Not confusing to me--I've got it all on my screen!
The Debbies are related, with DAS being from the San Diego/Castro Valley area. DAS's father is DJS's cousin MS, Jr. Her mother (RES) is the one who signed Ch***'s Naturalization form as a witness to her good character (along with RS). Her grandfather is RS's oldest brother MS. The age span is so great that RS is actually much closer in age to his nephew MS, Jr than his brother MS. Just to keep things lively, there is yet another Deborah S****** related somehow I believe, in Tacoma, though someone upthread mentioned she may be deceased now. She was DLS, b. 1958. The one in Scottsdale is likely DAS, I agree; yes, military permeates the family.
And... if we haven't confused them before, we probably have, now.
Certain names are favored and used repeatedly in this extended family--also a lot of variations on Rose-Rosalie-Rochelle-etc. Some of the family is LDS; another strain is Lutheran, another is Eastern Star. There are specific studies done in that last group concerning women prophets of the Bible, Deborah being one of them. It may be why they favor the name so much.[/QUOTE
So not first cousins, but second cousins. I did notice that the Stldr family tends to use the same names repeatedly. I don't know if it makes any difference to your investigation, PIM, but the DS in Tacoma has indeed passed away. I did see that RWS was listed as residing in Tacoma, in an apartment building that is now a fast food place. That gave me pause, because it is quite close to a military base. The likeliest explanation is that RWS's info was jumbled with the Tacoma family's, but I don't know for sure. Also, it stood out me as TJT the eldest daughter of TT lives there, and it is very close to where BST perished. I don't know what that means, if anything.