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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Because of an error that I made, I did not receive any results from MyHeritage. I contacted them and got a reply and the problem solved immediately. Even though this was cause my my fault, and I was less than nice in my email to them, they were gracious and professional. Problems was solved by one of the nicest customer services persons I've have ever worked with. I gauge every purchase on customer service so MyHeritage would get 6 stars, if I could.
Outstanding job MyHeritage. Keep up the good work
I discovered MyHeritage and signed up for a two week trial. I mistakenly remembered this as a 4 week trial and so found myself billed for a year at a particular time of not intending that, and more importantly in a financial situation where I could not afford the fee. I relayed this to MyHeritage Support who immediately were decent enough to reverse the charge. I was very impressed because it leaves one with a good feeling about a service which t I feel at another time, I will subscribe to. When you start doing family tree work its good to know the Services you can rely on, and MyHeritage is one of those. Mary B
I was pleased to see my overall results. However, with every tease of 'new results' or even in order to see my original ones, I can get no access. I am not able to get link to change password (won't accept original one) to function. Cannot get humans on phone. Have tried repeatedly over several weeks. If a human would simply contact me, perhaps we could clear this up. As it stands, however, after initial enthusiasm, I am very, very disappointed.
I wish I had read the reviews before sending my DNA sample to MyHeritage. I just received my results and they could not be more far off or more cursory. Three blobs on a map with percentages, but no explanation or detail whatsoever. I have 250 years of documented Hungarian ancestry, with many close relatives still living there. My results? 0% Hungarian, 0% East European. 100% bogus!
Dear Eszter,
I am so sorry to hear about your poor DNA kit purchase experience so far with MyHeritage.
Your feedback is important to us as we are continuously working on our algorithms and after the initial launch of the Ethnicity Estimate Beta, we have documented all feedback from our users to improve and refine our current model.
We are still in the process of data analysis and we are still receiving and analyzing DNA samples for the MyHeritage Founder Population project. Once we will have analyzed most of the DNA samples for the different ethnicities, we will gradually add many more supported ethnicities in the MyHeritage Ethnicity Estimate. So, in other words, as the nature of DNA research grows, so will more precise ethnicity results widen in our new model for all of the various DNA strands found all over the world.
You will be assured to know that our research tools such as Smart matching and Instant Discoveries are now integrated with ones DNA results and have already been proven to be a very dynamic tool to research family history. This includes “ancestral surname” research and “DNA matching”.
I would like to ensure that your raw DNA is re-processed when our new updated model is ready in the very near future, so that your Ethnicity Estimate will be more refined. In doing so, I’m going to need to locate your account and forward this to our DNA department for special diligent reassessment.
Therefore, please e-mail me at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I request this for your DNA results as soon as possible.
Looking Forward
Rafael
Myheritage
Megan helped and saved me! Needed to put a different name in for a friend and forgot. She helped me through the whole thing to get it correct, since I'm not that computer smart. Thanks again Megan!
The only complaint I have is: you say support is there 24/7! NOT! Tried to call several times and was informed they were closed. False advertising?
Need to change your web site.
Gail
Have been in hospital after emergency operation. Missed the cut off for cancelling 14 day subscription. Have sent 4 emails asking for refund to the *******@myheritage email and have not had a response. My bank are investigating this as fraudulent behaviour as it says in my heritage's t&c's that they will refund within 30 days. Disgusting behaviour when you can't be bothered to reply!
I initially started w/ a $99 plan over five years ago. In January I was billed $299 for their most expensive plan. Going into my account, there is no way to reduce your plan or select a new plan. They automatically renew you into their highest plan w/o any discussion or notice. This is one of the worst tactics on how to make more profit. I am disputing my claim and hope to change services. Buyer beware... you will be taken advantage of in your billing.
Dear Nancy,
I am sorry to read your low-star review.
I must clarify that your statement regarding the changing of your plan is incorrect. We do not change your subscription without your request. Users can also contact customer service who can provide alternative options if they are not satisfied with their current plan or cost.
Please email me directly via kayleigh.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I may assist you on a direct basis.
Kind regards,
Kayleigh
MyHeritage Team.
My Heritage Family Tree Builder has provided a means for me to ‘grow' my family tree over the last 6 years in a way I could never have imagined possible. The facility offered for searching and smart matching with other members is outstanding and very user friendly so it is an amazing way of sharing information. The data base also continues to increase on a regular basis as more records become available. On the few occasions that I have had a problem, usually of my own making, the support team have responded within 24 hours with an answer to help me out and I have freely encouraged friends and family to join as well.
I really enjoy building my family tree and making discoveries. I just hate having to pay extra for every different method of record searching but them the brakes. It is a great site. I spend a lot of time on here working out my history.
My Heritage has given me the chance to learn so much about my ancestors that I would never have otherwise known. Apart from a small glitch because of my use of the program on two computers it's been a very enjoyable and eye opening experience.
Got an email my password was compromised a few days back. I'm so glad MyHeritage informs there customers sooner than later. Customer services was on top of it, gave me a temp password and stuck around while I changed to my new password.
Thanks Gang.
Had a nice chat with Kelly (my heritage rep). Helped me navigate the web site with confidence. Although we tried several times to complete an upgrade using a code provided by My Heritage, we were unsuccessful through no fault of Kelly's. Disappointed. Will have to wait until I receive an email from the company for further help.
I was searching for a long time a good way to create a Family tree... I just started to write down notes on paper... when I try out searching on the web. After trying 2 or 3 websites (that not satisfied me since the first 10 minutes I used), I found out MyHeritage!
This was really well made, easy to use, and I liked a lot the graphic design! I liked that I could have control of everything by moving with the mouse or zoom in or zoom out over each person added etc.
Also, great support center, they try everything to help you if you can't understand something!
I'm very happy and totally satisfied! Thanks!
MyHeritage is a great way to work as a genealogist on your family tree. It offers very efficient tools like access to many databases for your research, although a word of caution is appropriate here: do not fall into the trap of growing your tree with incredible speed, adding SmartMatches blindly or too lightly and always check the data at least against one other (primary) source. You might have to spend many hours of repairing profiles and/or connections. So just work on your tree as conscientiously as possible.
Anyway, MyHeritage is a fantastic tool which will keep you busy (or "hooked") every day for some minutes or even hours, once "infected".
A very important asset to working with MyHeritage is the Family Tree Builder (FTB), which one uses offline on the pc. As it synchronizes your genealogical data with your web tree on MyHeritage it is a great way of keeping your valuable data safe. And, FTB offers a great functionality to research data for a specific profile in great detail. Also, the export/import option (GEDCOM), both for your family website and FTB is quite helpful.
After some time and becoming more and more familiar with all the powerful options and the full functionality, MyHeritage and FTB have become essential and indispensable to me.
I have been using My Family Heritage for some years now and after some teething issues at the beginning, now find the program quite user friendly. If I had any concerns it would be about the charges and levels of membership. I would like to see maybe another level below Premier Plus as I have just about finished my direct family tree but still like to be able to use some of the "smart tools".
The support staff go beyond what is normally expected and receive. They have answered all of my concerns within 24 hrs and always with a "user friendly" solution, thanks.
I would never write a review again on this site. I wrote one several days ago and it is not even online. My mother's DNA did not even mention the country that almost all of her relatives came from. Buy DNA kits from Ancestry which I have done twice.
Lydia was very good and made lots of changes on my behalf whereby in profiles relatives were multiply added.
I did however find it difficult to understand how to do it myself with out deleting a lot of people and maybe having to add some back in again elsewhere
I subscribed to My Heritage at a special price of $75 for the "Complete" subscription in February 2020. There were certain features of this site that I did like but others that were not useful to me, given the point of my genealogy research. I recently received an email notification that my subscription would automatically renew at a price of $299. There is nowhere on their site, that I can find, that shows the various subscription levels and their costs. There is nowhere on their site where I can view or change my method of payment, or to remove the automatic renewal feature. I tried to contact customer support at the number provided on their site but gave up after being placed on hold for over 30 minutes. My only alternative is to cancel my subscription, which they do allow for online, just before they plan to renew my subscription.
Dear Dennis,
I am sorry to read you are unhappy with our service so far.
We value the satisfaction of all of our members and strive to offer a first-class service to our members. I would like to investigate your case personally, please send me a message from your registered email address to shane.vipsupport@myheritage.com and I will be more than happy to help you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Shane, MyHeritage Team
This is the first time I have rung Myheritage to ask a question. The professional attitude and easy manner in which Shimon helped me with my Inquiry was outstanding. My experience with the family tree program has been exceptional also. If all staff are as knowledgeable and friendly as Shimon I will recommend them to any one.
Paul Morris. Australia
MyHeritage is an excellent search engine that facilitates the location of long lost relatives and family members. It provides effective access to billions of records world wide.
On the human side, behind MyHeritage there are a very warm, keen and extremely helpful group of people. I highly recommend MyHeritage.
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, Yes I have the same problem, I wrote to My Heritage and they have still not responded to my request for assistance. They are highly Sloppy and unprofessional in responding to customer request for assistance. Even though they have and excellent Technical Team. Fortunately I have another Computer with Windows 8 as a result of which I am able to continue working with my Website. But recently a few problems have cropped up with the recent upgrade of the My Heritage Program and have sent in a request for assistance and till today 3-5 months later I have no response. Apparently the company believes that they can play games with the customers. I firmly believe that they have somehow gone into self destructive mode.
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: If you have any problem with My Heritage you should email support@myheritage and state that you with to terminate the programme. They will tell you how to go about it. Hope that helps Sandra.
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: Hi After posting my complaint about MyHeritage on here I got a very quick response from some one called Dave at the company. He told me to send an email to support@myheritage.com and add the subject Dave: sitejabber. He responded a couple of days later - I emailed on a Saturday - and the auto repeat on my subscription was cancelled and my money refunded within days. Hope this helps.
Dear Brenda,
This is indeed something to be concerned about and I totally understand how bothersome it may be to wait for a response for several weeks.
I absolutely sympathize with your efforts and will help you with this immediately.
In order to do so, I am going to need your kit number or your registered e-mail address.
Therefore, please e-mail me at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I may assist you with getting access to your results as soon as possible.
Kind Regards
Rafael
MyHeritage