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Ancestry/Genealogy

seaglass

(8,181 posts) Mon Feb 5, 2018, 05:39 PM Feb 2018

MyHeritage - opinions? [View all]

I have never used this site before and am interested in opinions before I invest. It doesn't appear that they have anything less than an annual membership

Wondering if you have used both MyHeritage and Ancestry and if you have seen wide variations in the data they have available.

Thanks!

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MyHeritage - opinions? [View all] seaglass Feb 2018 OP

I chose My Heritage based on reviews online. diddlysquat Feb 2018 #1

I did my DNA with Ancestry. I also uploaded my DNA file to DNALand for free and that gave seaglass Feb 2018 #4

Their ethnicity estimates are generally agreed to be way out and the worst of the major DNA tests Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #8

My sister did 23 & Me TuxedoKat Feb 2018 #9

I've been using Ancestry Galileo126 Feb 2018 #2

Thanks Galileo. After I posted this I went back to MyHeritage and looked through their seaglass Feb 2018 #3

Ancestry is compatible with Family Tree Maker radical noodle Feb 2018 #5

Yep. I use Ancestry but have a lot of records I can't find online that I "should" be able to so seaglass Feb 2018 #6

That's good to radical noodle Feb 2018 #7

My local library recently switched HeiressofBickworth Feb 2018 #10

Thanks for your comments. I've decided against buying a membership, it just doesn't seaglass Feb 2018 #11