Yes, and unfortunately, it's not moving a month every month or anywhere near that, so you can't just look at the date now, deduct it from the present year and say, I waited x years so far, so that's how many is left......
"a couple months before the divorce was finalized in the US, we got married in a small courthouse type marriage in Syria."
Like I said on Reddit, obviously an invalid marriage as you were not free to marry....
Your wife becomes a citizen after her oath ceremony. If your step-daughter is a permanent resident under 18 and living with your wife in her custody on that day, then she'll also become a citizen then.
My Hungarian passport expired in 2017 and I haven't renewed it. I entered and left Hungary several times since on my US passport (staying more than 90 days), I asked them at the border if that's a problem and was told no, they can see my place of birth is Hungary on my US passport and assume I haven't renounced my Hungarian citizenship (I haven't) so no problem....