Brinson Stephen's family has owned land in Texas for multiple generations. Her great-grandparents, Alta and Wilmer McCullough, inherited a 9,800 acre ranch in Bryan, Texas in the early 1900s. Brinson's grandparents, Jean and Stan Stephen, had three children including Brinson's father Brian Stephen. Brian and his wife Lesli have four children including Brinson. Brinson grew up on 800 acres of the family's land in College Station, Texas where they still manage the land for cattle and wildlife. Agriculture remains an important part of Brinson's family heritage and way of life.