From the MyHeritage Blog:
The genetic genealogy community is one of collaboration; many people seek advice and guidance from others when they receive their DNA Matches, and there are plenty of experts, including search angels, who are willing to help. For individuals looking to solve a specific genetic genealogy mystery, for example, finding their biological parents or other long-lost family members, enlisting someone else’s help can often be the missing piece that leads to a research breakthrough. At MyHeritage, we value this collaborative spirit, and wish to facilitate it, while maintaining our commitment to information security. Today we are pleased to announce that we’ve added the option to securely share DNA results with another collaborator on MyHeritage.
In the past, some users committed the bad practice of sharing their account passwords with such experts. This is prohibited on MyHeritage and violates our Terms of Service. Users must never give another person their password, as it poses significant security risks. Following a rise in security threats across the industry, we recently made Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) mandatory for viewing DNA results on MyHeritage. The introduction of mandatory Two-Factor Authentication made it much more difficult for people to share passwords with others in order to view DNA results – which is good news.
In response to many requests from the community, we’ve now added the ability to securely share DNA results with another collaborator on MyHeritage. This allows a MyHeritage user to invite someone else, usually a DNA expert, to view their DNA results and become a member of the family site on MyHeritage, which also gives the collaborator access to the user’s family tree.
Who can collaborate on DNA results
If you have DNA Matches, but feel you need assistance from someone you know and trust who has the expertise to interpret them effectively, the new sharing option may be the solution for you. Anyone you wish to share the results with must already be registered on MyHeritage. If you manage multiple DNA kits on MyHeritage, you can share the results separately for each kit that you manage. Anyone you share the results with will be required to have Two-Factor Authentication enabled on their own MyHeritage account. DNA results belonging to minors cannot be shared with another user, and minors cannot be added as collaborators for someone else’s DNA results.
There is a lot more information available in the MyHeritage Blog at: bit.ly/43z1d6I.