Celebrating World Adoption Day
Shared DNA isn’t the only thing that makes a family. This World Adoption Day, we celebrate adoptees, adoptive parents, and everyone whose life was touched by adoption. MyHeritage’s commitment...
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I Uncovered the 76-Year-Old Secret of My Mum’s Birth Father… and Unearthed a New Secret
Lisa, a MyHeritage user from England, has been researching her family history for over 30 years. For most of that time, a quarter of her ancestry was blank, as...
I Found My Mother After More Than 22 Years of Searching
MyHeritage user Isabelle Guilbert, 48, of southern France, spent many years trying to find out where she came from. Thanks to a MyHeritage DNA test, she was able to...
Last Year, She Uncovered Her Grandmother’s Secret Past. This Year, She Identified Her Mystery Biological Grandfather
Researching your family history is a gift that keeps on giving — especially for Stephanie Gustys. Last year, we posted the incredible story of how a DNA match helped...
I Took a DNA Test for My Health. It Found Me a Family
MyHeritage user Lizzie Shaltz, 40, from Michigan, was adopted as a baby. After dealing with some health crises, she decided to take a DNA test because she wanted “no...
We Discovered a Half-Sister on MyHeritage. She’d Been Looking for Us for 27 Years
Earlier this year, we came across a highly entertaining Twitter thread by Krystal Baez, 29, from Washington. She had received a DNA kit for Christmas and was excited to...
MyHeritage DNA Helped Me Find My Real Grandfather
MyHeritage user Anders Bergenek from Sweden suspected that his father may not have been biologically related to the man he knew as his grandfather. With careful research and a...
Half-Sisters from Across the Atlantic Find Each Other with MyHeritage DNA
Diane Ward was adopted as a baby in the state of Michigan, where adoption records are sealed. Her husband had also been adopted, and as she helped him hunt...