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In depth
MyHeritage (MyHeritage.com) is a commercial genealogy database and DNA testing service, particularly strong in European records. It was founded in Israel in 2003 and has over 100 million users worldwide.
For CBD cases, MyHeritage is particularly useful for: (1) European records (especially Scandinavian, Eastern European, and Jewish records), (2) the Search & Match technology that automatically finds records matching family tree entries, and (3) the DNA matching service (particularly for verifying family relationships).
MyHeritage is a subscription service ($10-30/month). It also offers a free tier with limited features. The DNA test ($79) is comparable to AncestryDNA and 23andMe.
Related terms
Ancestry (Ancestry.com) is the world's largest commercial genealogy database, with billions of records and DNA testing services.
FamilySearch is the world's largest free genealogy database, operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with billions of records from around the world.
Genealogy is the study of family history and descent, the foundational research discipline for CBD cases.
A family tree is a diagram showing family relationships across generations, the visual representation of the citizenship chain in CBD cases.
A pedigree is a documented line of descent, the formal genealogical record used to prove the citizenship chain in CBD cases.
An ahnentafel is a numbered list of ancestors in a pedigree, using a specific numbering system that allows compact representation of multi-generational lineages.