Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te mema tuatahi o te whanau, ko Constantine Gabras, i uru ki te 976<unk>979 te tutu o Bardas Skleros, a i mate ia i te pakanga i te 979. I puta mai tetahi "patrikios" Gabras i te 1018, i matapotia mo te whakapae tahi me te Elemag Bulgarian ki te whakahoki mai i te
I hinga tata nei te Emepaea o Bulgarian; heoi, kaore i te maarama, he aha tona hononga ki te Chaldian Gabrades, mena he rangatira Bulgarian ranei ia. I te tau 1040, ko Michael Gabras tetahi o nga kaiarahi o te whakapae a te rangatira rangatira ki te Whare o nga Kura a Constantine, teina o Emperor Michael IV (r. 1034<unk>1041) Ko te tikanga o te ture. I matapotia hoki ia me ona hoa whakatupu.