Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko te mema tuatahi o te whanau, ko Constantine Gabras, i uru ki te 976<unk>979 tutu o Bardas Skleros, a i mate i te pakanga i te 979. Ka puta mai he "patrikios" Gabras i te tau 1018, i matapotia mo te whakamahere tahi me te Elemag Bulgarian ki te whakahoki mai i te mea kua oti te whakaiti
Bulgarian Empire; kaore i te maarama, he aha te whanaungatanga ki a 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.