diff --git a/geneit_backend/src/extractors/family_extractor.rs b/geneit_backend/src/extractors/family_extractor.rs
index c05a7ac..71ac68e 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/src/extractors/family_extractor.rs
+++ b/geneit_backend/src/extractors/family_extractor.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use crate::models::{FamilyID, Membership, UserID};
+use crate::models::{FamilyID, Membership};
 use crate::services::families_service;
 use crate::services::login_token_service::LoginToken;
 use actix_web::dev::Payload;
 use actix_web::{FromRequest, HttpRequest};
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::ops::Deref;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct FamilyInPath(Membership);
@@ -15,31 +16,21 @@ impl FamilyInPath {
     async fn load_family_from_path(t: &LoginToken, id: FamilyID) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self(families_service::get_membership(id, t.user_id).await?))
     }
+}
 
-    pub fn user_id(&self) -> UserID {
-        self.0.user_id()
-    }
+impl Deref for FamilyInPath {
+    type Target = Membership;
 
-    pub fn family_id(&self) -> FamilyID {
-        self.0.family_id()
-    }
-
-    pub fn is_admin(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_admin
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
     }
 }
 
-impl FamilyInPathWithAdminMembership {
-    pub fn user_id(&self) -> UserID {
-        self.0.user_id()
-    }
+impl Deref for FamilyInPathWithAdminMembership {
+    type Target = FamilyInPath;
 
-    pub fn family_id(&self) -> FamilyID {
-        self.0.family_id()
-    }
-
-    pub fn is_admin(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_admin()
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
     }
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ impl FromRequest for FamilyInPathWithAdminMembership {
         Box::pin(async move {
             let family = FamilyInPath::extract(&req).await?;
 
-            if !family.is_admin() {
+            if !family.is_admin {
                 log::error!(
                     "The user {:?} attempted to perform restricted action on family {:?}!",
                     family.user_id(),