diff --git a/gramps/plugins/drawreport/ancestortree.py b/gramps/plugins/drawreport/ancestortree.py
index 546ca7f22..35f9b0065 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/drawreport/ancestortree.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/drawreport/ancestortree.py
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ class CalcItems:
         _gui = GUIConnect()
 
         #calculate the printed lines for each box
-        #display_repl = [] #Not used in this report
         #str = ""
         #if self.get_val('miss_val'):
         #    str = "_____"
-        self.__calc_l = CalcLines(dbase, [], _gui.locale, _gui.n_d)
+        display_repl = _gui.get_val("replace_list")
+        self.__calc_l = CalcLines(dbase, display_repl, _gui.locale, _gui.n_d)
 
         self.__blank_father = None
         self.__blank_mother = None