diff --git a/app/repository/family.py b/app/repository/family.py
index e6562ae0..750f0cd6 100644
--- a/app/repository/family.py
+++ b/app/repository/family.py
@@ -34,31 +34,23 @@
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-FamilyGeoMetaOrg = Tuple[Family, Geography, FamilyMetadata, Corpus, Organisation]
+FamilyGeoMetaOrg = Tuple[
+    Family,
+    list[str],
+    FamilyMetadata,
+    Corpus,
+    Organisation,
+]
 
 
 def _get_query(db: Session) -> Query:
     # NOTE: SqlAlchemy will make a complete hash of query generation
     #       if columns are used in the query() call. Therefore, entire
     #       objects are returned.
-    # return (
-    #     db.query(Family, Geography, FamilyMetadata, Corpus, Organisation)
-    #     .join(FamilyGeography, FamilyGeography.family_import_id == Family.import_id)
-    #     .join(
-    #         Geography,
-    #         Geography.id == FamilyGeography.geography_id,
-    #     )
-    #     .join(FamilyMetadata, FamilyMetadata.family_import_id == Family.import_id)
-    #     .join(FamilyCorpus, FamilyCorpus.family_import_id == Family.import_id)
-    #     .join(Corpus, Corpus.import_id == FamilyCorpus.corpus_import_id)
-    #     .join(Organisation, Corpus.organisation_id == Organisation.id)
-    #     .distinct(Family.import_id)
-    # )
 
     geography_subquery = (
         db.query(
             FamilyGeography.family_import_id,
-            func.array_agg(Geography.id).label("geography_ids"),
             func.array_agg(Geography.value).label("geography_values"),
         )
         .join(Geography, Geography.id == FamilyGeography.geography_id)
@@ -69,7 +61,6 @@ def _get_query(db: Session) -> Query:
     query = (
         db.query(
             Family,
-            geography_subquery.c.geography_ids,
             geography_subquery.c.geography_values,
             FamilyMetadata,
             Corpus,
@@ -86,7 +77,6 @@ def _get_query(db: Session) -> Query:
         .group_by(
             Family.import_id,
             Family.title,
-            geography_subquery.c.geography_ids,  # Include aggregated fields
             geography_subquery.c.geography_values,
             FamilyMetadata.family_import_id,
             Corpus.import_id,
@@ -106,26 +96,23 @@ def _get_query(db: Session) -> Query:
 def _family_to_dto(
     db: Session, fam_geo_meta_corp_org: FamilyGeoMetaOrg
 ) -> FamilyReadDTO:
-    fam, geo_value, meta, corpus, org = fam_geo_meta_corp_org
+    (
+        fam,
+        geo_values,
+        meta,
+        corpus,
+        org,
+    ) = fam_geo_meta_corp_org
+
     metadata = cast(dict, meta.value)
     org = cast(str, org.name)
 
-    geographies = [
-        str(g.value)
-        for g in db.query(Geography)
-        .join(FamilyGeography, FamilyGeography.geography_id == Geography.id)
-        .filter(FamilyGeography.family_import_id == fam.import_id)
-        .all()
-    ]
-
-    # If you want to ensure only one geography is returned, you can handle it here
-
     return FamilyReadDTO(
         import_id=str(fam.import_id),
         title=str(fam.title),
         summary=str(fam.description),
-        geography=str(geo_value.value),
-        geographies=geographies,
+        geography=str(geo_values[0]),
+        geographies=[str(value) for value in geo_values],
         category=str(fam.family_category),
         status=str(fam.family_status),
         metadata=metadata,