Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Stone na Los Angeles nye ndị nne na nna bụ́ ndị Juu. Nne ya, Hilda (née Hess), bụ onye edemede ihe nkiri, na nna ya, John Stone (a mụrụ Saul Strumwasser), bụ onye edemede na onye na-emepụta ọtụtụ ihe nkiri ogbi, gụnyere Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Shirley Temple na Charlie Chan. Hilda bụ onye Juu Bavarian sitere na Bamberg, mana amụrụ na Mexico (nna ya zere ọrụ ahụ laa azụ na 1870s) ma biri ebe ahụ afọ ise ya na ezinụlọ ya ruo mgbe a chụpụrụ ndị mba ọzọ niile n'oge
Nnupụisi Mexico nke 1910. Stone nwere nwanne nwoke David, onye bụ onye agha ụwa nke abụọ, na-eje ozi na US Navy.