I need assistance with overall connectivity issues

If these are mains powered then they are almost certainly repeating also.

I had a lot of trouble with Sonoff S31's which is discussed at length in this post.

I wouldn't be surprised if other Sonoff products use the exact same chipset and antenna.

Just yesterday I released a Zigbee Monitor Driver that gives you some insights into Parent->Child relationships, signal strength and routing. You can find that discussed here:

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