MyHeritage

MyHeritage
Type of business	Private
Available in	42 languages Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian ;
Headquarters	Or Yehuda, Israel
Owner	MyHeritage Ltd.
Founder(s)	Gilad Japhet (CEO)
Industry	Internet
Products	Family history website; Genealogy software; Mobile application; MyHeritage DNA; MyHeritage DNA Health; Family Tree Builder
Employees	531
URL	myheritage.com
Registration	Yes
Launched	2003
Current status	Active

MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services, introduced by the Israeli company MyHeritage in 2003.^[2]^[3]^[4] Users of the platform can obtain their family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search through over 19.9 billion historical records, among other features.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

As of 2023, the service supports 42 languages.^[9]^[10] In 2016, it launched a genetic testing service called MyHeritage DNA, with more than 6.5 million DNA kits in the company's database by March 2023.^[11] The company is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel,^[12] with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel,^[13] Lehi, Utah,^[14] Kyiv, Ukraine, and Burbank, California.

^ Calcalist’s 2018 List of 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups. Calcalist
^ Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (18 July 2011). "How A Startup No One Would Touch Crushed Silicon Valley Moguls And Became A Giant". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Meyer, David (19 September 2012). "MyHeritage automates record-matching as genealogy wars heat up". Gigaom. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ "MyHeritage Releases Redesigned Mobile App for Family History". Business Wire. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Lynley, Matthew (28 November 2012). "MyHeritage Raises $25 Million, Acquires Geni". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Lardinois, Frederic (15 October 2013). "MyHeritage Partners With FamilySearch To Add Billions Of Historical Records To Its Genealogy Database". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Noff, Ayelet (13 August 2009). "MyHeritage Releases New Version of Family Tree Builder". The Next Web. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wei-Haas, Maya (2018-06-25). "Could DNA Testing Reunite Immigrant Families? Get the Facts". National Geographic. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
^ Rudenko, Ganna (29 April 2015). "Anna Milkman: You shouldn't think that manna from heaven is everywhere here". Jewish News. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ MyHeritage Launches 3rd DNA Quest Initiative to Help Adoptees Find Their Birth Families. Yahoo! Finance
^ Friedman, Gabe (17 June 2015). "Global Family Reunion a triumph for online genealogy". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Lardinois, Frederic (28 April 2014). "MyHeritage Passes 5 Billion Historical Records, Adds 5 Million Daily". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ Gorrell, Mike (13 July 2015). "MyHeritage breaks down language barriers". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[calcalistech.com-1] Calcalist’s 2018 List of 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups. Calcalist

[BI-2] Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel (18 July 2011). "How A Startup No One Would Touch Crushed Silicon Valley Moguls And Became A Giant". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[GigaWars-3] Meyer, David (19 September 2012). "MyHeritage automates record-matching as genealogy wars heat up". Gigaom. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[BWApp-4] "MyHeritage Releases Redesigned Mobile App for Family History". Business Wire. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[WSJGeni-5] Lynley, Matthew (28 November 2012). "MyHeritage Raises $25 Million, Acquires Geni". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[TCBillions-6] Lardinois, Frederic (15 October 2013). "MyHeritage Partners With FamilySearch To Add Billions Of Historical Records To Its Genealogy Database". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[TNWFTB-7] Noff, Ayelet (13 August 2009). "MyHeritage Releases New Version of Family Tree Builder". The Next Web. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[:0-8] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Wei-Haas-9] Wei-Haas, Maya (2018-06-25). "Could DNA Testing Reunite Immigrant Families? Get the Facts". National Geographic. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-09.

[JNews-10] Rudenko, Ganna (29 April 2015). "Anna Milkman: You shouldn't think that manna from heaven is everywhere here". Jewish News. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[3rdDNAquest-11] MyHeritage Launches 3rd DNA Quest Initiative to Help Adoptees Find Their Birth Families. Yahoo! Finance

[Times-12] Friedman, Gabe (17 June 2015). "Global Family Reunion a triumph for online genealogy". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[TC5Billion-13] Lardinois, Frederic (28 April 2014). "MyHeritage Passes 5 Billion Historical Records, Adds 5 Million Daily". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

[STLTrib-14] Gorrell, Mike (13 July 2015). "MyHeritage breaks down language barriers". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2 November 2015.

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