Image in the Sand

Prime Timeline

Year	Event
2331	● [1] Joseph Sisko meets his future wife Sarah in Jackson Square, New Orleans, in June of this year. They will marry two months later. [2]   People :  Joseph Sisko, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Sarah Sisko   Species :  Prophets ● [3] Sarah Sisko and Joseph Sisko marry in August. [2]   People :  Joseph Sisko, Sarah Sisko, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko   Species :  Humans, Prophets, Pah-wraiths
2332	● [4] Bemjamin Lafayette Sisko is born in New Orleans on Earth to Sarah Sisko and Joseph Sisko. [5]   People :  Sarah Sisko, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Joseph Sisko   Species :  Prophets
2333	● [6] Banjamin Lafayett Sisko has his first birthday. [2]   People :  Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Joseph Sisko, Sarah Sisko ● [4] Two days after Benjamin Sisko's first birthday, his mother Sarah walked out on her family. Joseph Sisko will spend the next three years searching for her. [2]   People :  Sarah Sisko, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Joseph Sisko   Species :  Prophets
2336	● [4] Joseph Sisko finally tracks down his wife, Sarah Sisko, in Australia. However, much to his distress he discovers that she had died a month earlier in a hovercraft accident. He would later remarry, and let Benjamin Sisko believe his new wife was Ben's mother until telling the real story in 2375. [2]   People :  Sarah Sisko, Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, Joseph Sisko   Species :  Prophets
2375	● [2] Kira is promoted to Colonel. [2]   People :  Major Kira Nerys

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References

#	Series	Season	Source	Comment
1	DS9	7	Image in the Sand	Joseph gives the specific date
2	DS9	7	Image in the Sand
3	DS9	7	Image in the Sand	Two months after they met, as per Joseph's description
4	DS9	7	Image in the Sand	Joseph gives the reference
5	DS9	1	Emissary
6	DS9	7	Image in the Sand	Joseph gives the reference. This could possibly be in May or later, presuming that Sarah became pregnant after the marriage in July. Although there's really no reason she might not become pregnant earlier than this.

Series :	DS9 Season 7
Episode :	Image in the Sand
Comment :	Joseph gives the specific date

Series :	DS9 Season 7
Episode :	Image in the Sand

Series :	DS9 Season 7
Episode :	Image in the Sand
Comment :	Two months after they met, as per Joseph's description

Series :	DS9 Season 7
Episode :	Image in the Sand
Comment :	Joseph gives the reference

Series :	DS9 Season 1
Episode :	Emissary

Series :	DS9 Season 7
Episode :	Image in the Sand
Comment :	Joseph gives the reference. This could possibly be in May or later, presuming that Sarah became pregnant after the marriage in July. Although there's really no reason she might not become pregnant earlier than this.

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