diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/family_acc.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/family_acc.cc
index a9798977..8f647a1b 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/family_acc.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/family_acc.cc
@@ -742,8 +742,17 @@ long WrenchFamilyWallet(CVars in, CVars &out){
             map<const char*, const char*>f = pgsql_fetch_assoc(res0, 0);
             map_to_cvars(f, rec0);
             family_member_id = rec0["family_member_id"].Long();
+            
+                CVars vw;
+                if( load_db_record(vw, "SELECT c.code AS currency from members m LEFT JOIN currency c ON c.country = m.country WHERE m.id=%lu AND m.country IS NOT NULL",in["member_id"].Long())> 0 ){
+                     logfmt(logINFO, "********~~~~~~~~ WrenchFamilyWallet() ------ CheckWallet() = %lu",parent_member_id);
+                   // vw["currency"] = "NAIRA";  // this might become a variable based on the country
+                    //vw["currency"].set_valid( true );
+                     long wallet_id = CheckWallet(family_member_id,vw); // making sure we have a wallet
+                }
         }
         else{
+        out["error_msg"] ="member_family_wallet_not_found";
            return 0;
         }