I recently came across a theory that Voldemort used Bertha Jorkins' unborn foetus to live in until he could get his body back, in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.
Is there any canon evidence/suggestions of this theory?
As far as I can remember, Voldemort 'damages her mind and body beyond recognition' when he tortures her for information, and breaks the Memory charm that made her forget Barty Jr. Later, he also praises Wormtail at having helped him obtain this body temporarily. But that doesn't necessarily prove anything.
Answer
No. There's absolutely no canon confirmation (in the book texts, supplementary materials, films, Pottermore or interviews with JKR) that indicate that Bertha Jorkins was pregnant, nor that Voldemort wanted her for any other reason than the memories she carried about Crouch Jr. and her knowledge of the Triwizard Tournament.
Whoever came up with this fan-theory seems to have based it purely on their own interpretation of the quote that JKR gave in 2007, that the way in which Voldemort came by his rudimentary body made her editor feel physically sick:
JKR: I see it as a series of things you would have to do. So you would have to perform a spell. But you would also-- I don't even know if I want to say it out loud, I know that sounds funny. But I did really think it through. There are two things that I think are too horrible, actually, to go into detail about. One of them is how Pettigrew brought Voldemort back into a rudimentary body. 'Cause I told my editor what I thought happened there, and she looked as though she was gonna vomit. And then-- and the other thing is, how you make a Horcrux. And I don't even like-- I don't know. Will it be in the Encyclopedia? I don't know if I can bring myself to, ummm... I don't know.
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