of the branches
Traced many hundred years back, so the possibilities
To make a smooth import from other databases
Into My Heritage turned out to help us a lot.
I know that many family have enjoyed being able
To send birthday greetings while browsing through
The family's historical data.

Date of experience: December 10, 2015

Thumbnail of user hansk16
Australia
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October 28th, 2017

The issue was that my Family History Tree would not synchronise.

Using TeamViewer is/was a very good way to assess the issue.

The myHeritage technician very thoroughly searched all possibilities that stopped synchronising.

Managed to synchronise by switching off the antivirus program (Avira).

What disappointed me was that there was no intention to contact Avira and solve the issue for all other users.

Switching on/off my antivirus protection is a temporary solution.

I have been using Avira for a long time and this problem is recent.

Further, I have an other Family History Tree, used as a research file/storage of loose information which I hope to link to my Family Tree.

This site synchronises without switching on/off Avira.

Looking forward to a permanent solution, for my benefit as well as other users of Avira.

Date of experience: October 28, 2017

Thumbnail of user caittyw
Canada
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September 1st, 2023

I signed up for a free trial from this website two weeks ago and the exact same day, Tried to cancel my account from the website because it is not what I thought it was. You have to enter your own family information, not find out about your family so I tried to cancel and today they charged me $200 for a subscription that I tried to cancel 2weeks ago and when I tried to contact their help team, it isn't set up in any way that's easy to actually help you, you talk to a computer that has the exact same four responses over and over and asks you the same question over and over again. Overall just a terrible experience, and I want my money back but no member of the team has contacted me since my help chat.

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Their support team is wack

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Date of experience: September 1, 2023

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MyHeritage Support T. – MyHeritage Rep

Dear Caitty,

I'm sorry that this happened and will do all I can to help. In order to help you receive a refund, I need to verify some things with you.

Therefore, please contact me directly from your registered account at dean.vipsupport@myheritage.com. I'd be happy to assist you with high priority.

Sincerely
MyHeritage Support Team

Thumbnail of user patricias497
Michigan
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July 22nd, 2018

I contacted them that I was having problems printing trees and that all I was getting was errors and garbled trees. They sent me a message of how to print a tree, Really did you not even read the message, still not resolved.

Date of experience: July 22, 2018

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MyHeritage Support T. – MyHeritage Rep

Dear Patricia, I am sorry to read you low star review and would like to resolve any issues you may be having. Feel free to email me with your account ID or registered email address to john.vipsupport@myheritage.com Thank you.

Kind Regards,
John,
MyHeritage Team

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MyHeritage is the leading platform for discovering family history internationally. On MyHeritage you can explore your global roots, find new relatives, and make amazing discoveries with genealogical search tools.

Start your family tree by entering a few names, and MyHeritage will do the rest. MyHeritage’s matching technologies for genealogical research will automatically find new information for you in a diverse collection of 47 million family trees built by users all over the world, and in a huge database of 20.1 billion historical records.

The historical record collections include vital records (birth, marriage, and death certificates) from 48 countries; census and immigration records; gravestone and burial records; and much more. Learn more.

Scan and improve your family photos with MyHeritage’s AI-based photo features: repair scratched or damaged photos, colorize black and white photos, bring blurry faces into focus, or even animate your photos.

The MyHeritage DNA test reveals your genetic origins across 2,114 geographic regions with a simple cheek swab, and matches you to relatives you never knew existed in MyHeritage’s DNA database of 7.8 million people. Your DNA results are private and secure, and will never be shared or sold.

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