Questions tagged [myheritage.com]
Questions related to the use of this commercial genealogy company's site.
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Why different results myheritage and ancestry dna give vastly different results when uploaded to gedmatch or illustrative
Eg.
V2 k15
Myheritage vs ancestry
East med:
39.48 vs 42.99
West asian
19.08 vs 18.73
West Med
16.94 vs 13.79
Red Sea
7.8 vs 8.3
This causes quite an a shift. Eg I go from being cypriot + 13% south ...
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Family data file .familyxbak format help
I have data pertaining to my Grandmother's side of the family, it is saved as a .familyxbak file which I think is some sort of backup file downloaded from a genealogy website like myheritage.com or ...
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Keeping family trees up-to-date or synchronised between websites
When I think about vendor lock-in I usually think about big tech companies like Apple, but websites like Ancestry.com, Familysearch.org and Myheritage.com don't seem to want to work together either. ...
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Showing Adopted Name and Birth Name on Family Tree
My biological parents gave birth to 9 children. When my birth father died, the 4 youngest children (including me) were put up for adoption and our names were changed. (4 different adoptive families)
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Can a person confirm paternity by results of a DNA matching service to the father's distant relative?
I am trying to find a way to confirm that the man listed on my birth certificate is my father or not (hopefully not). I have some obstacles, of course, one is that he died in 2011. We were not close (...
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Would half siblings share the same DNA links to extended family
I've matched with either a half sibling\aunt or niece on MyHeritage - we chatted and it seems like we share the same father. However, I have links to a 1st cousin once removed or second cousin, for ...
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Contacting MyHeritage users without premium account
Does anybody knows a trick of how to contact other users of MyHeritage if I am not using a premium account? Just purchasing the premium account for an email contact is an overkill for me.
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Can't export a GEDCOM file from myheritage.com
I was trying to export a GEDCOM file following the instructions on Can I export a Gedcom, but my list of possible actions does not show the link "Export to GEDCOM". Am I doing anything wrong?
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Convert tellmeGen DNA file to FTDNA file or similar to upload it
I have a DNA file from tellmeGen and was wondering whether I can convert the file to an ancestryDNA, FTDNA, MyHeritage or similar file format in order to upload it to myHeritage, FTDNA or DNA.Land for ...
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Assessing Biogene DNA results for half-sibling?
My sister and I have a perplexing situation. She believed a family friend to be a half brother, so they got a test at Biogene DNA. It states:
Based on the results of the analysis obtained from the ...
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Stacking DNA and trees?
I would like to combine information from my trees at Ancestry and MyHeritage and my family members' DNA kits. Is there a software program I can download that will let me input everything?
I need the ...
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Interpreting MyHeritage DNA Match of 973cM?
I just got a DNA match at MyHeritage with 973 cM, in common, which says first cousin. My mother had one brother, and it's from her side of the family. He had a son, who passed at a young age.
I am ...
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Managing MyHeritage messages
I'm wondering if I'm somehow missing/unaware of some features for managing my MyHeritage messages...
I consider myself a full-time amateur genetic genealogist. I need to contact a lot of matches to ...
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Deleting fact in MyHeritage "New Fact" panel?
How can I delete a fact that is listed in the "New Fact" panel?
Right now I have a list of 18 "BAPTISM" facts in the right hand pane from which to choose from.
Can I somehow delete 17 of them?
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Brother/sister have fully identical segment -- match only matches one of them on that segment
Using David Pike's tool:
https://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/FF23utils/pair-comp.php
I found that my mother and her brother are fully identical on the portion of chromosome(s) 4 from position 122.2 ...
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