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MyHeritage raw data: how to get it and what it says

MyHeritage used your DNA for an ethnicity estimate and DNA Matches. The same file holds how fast you clear caffeine, how well you turn plant omega-3 into EPA and DHA, your muscle fiber type and hundreds more studied findings. Download it on a computer, drop it here, and your browser reads it in about a minute.

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01Get the file

How to download raw DNA from MyHeritage

How to download MyHeritage raw data in short: request it under Manage DNA kits, then open the emailed link within 24 hours. After that the link expires and you simply request a new one.

Ready inUsually minutes, up to 24 hours.zip

Use a computer or an Android phone. MyHeritage does not allow the download on an iPhone or iPad.

  1. 01
    Sign in to myheritage.com, open the DNA tab and choose "Manage DNA kits". Only the kit manager can download, once your results are published.
  2. 02
    Click the three dots next to your kit and choose "Download kit". If MyHeritage asks what to download, pick "DNA data file", not the CRAM file. Click "Continue", tick the box and click "Continue" again.
  3. 03
    Open the email MyHeritage sends and click the link within 24 hours. Enter your password and click "Download".
  4. 04
    Drop the .zip into the free analysis below. No need to unzip it. MyHeritage_raw_dna_data.csv works too.

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02Your AI

Ask ChatGPT or Claude about your MyHeritage data

Connect your Helisoma report once and your own AI answers from your genotypes and the studies behind them: what to eat, when to train, how late to have coffee.

  • ChatGPT and Claude connect live and read your Helisoma report themselves
  • Gemini and Whoop Coach read it as a PDF you attach
  • Your raw file never leaves your device; the AI only sees your Helisoma report

Questions people start with

  • Plan my day around my chronotype: deep work, training, last coffee

  • Build my yearly blood panel: what to test, when and why

  • Which sports fit my muscle fiber type, aerobic ceiling and injury risk?

How to connect your AI →

Your AI
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Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini · Whoop
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What's my ideal morning routine for maximum productivity?

Three findings in your report shape the answer:

  • chronotype · 15 markers your variants lean evening, consistently across all 15. A forced 6am routine works against that.
  • CYP1A2 caffeine clears slowly for you, and your ADORA2A version is the sensitive one. Moving the last coffee earlier is the cheapest thing to test.
  • FADS1 lower plant omega-3 conversion. Breakfast is the best window for salmon, sardines, or algae oil.

Try: wake by 9am, sunlight and water first, omega-rich breakfast, coffee at 10:30, deep work 11 to 2, second block 3 to 5pm.

Want a few omega-rich breakfast recipes?

Ask anything about your profile…
03The file

What is inside your MyHeritage raw data file

A .zip with one spreadsheet file inside, MyHeritage_raw_dna_data.csv. A few comment lines on top, then one line per marker with four quoted columns: RSID, CHROMOSOME, POSITION and RESULT.

"rs4680"

RSID: the marker id

The public name of the variant. Every study and database uses the same one.

"22"

CHROMOSOME

1 to 22, then X. Kits with Y chromosome data list Y markers too.

"19951271"

POSITION

The marker’s address on that chromosome, in build 37 coordinates.

"AG"

RESULT: your genotype

Both of your letters in one column. The order means nothing: AG and GA are the same.

"--"

Not measured

Two dashes mean no confident call at this spot. It never means “negative”.

.csv

Opens in Excel, but keep the original

Look at it in a spreadsheet if you like, then drop the untouched file: saving from Excel can change the format.

More: how accurate raw DNA data is.

04Beyond ethnicity and matches

What your MyHeritage raw data can tell you

The MyHeritage raw data behind your ethnicity estimate and DNA Matches also holds studied markers across five areas of your life, each finding in plain words with the study behind it.

Nutrition →
  • How fast you clear caffeine CYP1A2
  • Whether milk still sits well as an adult LCT
  • How well you turn plant omega-3 into EPA and DHA FADS1
  • Why alcohol makes some people flush ALDH2
  • Where your vitamin D, B12 and iron tend to sit
  • and more
Body & fitness →
  • Power or endurance: your muscle fiber type ACTN3
  • How your aerobic capacity responds to training
  • Strength and lean mass
  • Tendon and ligament strain under load COL5A1
  • Where your blood pressure tends to sit
  • and more
Health & longevity
  • Variants studied in people who live past 90
  • Telomere length, a marker of cell aging
  • Protective heart variants
  • Lp(a), the cholesterol particle diet barely moves
  • Background inflammation (CRP)
  • and more
Sleep & energy →
  • Morning lark or night owl
  • How late a coffee can be before it costs you sleep CYP1A2
  • Why caffeine makes some people jittery ADORA2A
  • How deep your sleep runs ADA
  • How much coffee you are drawn to drink
  • and more
Brain & mind
  • Warrior or worrier: how fast you clear dopamine COMT
  • The memory gene, and what the big studies found BDNF
  • Mood and emotional steadiness
  • Adventurous or cautious FOXP2
  • How fast you clear nicotine CYP2A6
  • and more

Open the sample report →  or  download the sample PDF

05Next steps

What to do with your MyHeritage raw data

What to do with MyHeritage raw data once it is on your computer.

01

Find out what it says about you

Matches and ethnicity use a tiny part of this file. Drop the .zip in the upload box on this page for findings on food, training, sleep and mind, each tied to its study.

02

Bring it into your AI chats

Connect your Helisoma report to ChatGPT or Claude, or attach its PDF in Gemini or Whoop Coach, and ask what your genotypes mean for your coffee, workouts and sleep.

03

Keep the original safe

Leave the .zip as MyHeritage sent it and store it privately. It is your genome in plain text, so share it only with tools that read it without keeping it.

06Questions

MyHeritage raw data questions

I don’t see a download option on MyHeritage. Why?

Usually one of three things. Your results are not published yet: the option appears once they are. You are not the kit manager: only the manager can download. Or the kit was uploaded from another company: get the file from that company. MyHeritage also blocks the download on iPhone and iPad.

Should I download the DNA data file or the CRAM file?

The DNA data file. Newer MyHeritage kits also offer a Specialized Genomic CRAM file, about 2 GB of raw sequencing reads made for specialist tools. Helisoma reads the DNA data file: the .zip with MyHeritage_raw_dna_data.csv inside.

How do I read MyHeritage raw data?

Each line gives a marker id, chromosome, position and your two letters, all in quotes. The letters mean nothing until you set them next to the studies on that marker. Helisoma does that for every marker against 1,190 curated evidence entries and explains each result in plain words.

Is it safe to analyze my MyHeritage data here?

Your MyHeritage file stays on your computer. The browser reads it locally and sends our server only the few hundred markers your report uses, under a megabyte, which you can delete in one click.

Is the MyHeritage raw data analysis free?

The first look is: no account, no card, findings in about a minute. The full report with every area, the PDF and the AI connection costs $49 once. There is no subscription.

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