How can Many Worlds be reconciled with unequal probabilities

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Sherwood Botsford
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If I understand the many worlds QM interpretation correctly, for every quantum event the universe divides.

However not all quantum events have a 50/50 probability. How does the many worlds interpretation deal with quantum events that have,say a 1/3 2/3 probability split?
 
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I have been told that it is the probability that you end up in a certain branch. But that would suggest 'you' don't end up in a different branch. I find it puzzling.
 
Sherwood Botsford said:
If I understand the many worlds QM interpretation correctly, for every quantum event the universe divides.

However not all quantum events have a 50/50 probability. How does the many worlds interpretation deal with quantum events that have,say a 1/3 2/3 probability split?
That's essentially the problem of the origin of Born rule in MWI, which is an unsolved problem.