Downloading and Importing MyHeritage

Full Chromosome and ICW/Triangulation data is currently unable to be collected directly from MyHeritage.
However, the browser extension Pedigree Thief can provide us with some information.

ICW and Triangulation data via Pedigree Thief

Written with the guidance of Colin Thomson who is the developer of the Pedigree Thief tool. See the Help page of Pedigree Thief for more information if needed by right clicking on the PT icon in your browser.

Downloading the Data

Gathering your Matches.

Pedigree Thief needs to create its own database to then be able to gather the rest of the desired data.

The "Save Stored Matches" button produces a csv file that is not needed for GDAT imports, but you can save this for your own needs if desired.

Gathering your ICW and Triangulation Data

Note: The "Save Chromosome Data" button will create a csv file that is not needed for GDAT imports, but you can save this for your own needs if desired.

The 'Save ICW (missing ID)' button will produce a csv file. This lists the matches that PT could not find in its database. Perhaps a new match not yet loaded, or the owner has changed the match name since the his/her page was read, or there is more than one match in the database that has the same details as the ICW person. A user can use this information to search for the individual and run PT on the page to update the database.

Importing into GDAT

ICW and Triangulation imports from Pedigree Thief can be done in any order without issues.

Ancestors of Matches

Gathering a MyHeritage match's family tree can be done in one of the following ways depending on your level of access and or personal preference.

Note: If you are going to gather tree data via either PedigreeThief or One2Tree, you will want to ensure that you are viewing a match's tree from the point that they have assigned to themselves, and not from the home person in the tree (which can occur if the DNA kit is managed by a different person). In GDAT, use the "Links Specific to the current Profile" "Go" button to reach the match's page at MyHeritage. Then scroll down to find the match's tree on the page, this usually appears below the "Shared DNA Matches" listing. Click on the match in this tree view, and then on "View in Tree". From here, you can use one of the browser extensions to gather the available tree data. If you choose to use the "View Tree" link at the top of a match page, there is the possibility that you may end up viewing the tree from a different person's position, and not your DNA Match's position in the tree.