is it true that when you are born you have blue eyes? if so, why?

Question: is it true that when you are born you have blue eyes? if so, why?
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Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Mo Rassul on 19 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Catherine Mansfield answered on 19 Mar 2014:
  
  Yes, this is true. The pigment in our eyes that makes them brown is called ‘melanin’. When we are born the melanin has not yet been deposited in the eye so they appear blue. If the baby has the genes for brown eyes, then their eyes will gradually get darker and turn brown over the first year.

Question: is it true that when you are born you have blue eyes? if so, why?