Jim Stephenson was born in Sunderland, England in 1930 and grew up during the German bombings of World War II. Judy Berns Stephenson was born in 1945 and grew up in a conservative ...view moreJim Stephenson was born in Sunderland, England in 1930 and grew up during the German bombings of World War II. Judy Berns Stephenson was born in 1945 and grew up in a conservative Jewish family in Akron, Ohio. She met Jim while hitchhiking around England in 1966, during her time as an exchange student at Cambridge Univertsity. They have one daughter, Betsy, who traveled with them as a child.view less