Does Myheritage really like to give a lot of people "free Jewish" ancestry?

[Chris596]

Just to be clear: I'm not against Jews in any way possible, this thread is not targeted against them, but more against Myheritage and their ,,cheesy'' ancestry reports.


I am seriously interested in this. In many cases, I find the results of some people (including me) strange and inaccurate.
I have read in several places / forums (here too) that Myheritage often gives a large dose of Jewish ancestry even to people who really do not have, or only very minimally Jewish ancestry. I got 1.2% ,,Ashkenazi Jewish'' in my first ancestry report and since then I really don't know if I had Jewish ancestors or not.

Other than Myheritage and DNA.land for some reason, there are no calculators which think that I have Semitic/Jewish ancestry. After I did my second DNA upload the Jewish ancestry was gone and instead of it I got Japanese, which, as it turns out is not true either because I have ,,Chinese'' and some Southeast Asian blood. Sadly, I think that Myheritage really has some secret agenda and they try to fool people into thinking they have some Jewish ancestry, but in my case it's probably 0 - 0.5% as Ion Basescul has told me.

I have another thread about a Hungarian woman who was told by Myheritage that she is more than 10% Mizrahi/Iranian Jewish which is obviously a lie and impossible in Hungary, she also said that they changed her West-Asian to Jewish probably.

I also bought G25 coordinates and literally there's not a single G25 calculator which thinks that I'm Jewish, but I always get at least 1.2 - 2.4% East Asian (mainly Chinese). This is why I think that Myheritage changed that 1.2% East Asian to 1.2% Jewish on purpose... At least they did not lie about my Balkan ancestry which is what represents most of my genetic make-up. Maybe I'm missing something or there's really a secret agenda?

Please share your opinion on this matter!

[Chris596]

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Any opinions?

[Kyp]

Same experience. My brother is 3-4 %Mongoloid yet he got free 2-3% Ashkenazi Jewish while both our parents didn't have Jewish.

[Chris596]

Same experience. My brother is 3-4 %Mongoloid yet he got free 2-3% Ashkenazi Jewish while both our parents didn't have Jewish.

That is just hilarious (I mean not your brother, but his results with your background). Maybe they think if they replace the Asian/Mongoloid in some people's ancestry reports they won't find it out?

[JohnnyP]

I dont know ,same with me i have it on MyHeritage but im not aware of it from my ancestors.

[RandomGuy20]

No Jewish readings here from MH. Got a little East Asian in my 23andme (Central Asian after last update). I maybe have a touch of Jewish in the family from rumours but not sure.
Good news is you will probably be granted citizenship into the chosen land if you wanted

[Chris596]

I dont know ,same with me i have it on MyHeritage but im not aware of it from my ancestors.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Do you know what they presumably replaced, or maybe you've already figured it out like me?

[Chris596]

No Jewish readings here from MH. Got a little East Asian in my 23andme (Central Asian after last update). I maybe have a touch of Jewish in the family from rumours but not sure.
Good news is you will probably be granted citizenship into the chosen land if you wanted

Haha alright, but as I have said it's probably ,,faked'' ancestry in my case, but who knows, maybe they know it better. I'm really curious what would I get if I ever did a 23andme test (Jewish or not?).

[RandomGuy20]

Haha alright, but as I have said it's probably ,,faked'' ancestry in my case, but who knows, maybe they know it better. I'm really curious what would I get if I ever did a 23andme test (Jewish or not?).

Hehe was just messing around.
But yeah I've heard other people also saying they've had surprise Jewish ancestry or over represented with MH - tbh was one of the reasons I opted in to track family history, can't say from personal experience though.
Have you had DNA testing with other companies?

[JohnnyP]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Do you know what they presumably replaced, or maybe you've already figured it out like me?

that would be Medditeranean dna like Greek and South Italians.
Btw in my way is inaccurate , coz on dna.land,geneplaza and ftdna i have 10%+ Ashkenazi or Shepardic Jew and on myheritage i have 2.3%.So i think ur theory about Jews agenda is false They made me less Jewish ;D