The bard, as part of the rogue group, was one of the standard character classes available in the second edition Player's Handbook; in this edition, the bard was regularized.
Also, not all babies are born with blue eyes. Babies of African, Asian, and Hispanic descent are more likely to be born with brown eyes. This is because darker-skinned individuals tend to have more melanin in their eyes than Caucasians. Even so, a baby's eye color may deepen over time.
The skin also produces melanin when it's exposed to the sun's UV rays. Similar to skin tone, the more melanin that is present, the darker the eye color. Therefore, it is more common for Caucasian babies to be born with blue eyes than for African American babies, since Caucasian babies have less melanin.