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3.1

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MyHeritage earns a 3.1-star rating from 24 reviews and 507 complaints, showing that the majority of family history enthusiasts are somewhat satisfied with genealogical research tools and services.

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11:00 am EDT

MyHeritage Unauthorised credit card charges

An amount of £99 was taken from my Halifax bank account NO.[protected] on 09/04/21 description BLS*MYH_WORLDVITAL CD ) 0363. I would like this cancelled and the money refunded please.
I did not authorise this money to be taken from my account and would like it to be returned as soon as possible.

Thankyou Robert Haydock.
[protected]@btinternet.com

Desired outcome: Refund

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Isabelle MyHeritage Team
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May 07, 2021 4:48 am EDT
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Hello Robert,

Please accept our apologies and regret to hear you were charged unexpectedly. I would be happy to assist you with a refund, but unfortunately I'm unable to locate a MyHeritage account with the details in your review.

Please feel welcome to email me at isabelle.vipsupport@myheritage.com from your registered email address and I will find a solution for you.

Kind regards,
Isabelle MyHeritage Team

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10:28 pm EDT

MyHeritage DNA Testing

I had bought 2 DNA kits: Order placed December 1, 2020 - DNA Shipped December 4, 2020 - DNA Kit activated Jan 8, 2021. So far no DNA sample received at the Lab - And no DNA Extraction in Progress. I sent the sample to the US January 9th 2021. Still we are waiting. Maybe it has been lost in the post I don't know. Our respective Kit Numbers were Wendy Jones MHK27MA2

My Husband Antonius Mesman Kit number were MHDA7762. I am desperate to get the results as my husband has inoperable cancer and he so wanted to know the results. His Grandson got his results with 4 weeks this is now 4 months.

Desired outcome: A new kit for Anthonius and myself would be appreciated if you can find our kits we have sent.

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4:47 am EDT

MyHeritage myheritage subscription takes from my paypal 120€!!!!!! after i cancelled free trial

one month ago i've tried myheritage for one day, and before log out i've cancelled free trial, now after a month i checked my paypal transaction and i noticed that they've took 120€ on 17th march!they can easily see that since march 3 i've never login in their site since they send an email every time you log in, i was convinced that they've canceled the free trial, now i read that they refund policy is only of 30 days, but i never utilized their service and never had any intent, i want my refund immediately please it was your error, since i've cancelled this free trial isn't my fault that their site don't work properly, and i hadn't noticed in my email cause it's my work email and i receive a lot of messages everyday

Desired outcome: refund

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6:46 pm EDT

MyHeritage Being charged when I was told I wouldn’t be

I am a 23 and me customer. While searching other genealogy sites I came across MyHeritage. The ad stated that if I were already a paying customer with 23 and me there would be no charge to download MyHeritage information. I was charged and called my heritage several times plus sent several emails. Now I am contacting my credit card co
To have the charge reversed.

The response I received said I would no longer be charged annually as of next year.

Desired outcome: Credit to my visa

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3:31 pm EDT
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MyHeritage My Heritage deducting £79 without warning after a free trial

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£79.00 was deducted from my Paypal account today, 14/04/2021 by My Heritage. I opted for a free trial recently, didn't use it, and decided not to subscribe. I had no prior notice that this money was about to be deducted from my account. I think this practice is dishonest in the extreme.
If a free trial is about to end, surely it would be a good idea to inform the customer and ask them to make a decision about whether to continue? Not to just remove money from their account.
Please refund my money.

Desired outcome: Refund of £79.00

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12:37 pm EDT

MyHeritage DNA Test results

I'm not convinced that My Heritage DNA results are at all accurate. I did my DNA test on My Heritage and My aunt on my mother's side, did hers on Ancestry then uploaded the Gedcom onto My heritage.

Now my results came back as 58.3% English, 22.7% Scottish, Irish and Welsh and 19% Scandinavian, when all my ancestors are either Scottish or Irish when tracing back my family tree.

My aunt has similar lineage though more Scottish than Irish. Her DNA ethnicity with Ancestry was 97% Scottish and 3% Irish but on loading the Gedcom to My Heritage ite returned results as 53.2% English, 30.8% Scottish Irish and Welsh and 16% as 2 other ethnicities!

In addition your mapping for England includes all the Scottish border and lowlands region including the whole of Fife and as far up as Glasgow. Given there is the highest concentration of Scottish people living in those areas then this just adds to the feeling that this is a poor DNA database

To me this points to the results via My Heritage being wildly inaccurate.

Stephen Lynch
[protected]@hotmail.com

Desired outcome: Refund

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8:35 am EDT

MyHeritage No reply from support center

I have tried to contact the support center at [protected] and [protected] several times without successd.
With immediate effect this is notice to cancel my subscription/membership and I expect a refund for the remaining amount for the period 10 april 2021 to 08 april 2022.
As my email address has changed I am unable to log into my account.

My information is as follows:
Name: Ulrica Stamelius
Birgittavägen 9
Järfälla 17731
Sweden

NEW email address is: grevinnan.[protected]@gmail.com

OLD email addrsess : grevinnan.[protected]@comhem.se

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4:18 pm EDT

MyHeritage Unauthorised payments

Unauthorised credit card charges imposed. The above company has been imposing unauthorised credit card payments from my account. How and why this happened I do not know. I would like a complete refund of my payments to be made to me. My email address is [protected]@btinternet.com. I have noted the same complaints about this company on the web, and following similar complaints, suitable refunds were obtained. I would like the same outcome for myself. I also think the company should be proscribed, as my objections are supported by other correspondents to this website.

Desired outcome: BlsMyHeritage to be proscribed

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I took out a 14 day free trial and tried to cancel the subscription on the yesterday, which is the final day. Trying to cancel is difficult and no reminder is sent out. I tried again today to cancel only to find that I have now been charged £113 for a year's subscription I do not want! I have tried contacting MyHeritage without any success. The 14 day free...

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MyHeritage Renewal charge after cancellation attempt

Hello

My name is Carol Macklin and I am In Sydney, Australia.

I have not found My Heritage useful at all and went to a lot of trouble going through your website to find how to cancel the subscription which I knew was coming up in February. I believe I went through the correct process a month ahead of the renewal date.

I believe this process is quite a complicated one.

I now find that my subscription was renewed on 29 March.

This cost me almost $300 Australian and is a total waste of my money as I will not be using it. If you look at my user record you will see I was not using it, so why would I wish to renew?

I am applying for a refund of the payment.

I also wish to have clear advice to ensure that my card will not be used in this way again.

Thank you

Carol Macklin

Desired outcome: Refund

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12:40 pm EDT
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MyHeritage Premium

I purchased the Premium subscription after speaking with a sales representative for the purpose of the "Smart Matches". According to the rep, MyHeritage would search their immense database of family trees and find people in common and offer to add branches to your tree. "When you add a person to your family tree, MyHeritage's algorithms will immediately get to work searching our vast database of family trees to find entries that appear to list the same person.

Each individual you add to your tree increases the chance for additional discoveries. With Smart Matches™, you might be able to grow your tree exponentially or learn valuable new information you wouldn't have found from other sources".

After a few days, I noticed that I had received no Smart Matches. I called and was told that they would be updated weekly. After a week, still no matches, even though I know of 4 other cousins who have trees on MyHeritage with common family members to me. I also told them that I was having problems with their "Family Tree Builder" and they said they would have a technician call me. I never received a callback.

I called to cancel but was told that they would resolve the problem and to just give it another week, which I did. Still no Smart Matches (which is the only thing that I was purchasing it for).

I called after another week to cancel. They said they were sorry that I had not received any matches and that they would "escalate" the service call and have someone return my call. No one ever called.

I called the 3rd week to cancel and still received an apology and was "guaranteed" a call back to fix the Smart Match problem. I was told that they were very busy and that I was assured of getting a callback within a few days.

Another week has gone by with no resolution, no Smart Matches and no callbacks. So, I called today to cancel AGAIN, only to be told "You had 30 days to cancel to get a refund. We can cancel your account so you won't be renewed next year but it's been 35 days". So, no refund!

I feel I was scammed. I never received what I paid for, while actively communicating and pursuing resolution. They kept assuring me that it would be properly fixed, only to keep me on for over the 30 day period. ATROCIOUS.

Desired outcome: Refund

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6:14 am EDT

MyHeritage took money out my bank without permmission

this company is terrible do not subscribe they take a years payment out your account instead of a month

Desired outcome: want my £79 back

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9:46 pm EDT

MyHeritage fraud...plain and simple

This is absolute [censored]! I did not buy a damn thing from you guys. Return my payment of 191.48 usd immediately! [protected]@teachers.org
i'm telling you the truth...i WILL hunt down, and find whoever hit the button to take that payment out ..do you think you are the only people who know how to use the internet? or know how to use backdoor scamming schemes? If you take something far enough, you're going to eventually meet the guy who will screw you in return. Nice to meet you. ...i can assure you, there are ways to track everything today. I WILL find the source. Count on it. Return that money...immediately. I will not stop. You can count on that too. I will track you down if it takes every resource at my disposal. No matter how long it takes. Beginning today. I WILL find your office, I WILL find your location..and I WILL find the person who did this.

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MyHeritage Myheritage LTD

I recently checked my account and noticed that unknown for me company BLS Myheritage LTD took money from my account. I didn't authorize any payments and it was very strange. As well as I checked reviews about this company and found out that there were many customers, who lost different sums of money and they couldn't reach the seller. I have the same issues. Please, help me to return 244.77 Euros back.

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10:03 pm EST
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MyHeritage Unauthorized Credit Card charges - Cancel registration

My name is Marina and I'm Brazilian.
I had already registered in My Patrimony but never used it because after registering my friend told me that the company would make automatic debit in my account.
I wrote to this company and asked to cancel my registration, but My Heritage did not respond.
However, they continued to send emails to use this site.
I only request the completion of my registration and consequently the automatic discount on my account.
Regards
Marina Prado Motta
Account ID: [protected]

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Isabelle MyHeritage Team
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Mar 13, 2021 9:35 am EST
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Dear Marina,

I would like to personally assist you with a resolution. Please contact me at isabelle.vipsupport@myheritage.com with a link to your review. Please ensure to contact me via your relevant registered email address so I can assist you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Isabelle MyHeritage Team

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MyHeritage Unauthorised charge to my Account

Dear Sir/Madam,

There was an unauthorised charge to my Account on the 8th March 2021
of £120.00 on the 'Howard Web Site'.

I require the £120 to be refunded to me immediately, otherwise this fraudulent transaction will be reported to the necessary authorities;
and appropriate action will be taken against your company.

Yours Sincerely,

Helen Howard

[protected] /[protected]

Desired outcome: Request the money is refunded

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MyHeritage Unable to cancel my trial

I have been sick in bed most of the past week and was unable to cancel my trial. We have had some big expenses this week and I must cancel now.
I hope you will be able to accommodate me at this time. Thank you for understanding!

Pre-Authorization Debit At Bls*Myheritageltd, [protected], Ut On 030621 From Card#: XXXXXXXXXXXX4657

Vickie Daniel

Desired outcome: money refunded

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MyHeritage Genealogy Research Website

My Smart Matches and Discoveries has quit working. When I click the recommended Smart Matches and Discoveried, I get ERROR CODES. This has been going on fir six days (March 1st).

Desired outcome: Please fix.

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2:48 pm EDT

MyHeritage My Heritage scam

Fair warning that you do not send membership funds to My Heritage. It's a scam/a rip off. Stay away from them.

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12:38 pm EDT
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MyHeritage Illegal charge to credit card

Rosemary Parsons On August 25, 2020, I had a charge on my Citi card from
BLS*MYHERITAGELTD, phone number [protected], in the amount 0f $89.00. Found this when I started doing my tax return for 2020. I did not use this service and would like a refund. Thank you, Rosemary [protected]

Desired outcome: Refund Please

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MyHeritage is a genealogy platform offering users the ability to create family trees, search through historical records, and take DNA tests to explore their ancestry. The service provides tools for discovering, preserving, and sharing family history. Users can also access photo enhancement and colorization features.
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