MyHeritage has a rating of 4.3 stars from 4,740 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.
I recently subscribed to MyHeriatge and downloaded their Family Tree Builder program. I had some issues trying to download and upload fliles and well as syncing them. Tech
A Alon was very helpful. She was very knowledgeable about the programs and was a great help in getting me up and running with my new program. Thank you Alon for your help.
They helped me right away without trouble and I didn't have to wait more than a day to get an answer. Within three days my problem was solved. That's how services are supposed to be.
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.
Top Notch helpline. The help staff (who all seem to have Irish accents) have endless patience and good humor, even with an idiotic old codger like myself.
Have had the best service from MyHeritage... great communication and prompt replies to my questions! Now I'm eagerly waiting DNA results for my parents :)
Was given dna test as a gift didn't want 24 day trial I don't need to find anyone no notification £114 out of my bank cannot afford his really upset phoned emailed no reply
Problem promptly resolved with only 1 e-mail. Have had other minor issues over the years & always the same prompt respectful correct resolutions. Thank you staff.
Excellent service, very friendly and professional. Very patient with while helping find the right buttons as I have a vision problem.
Thank you so much
Several years ago, when I was a premium (paying member), I had numerous issues following an upgrade that despite many emails with screen prints went unresolved. I even uncovered a system glitch and reported it and never got an acknowledgement of receipt. The user manual index page numbers are grossly off making it even harder to find things and to help yourself. I cancelled my premium membership. I'm sorry that I built and put so much effort into building my family tree with their app. I should have used Ancestry. I still have an issue with email notifications being sent to family tree members about upcoming events for deceased people (I have clearly indicated in the app that they are deceased). This is very distressing to those who have lost their loved ones. Since you cannot get customer service help unless you are a premium member, I called the Sales office (of course they will take your calls there) and asked that this be reported to someone who could actually do something about it. So think carefully before deciding to use MyHeritage.
Taking more than two weeks already and not kit delivered. Called customer srrvice nobody amswers. They dont take cuatomers serously. Stay away frm this business. I can even request my money back. I will talk to my bank to reverse charges.
Dear Alberto,
I'm sorry for the delay and I understand how frustrating it is to wait for your kit. I sympathize with your efforts and will do all I can to help.
Your overall satisfaction is extremely important to us and I would like to investigate why you have not yet received your kit.
If you would like, I can issue you a refund as well by all means.
Please email me directly at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I may assist you with this as soon as possible.
Kind Regards
Rafael
MyHeritage
My request was only for a change of email contacts, but the help provided was very good, also talked me through my computer and it settings, some thing I would not have done by myself
Thank you
Even though i had a basic account from many years ago, they assisted me by telephone in recovering my info. It was complicated, but the agent was extremely knowledgeable.
I hd ordered 4 kits on 5th Nov n pd £180 fr them all. Today I receive a postcard from the Post Office saying that I have to pay £8 for Customs. Really?
Dear Lulu,
I'm sorry to read your low star review and I regret to find you were unaware of your country's policy on shipment and customs fees.
As you may know, MyHeritage has no control over the various local taxes involved when purchasing something online that is mailed from the United States.
If you have any questions on this or need any help, please feel free to e-mail me personally at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com.
Kind Regards
Rafael
MyHeritage
Gives me Smart matches almost everyday. My family tree has grown more than ever than with any other program. It was the only one who found my Great grandmother and all her relatives from Sweden.
Thanks for all your help and assistance through the registration process for our DNA kits after I made a mistake on line. So easily fixed when one knows how. Thank you.
Family Tree utility that is easy to use. Different levels of assistance are available including a DNA kit to aid matching various people.
Very professional and helpful organization.
I've been on hold for 1 hour 45 minutes I was caller 12 I'm now 5 just to cancel my subscription. You cannot cancel online a get a refund don't order there service they suck
Dear John,
I absolutely understand how frustrating it is to wait to speak to a representative and I will do all I can to help.
Our aim is to avoid long wait times and we absolutely value every single one of our genealogy researcher's questions and request for assistance. I hope that you will allow us to make up for this disappointing experience you have reported.
I must clarify that MyHeritage informs all of any charge and its price on the automatic e-mail that is sent out after you enroll in a subscription and after every renewal or purchase a DNA kit. Also, one may view the status or cancel an annual subscription at any time when logging in to MyHeritage from the My Purchases page and incur no annual charge.
Your member experience is very important to us and we really do value the satisfaction of all of our members. This is why our terms and conditions read that If you are not satisfied with your purchased plan you may request a full refund by contacting Customer Support within thirty (30) days of the initial purchase date of the subscription.
I would be more than happy to assist you personally with issuing you a full refund. In order to do so, I’m going to need to locate your account.
Please send me a message from your registered e-mail address at shane.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I may assist you with this as soon as possible.
I will be looking for your e-mail.
Kind Regards
Shane, MyHeritage Team
OK, how can you fault something they are giving you for free? Easy when you are met with a page demanding payment to use advanced features at just about every click. "Enjoy FULL access to ALL historical records "FREE for two weeks? EVIDENTLY NOT. This site is so frustrating to try and navigate and input information that I can't last the remainder of my "Free" trial period.
Dear Sheldon,
I'm sorry to hear about your experience with our free trial. During the 14 days, you should be able to enjoy for free all our Premium features.
If you're experiencing some issues that are not allowing you to fully enjoy our site, please contact me directly to follow up on it. Please email me your account details (account ID number or registered email address) via elena.vipsupport@myheritage.com and I will be happy to personally assist you.
Kind regards,
Elena, MyHeritage 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 (support@myheritage.com).
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 and fellow users, In regards to the FTB not working, I may have found a solution, please follow these directions. Please right click on the FTB icon on your desktop, and click on 'Properties': Once you have opened the 'Properties' menu then click on the 'Compatibility' tab: If the field "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" is checked, and it says below "Windows 7", uncheck the box. Please let me know if this has solved the issue. Should this not work for you then please get in touch with the support team at support@myheritage.com from your registered MyHeritage email address and a friendly representative will help you at the first available moment. Kind Regards, Dean, MyHeritage Team.
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: Dear Susan, Thank you for posting your question to us here on SiteJabber. I agree with Sandra in that you should write to the support team from your registered email address to support@myheritage.com and a friendly representative will be in contact with you at the first available moment. Trusting this has proven useful. Kind Regards, Dean, MyHeritage Team.
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: Dear Carolyn, Thank you for posting a question here on SiteJabber. I would like for you to as advised contact me directly at support@myheritage.com from your registered email address and also place my name within the subject of the email to ensure that you are forwarded directly to me. I will be more than happy to assist you with any questions or problems you may have. Looking forward to hearing from you. Kind Regards, Dean, MyHeritage Team.
Dear Dawn,
Thank you for your review.
I would like to look into this for you however I will need to locate your account. Therefore, please write to me directly from your registered MyHeritage.com email address to, dean.vipsupport@myheritage.com and I will give your case a high priority.
In addition when you present your case, please include a link to your review.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Dean,
MyHeritage Team.