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App turns B&W photos into color

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israeli family tree software company MyHeritage has launched a groundbreaking feature to automatically colorize black and white photos. It brings family pictures to life and helps relate more personally to events and people from times gone by. See the youtube … Continue reading →

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Genetic health screening

Posted on May 26, 2019

MyHeritage, the Israeli online genealogy and DNA testing company, is to offer customers a genetic health report. It will identify carriers of recessive genetic diseases, or the inherited BRCA gene or genetic markers for risk of so-called “polygenic” diseases, like … Continue reading →

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Israeli tech reunites Korean sisters

Posted on March 16, 2019

In 1972, a Korean toddler and her baby sister were abandoned by their parents. Taken to separate orphanages, they were adopted by different families in the US and Belgium. 47 years later, they were reunited, thanks to a DNA test … Continue reading →

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Preserving family history in Papua New Guinea

Posted on June 5, 2016

Israeli genealogical website MyHeritage recorded family stories of some of the 800 native tribes in Papua New Guinea.  MyHeritage’s Golan Levi said, “no matter the color of our skin or where we live, deep down we are all basically the … Continue reading →

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DNA test for your family tree

Posted on November 2, 2014

Israel-based ancestry research company MyHeritage has joined up with 23andMe, the biotech company that sells personal DNA kits, to enable people to discover their heritage based on genetics testing and documented family history. http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/10/21/23andme-joins-myhertiage-to-trace-your-family-tree-using-dna/

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Why Israel’s tech ecosystem became a world leader

Posted on June 29, 2014

(Thanks to David F) Another analysis on why Tel Aviv has become such a magnet for start-ups. It includes interviews with Gilad Japhet of MyHeritage, Saul Singer (author of Start-up Nation) and Shimon Shocken (Dean of IDC’s Efi Arazi School … Continue reading →

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Three of the fastest growing companies are Israeli

Posted on December 8, 2013

Deloitte’s EMEA Fast 500 ranks three Israeli companies among the ten European technology companies with the highest rates of growth. MyThings (advertising) was placed second, Trusteer (IT security) was fifth and MyHeritage (family trees and genealogy) was tenth. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000898022

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Use Israeli technology to build your family tree

Posted on September 30, 2012

Israel-based MyHeritage now includes automated smart record matching to link family names to original documents, birth records, marriage certificates, Ellis Island passenger lists, newspapers and even tombstones. http://gigaom.com/europe/myheritage-automates-record-matching-as-genealogy-wars-heat-up/

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