diff --git a/src/common/utilities.js b/src/common/utilities.js
index 0936894..511731c 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities.js
+++ b/src/common/utilities.js
@@ -116,10 +116,30 @@ export function getImmediateFilterParent (associations, filter) {
   return parents[parents.length - 1]
 }
 
+/**
+ * Grab a meta filter's siblings, by way of the the `filter_path` hierarcy.
+*/
+export function getMetaFilterSiblings (allFilters, filterParent, filterKey) {
+  const idxParent = allFilters.map(f => {
+    return f.filter_paths.reduceRight((acc, path, idx) => {
+      if (path === filterParent) return f.filter_paths[idx + 1]
+      return acc
+    }, null)
+  })
+    .filter(metaFilter => !!metaFilter && metaFilter !== filterKey)
+  return [ ...(new Set(idxParent)) ]
+}
+
 /**
  * Grabs a given filter's siblings: the set of associations that share the same immediate filter parent.
 */
 export function getFilterSiblings (allFilters, filterParent, filterKey) {
+  const isMetaFilter = !allFilters.map(filt => filt.id).includes(filterKey)
+
+  if (isMetaFilter) {
+    return getMetaFilterSiblings(allFilters, filterParent, filterKey)
+  }
+
   return allFilters.reduce((acc, val) => {
     const valParent = getImmediateFilterParent(allFilters, val.id)
     if (valParent === filterParent && val.id !== filterKey) acc.push(val.id)
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar/FilterListPanel.js b/src/components/Toolbar/FilterListPanel.js
index 867d7cf..530aa94 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar/FilterListPanel.js
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar/FilterListPanel.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import Checkbox from '../presentational/Checkbox'
 import copy from '../../common/data/copy.json'
-import { getFilterIdxFromColorSet } from '../../common/utilities'
+import { getFilterIdxFromColorSet, getFilterParents } from '../../common/utilities'
 import { colors } from '../../common/global'
 
+function hasOnParent (filters, activeFilters, filterKey) {
+  return getFilterParents(filters, filterKey).some(r => activeFilters.indexOf(r) >= 0)
+}
+
 /** recursively get an array of node keys to toggle */
 function childrenToToggle (filter, activeFilters, parentOn) {
   const [key, children] = filter
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ function childrenToToggle (filter, activeFilters, parentOn) {
     return [key]
   }
   const childKeys = Object.entries(children)
-    .flatMap(filter => childrenToToggle(filter, activeFilters, isOn))
+    .flatMap(filter => childrenToToggle(filter, activeFilters, isOn || parentOn))
   // NB: if turning a parent off, don't toggle off children on.
   //     likewise if turning a parent on, don't toggle on children off
   if (!((!parentOn && isOn) || (parentOn && !isOn))) {
@@ -46,7 +50,9 @@ function FilterListPanel ({
 }) {
   function createNodeComponent (filter, depth) {
     const [key, children] = filter
-    const matchingKeys = childrenToToggle(filter, activeFilters, activeFilters.includes(key))
+    const anyParentOn = activeFilters.includes(key) || hasOnParent(filters, activeFilters, key)
+    const matchingKeys = childrenToToggle(filter, activeFilters, anyParentOn)
+
     const idxFromColorSet = getFilterIdxFromColorSet(key, coloringSet)
 
     const assignedColor = idxFromColorSet !== -1 && activeFilters.includes(key) ? filterColors[idxFromColorSet] : colors.white
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ function FilterListPanel ({
         <Checkbox
           label={key}
           isActive={activeFilters.includes(key)}
-          onClickCheckbox={() => onSelectFilter(key, matchingKeys)}
+          onClickCheckbox={() => { onSelectFilter(key, matchingKeys) }}
           backgroundColor={assignedColor}
         />
         {Object.keys(children).length > 0
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar/Layout.js b/src/components/Toolbar/Layout.js
index 9ac5806..7f866f3 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar/Layout.js
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar/Layout.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import FilterListPanel from './FilterListPanel'
 import CategoriesListPanel from './CategoriesListPanel'
 import BottomActions from './BottomActions'
 import copy from '../../common/data/copy.json'
-import { trimAndEllipse, getImmediateFilterParent, getFilterSiblings } from '../../common/utilities.js'
+import { trimAndEllipse, getImmediateFilterParent, getFilterSiblings, getFilterParents } from '../../common/utilities.js'
 
 class Toolbar extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ class Toolbar extends React.Component {
         }
 
         if (siblingsOff && isTurningOff) {
-          matchingKeys.push(parent)
+          const grandparentsOn = getFilterParents(filters, key).filter(filt => activeFilters.includes(filt))
+          matchingKeys = matchingKeys.concat(grandparentsOn)
         }
       }
     }
+
     this.props.methods.onSelectFilter(matchingKeys)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/Checkbox.js b/src/components/presentational/Checkbox.js
index 932da86..d528f59 100644
--- a/src/components/presentational/Checkbox.js
+++ b/src/components/presentational/Checkbox.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export default ({ label, isActive, onClickCheckbox, backgroundColor }) => {
 
   return (
     <div className={(isActive) ? 'item active' : 'item'}>
-      <span onClick={() => onClickCheckbox()}>{label}</span>
-      <button onClick={() => onClickCheckbox()}>
+      <span>{label}</span>
+      <button onClick={onClickCheckbox}>
         <div className='checkbox' style={styles} />
       </button>
     </div>