How to Transfer Your Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) Tree to MyHeritage: A Step-by-Step Guide

[@marioq2759]

If we get involved with My heritage we should get more results and extra people on our DNA profile. If they do not it’s not fair and someone should do something about it. It feels like they are taking advantage over us and not allowing us the full scope of our DNA. They seem to know way more about our DNA than they allow us to know.

[@familyhistoryhound]

In this case we are just connecting our FTDNA tree to a tree at MyHeritage. You can upload your DNA to MyHeritage and for a fee you'll get access to the tools they offer.

[@carolynatkinson5456]

I have one tree on MH, it includes all the ones I have FTDNA kits to. Can I attach them all to one tree? They are my husband, my mother, and a male cousin on my mother's side. I also have a mtdna for me, but since I have my mother, mine is not necessary, I do not believe. I am also having my son do the 700 as my husband is in a link all by himself, and you need two to get a twig. He is the only male that I know that would do it for me on the male side of the family, they are all daughtered out. Will one tree work for them all since I am looking for different information on them all?

[@familyhistoryhound]

Yes one tree will work for all the people you have FTDNA kits for. That's what I'm doing for my family. First linking it to the tree and then going into each of the accounts and in the "settings" "genealogy" linking that person to themselves in the tree. What this does is when I a person connects to a person via DNA on FTDNA when they look at the tree they will then be taken to the MyHeritage tree so they can see how their DNA match fits in the tree. Hope this helps.

[@jrklapp]

What about multiple links between Family Tree DNA & MyHeritage. I have multiple links also as you do. Is there a separate process to link the other kits that I administer?

[@familyhistoryhound]

No I did the same process and attached it to the same tree. Key is going back to FTDNA and linking the DNA information to the correct person in the tree.

[@esaerkkila4407]

The latest error situation: you can't choose the home person, because the hourglass keeps spinning endlessly. The new business does not bring results!

[@familyhistoryhound]

You're right I gave it a try on one of the accounts that I still hadn't moved over. It just spun around. But I figure if I get them all attached to my tree I can link them to the correct person after. I did message FTDNA and asked them about it and whether it was a FTDNA problem or a MyHeritage problem. One problem I ran into was I have so many kits that I look after for family that I got a message from MyHeritage that I'd used the two-factor to many times and I needed to wait 20 minutes. LOL

[@esaerkkila4407]

I have several DNA accounts in FamilyTreeDNA, but only a couple of them have been connected to MyHeritage. Other accounts always crash with an error. A new attempt won't help. When will the linking be fixed to work?

[@familyhistoryhound]

I would suggest linking to the tree for now and then doing the update to the person after it's fixed. As I said in another message. I have an inquiry into FTDNA. You could send one it as well. :)