From left: John and Meghan McCain.Photo: Heidi Gutman /Disney General Entertainment Content via GettyMeghan McCainsees a piece of her late fatherJohn McCainin her little girl.In this week’s episode of PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Mom, the 37-year-old reveals that her 15-month-old daughterLiberty Sagehas one of the same habits as her dad John,who died on Aug. 25, 2018, after lengthy treatment for brain cancer.“So this is very strange … DNA and genes are strange,” Meghan begins. “[Liberty] does this thing with her hands, and [my dad] used to do that all the time. I don’t do it. I don’t know where it comes from but she does it even now.”" I told my mother-in-law it creeps me out when she does it because it’s this tic my dad used to do with his hands," adds Meghan, who shares daughter Liberty with husband Ben Domenech.“So it’s stuff like that, but I loved my dad and I love my mother in a way that’s the way I think a lot of people love their parents, they’re the people that raised you,” she continues. “And with my dad in particular, he was just so much for so much of my life in so many different ways. But with my daughter, it’s just pure. She’s perfection.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Elsewhere in the interview, Meghan opens up about her miscarriage, calling it one of the “darkest times” in her life.“It’s like every sense in my body was overwhelmed and then I was heartbroken,” she says.She first publicly revealed in aNew York Timesop-ed in July 2019 that she had been pregnant with a daughter but subsequentlysuffered a miscarriage. She called the loss a “horrendous experience” at the time, adding that she “would not wish it upon anyone.“Meghan Mccain.Meghan McCain/InstagramThe 12-episodeweeklyMe Becoming Mompodcastexplores the various roads to motherhood through different interviews with both celebrity guests and experts in the field. Topics on the show include IVF, adoption, surrogacy, single parenthood, same-sex couples, home births, pregnancy loss, unexpected and surprising birth stories, among other subjects.Guests on the show include Allyson Felix,Hoda Kotb, Jillian Michaels, Shawn Johnson East and more.

From left: John and Meghan McCain.Photo: Heidi Gutman /Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

John McCain, Meghan McCain

Meghan McCainsees a piece of her late fatherJohn McCainin her little girl.In this week’s episode of PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Mom, the 37-year-old reveals that her 15-month-old daughterLiberty Sagehas one of the same habits as her dad John,who died on Aug. 25, 2018, after lengthy treatment for brain cancer.“So this is very strange … DNA and genes are strange,” Meghan begins. “[Liberty] does this thing with her hands, and [my dad] used to do that all the time. I don’t do it. I don’t know where it comes from but she does it even now.”” I told my mother-in-law it creeps me out when she does it because it’s this tic my dad used to do with his hands,” adds Meghan, who shares daughter Liberty with husband Ben Domenech.“So it’s stuff like that, but I loved my dad and I love my mother in a way that’s the way I think a lot of people love their parents, they’re the people that raised you,” she continues. “And with my dad in particular, he was just so much for so much of my life in so many different ways. But with my daughter, it’s just pure. She’s perfection.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Elsewhere in the interview, Meghan opens up about her miscarriage, calling it one of the “darkest times” in her life.“It’s like every sense in my body was overwhelmed and then I was heartbroken,” she says.She first publicly revealed in aNew York Timesop-ed in July 2019 that she had been pregnant with a daughter but subsequentlysuffered a miscarriage. She called the loss a “horrendous experience” at the time, adding that she “would not wish it upon anyone.“Meghan Mccain.Meghan McCain/InstagramThe 12-episodeweeklyMe Becoming Mompodcastexplores the various roads to motherhood through different interviews with both celebrity guests and experts in the field. Topics on the show include IVF, adoption, surrogacy, single parenthood, same-sex couples, home births, pregnancy loss, unexpected and surprising birth stories, among other subjects.Guests on the show include Allyson Felix,Hoda Kotb, Jillian Michaels, Shawn Johnson East and more.

Meghan McCainsees a piece of her late fatherJohn McCainin her little girl.

In this week’s episode of PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Mom, the 37-year-old reveals that her 15-month-old daughterLiberty Sagehas one of the same habits as her dad John,who died on Aug. 25, 2018, after lengthy treatment for brain cancer.

“So this is very strange … DNA and genes are strange,” Meghan begins. “[Liberty] does this thing with her hands, and [my dad] used to do that all the time. I don’t do it. I don’t know where it comes from but she does it even now.”

" I told my mother-in-law it creeps me out when she does it because it’s this tic my dad used to do with his hands,” adds Meghan, who shares daughter Liberty with husband Ben Domenech.

“So it’s stuff like that, but I loved my dad and I love my mother in a way that’s the way I think a lot of people love their parents, they’re the people that raised you,” she continues. “And with my dad in particular, he was just so much for so much of my life in so many different ways. But with my daughter, it’s just pure. She’s perfection.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Elsewhere in the interview, Meghan opens up about her miscarriage, calling it one of the “darkest times” in her life.

“It’s like every sense in my body was overwhelmed and then I was heartbroken,” she says.

She first publicly revealed in aNew York Timesop-ed in July 2019 that she had been pregnant with a daughter but subsequentlysuffered a miscarriage. She called the loss a “horrendous experience” at the time, adding that she “would not wish it upon anyone.”

Meghan Mccain.Meghan McCain/Instagram

Meghan McCain

The 12-episodeweeklyMe Becoming Mompodcastexplores the various roads to motherhood through different interviews with both celebrity guests and experts in the field. Topics on the show include IVF, adoption, surrogacy, single parenthood, same-sex couples, home births, pregnancy loss, unexpected and surprising birth stories, among other subjects.

Guests on the show include Allyson Felix,Hoda Kotb, Jillian Michaels, Shawn Johnson East and more.

source: people.com