I actually got what I wanted a DNA test it was the emails afterwards that pissed me off, I clicked on the unsubscribe link time and time again. I got feed up I emails and told them to close my account and why. But noting worked still getting spam emails... I don't care if so and so could be related to me. I paid for an DNA test and that all, hard sales tactics.
Following receipt of my DNA test results I had a question about interpretation. I phoned customer support and explained my wish to know about how my ethnicity related to a specific ancestor in my family tree. A return phone call was arranged from a specialist in the My Heritage Support Team. This specialist gave the information I was looking for and confirmed what had been handed down in a contemporary manuscript. I was very satisfied with this service and would not hesitate to recommend My Heritage.
My bank statement showed I was billed twice. I rang to inquire why & found out that was how it was set up. The lady I spoke to was able to get my account changed so that in future it would be only one transaction. She was able to get me a refund for it to be that way. She was a great help & when I asked where in the world she was she said Ireland I told her my Mum's side of my tree was from County Cavan & they came from there to Australia, it turns out that she is not far from there. Who knows our families might have known each other.? Thank you My Heritage I love your site. Lois Smythe.
I will start by telling you I can understand the volume of calls you must have, that some are time-consuming, etc but to sit and listen to music forever and get nowhere is not an example of customer service from a company I have been proud to be part of until I need help. I am tired of being #3 over and over and over. I will not leave confidential information in an e-mail. This is second time I have gone through this with your 24/7 support for Premium Plus. Catherine Willits
Started a 14 day free trail on the 04/07/23 and cancelled it on the 05/07/23. Last night I get a notification from my bank saying I have been charged £114 for my heritage! All day today I have tried to get incontact with someone about a refund but no luck! Reading by other reviews on Google its not a uncommon problem! Worst company ever!
Hello Katrina,
I would be more than happy to assist and follow up.
Please contact me at Dean.vipsupport@myheritage.com from the registered email address of your account at MyHeritage. In addition, please provide a direct link to this review.
Thank you,
Dean, MyHeritage Team
I have been using MyHeritage for many years and am highly satisfied. I have built a large family tree on my MyHeritage family site. I regularly search their databases for record matches and people matches from other family trees. I have also done DNA testing for myself and several of my family members through MyHeritage. I have discovered new relatives, and solved family mysteries. I strongly recommend MyHeritage for everyone with an interest in family history, whether you are just starting out or an experienced genealogist.
I had deleted a bunch of pictures from my web site to create more space. For some reason when I deleted the pictures the system did not update space allocation. I submitted a help desk ticket. The technical staff reviewed my issue and upped my storage allocation where it should of been. Excellent Service!
Thank You!
I spoke with Owen(sp) on the phone. He was extremely helpful in solving my problem. In addition, he walked me through how to fix a duplication problem I had on my Family Tree. He was both knowledgeable and patient as I am not the most computer savvy person. He is an asset to your help line.
If you have European/Jewish ancestry, MyHeritage would be the best choice. MyHeritage's customer service department is professional and willing to assist me.
When I wanted to change the shipping address, Customer service department did not reply me quickly. Consequently, the 2 kits had been shipped. They offered me 2 new kits to ship to my correct shipping address.
When in my country there are strict regulations on shipping DNA kits to foreign countries, Myheritage asked if they could refund the service fee to me. Actually, we went to France for business or asked someone travelling to USA to send our kits directly to Myheritage.
My grandmother had European appreance with pink skin, big brown eyes, brown hair but refused to share us information about her roots. The way she taught me was in Jewish style. We were so curious that we used Myheritage to discover our European, Jewish roots. I have 2.3% Iberian. My sister has 1.3% Finnish and 0.8% Jewish.
I appreciate the MyHeritage support. While on hold, you're regularly informed of your place in the call line. Once my call was taken, Marc took care to understand my problem and was very kind in explaining the solutions. I never felt as if he was trying to rush to get on to the next call. He took his time with me to make sure that all my issues were satisfactorily taken care of.
It would be impossible to describe the professionalism and patience of your billing representative, Jack. He listened to me rant about being billed twice for what I felt was for genealogical research. He then, simply mentioned a DNA kit. I was dismayed for not remembering I had ordered the kit from My Heritage! Duh! I even told Jack I was "$#*!ed", I mean retired! He got a kick out of that. Without going into my concern about not being able to research with my Premium membership as I wished, Jack agreed to refund the $66 I had been billed on May 26, 2018. He is a true ambassador, representing My Heritage. It was my "lucky" day to have Jack assist me. A grateful customer, Thomas H. Bland
Customer Support member Eoghan helped me within hours with a full refund after I didn't realise I had been charged. I was frantic, didn't know what to do.
He helped reassure me everything would be ok and issued a full refund.
With everything going on in the world right now, speaking too someone so calm helped alleviate the anxiety I was having surrounding the issue. I cannot thank this man enough. The world needs more people like him.
I am a satisfied user of My Heritage site since 2014. My family tree has 250 members and I made many amazing posters. Once I had a problem to regain access to this site because of my mistake of deleting my email account, I have received immediate help and support which made it possible for me to regain access to my account. Extraordinary customer support proved very efficient and remarkably kind. Thumbs up!
Had an odd issue on the tree that I had never encountered before.
Unlike many other times, got through on the phone quickly. The representatives are almost always helpful (almost always). Today the person responding was very helpful. Fast and effective. I wish every interaction with service providers was as smooth.
Joining my Heritage has made it possible for me to learn a lot about my family. I mean both immediate relatives and distant family members. It is enough to say that now I can boast nine generations of direct relatives with the oldest known to date being born in 1691. It was achieved without leaving my apartment. I just used prompts coming from MyHeritage.
I have also found priceless facts about my grandma, namely her boat trip to the USA in 1926.
So, I am a very happy customer.
There are some minor glitches with syncing my family tree created in the Family Tree Builder software with my family tree website. There some issues with the interface which I would not like to be there.
But, these are really minor things compared to the advantages coming from the full membership of the MyHeritage service.
I find MyHeritage to be very user-friendly. I’ve been a subscriber for nearly five years and my extended family loves the family event notices that appear automatically in their email. Recently I found I was unable to change my primary card photo, which must be some sort of glitch because I have always been able to in the past, but Customer Support hooked me up with Melody who did it for me. I’d also like to rearrange some cards of ex-spouses but find I can’t do that online, only on the Tree Builder, but that change won’t show up online, which is a disappointment. Overall I have found MyHeritage to be one of the best family websites.
I have been in contact with the My Heritage support group for years. Again, it was Ron who took charge of my problem, which he fixed very quickly. Ron's letter has a friendly and helpful tone, which I appreciate.
Thank you Ron for your quick help and I'm glad that My Heritage works with a great team.
Marcsi
Happy to have this,
wish I could gotten this earlier In life!
Due to a mix-up, my subscription was automatically renewed 2 months before I expected it to. I called customer service expecting them to give me a million reasons why they couldn't refund my money, but the very friendly service representative immediately offered to refund my money, and then did it on the spot. She also removed me from automatic renewal (her own suggestion) and happily answered other questions I had not related to the original problem. Truly excellent customer service.
I was stuck looking for an ancestor so I began My Heritage free trial, found my lost ancestor elsewhere, didnt cancel soon enough now stuck with 161.00 for a year. Only to discover if I want any information on my ancestors I need to pay 130.00 extra for data and 200.00 extra for more complete family info. Imagine my disgust. Plus Family Search is completely free and very helpful. Dont get sucked in on free trial! This site will only help if you pay $ 492.00
Dear Carol,
I'm sorry to find that you didn't cancel your free trial before the trial ended. I'd like to clarify and also assist you with receiving a refund.
For your information, one may view the status or cancel an annual subscription at any time online when logging into MyHeritage from the My Purchases page and incur no annual charge. In any case, a refund is guaranteed if you are not happy with your membership for 30 days from the initial purchase date of the subscription.
While FamilySearch is a free collection, some collections may require royalties and that's covered when you use our data subscription. This is why we offer a trial period to see our collections can really aide you in your research.
I'd like to offer you personal assistance with your refund, please e-mail me directly from your registered MyHeritage address at dean.vipsupport@myheritage.com, I'd be happy to assist you with high priority.
Sincerely
Always happy to help
Rafael
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.
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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Dear Catherine,
I absolutely understand how frustrating it is to wait to speak to a representative and I will do all I can to help.
I have now forwarded your request to our phone support department to contact you with very high priority. Please keep an eye out for our phone call.
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.
If you do not receive a phone call today, please e-mail me personally at rafael.vipsupport@myheritage.com so I may investigate why this is occurring.
Sincerely
Rafael
MyHeritage