A full six-episode documentary about the history of MyHeritage has just been released. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have.
I am incredibly grateful for all of the MyHeritage tools and want to say a personal congratulations to Gilad Japhet. He personally started this company two decades ago and has literally changed the world.
I’ve been very privileged to be in the right place at the right time to be a part of launching these new technologies, some of which leverage DNA, but all of which benefit genealogists.
Congratulations Gilad – and thank you from genealogists around the world. What a leap – from pen and paper to DNA, AI and automation that does what we, individually, cannot. What an incredible legacy – and they are just beginning.
I can’t wait to see what’s next!
You can be a part of the MyHeritage genealogy family by purchasing a MyHeritage DNA test here or upload your DNA file from other vendors free here.
You also receive 14 days free when you sign up for a records subscription here. If you don’t like the subscription, just cancel at the end of 14 days to avoid billing. I use the combination of DNA and records nearly every single day. I can’t imagine genealogy without both.
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How does one get to view the documentary?
Ohhhhh …. the “play” links have now appeared … thank you!
I watched all 6 episodes. So interesting! Thanks for sharing the information about it!
Roberta, Just finished watching the documentary. A lot of good information about the company. I need to spend more time on MyHeritage. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
I would be interested in using myheritage IF… they used maiden names rather than married names. My female ancestors married more than once. I didn’t always know what name they were using. That’s why I was looking for them. I rarely looked at an entry for Susan Smith if I never knew her as Susan Smith.
You can select how you want to view those fields and how to display yours.
The trouble with maiden vs married names is that MyHeritage is assuming that other countries use that concept. And have used it for the last 500 years. And of course, as the saying goes when you assume you make an a** of yourself.
I haven’t yet found any evidence that women used married names when researching my Portuguese ancestors (all 99% of them). When a Maria Martins married a Manuel Silva, her death record would in most cases be for Maria Martins, not for Maria Silva. The same for her name in the baptism records of her children.
Then again, most of the clients of MyHeritage are of anglo-saxon descent, so it is easy to understand the bias..
I like MyHeritage and have a Complete Plan. I enjoy the features they have for photographs and matching to people and records.
One thing I would like is for them to finally provide us with matching on the X chromosome, which they have said is “coming” for years now.
But I would recommend them to anyone, particularly for those with ancestry in Europe to get matches who currently reside in Europe. I have had some great matches there, and transferred several family members who had tested elsewhere.