queue[0] = x;
        return 0;
      }
      int parentIndex = getParentIndex(index);
      E parentElement = elementData(parentIndex);
      if (parentIndex != 0) {
        /*
         * This is a guard for the case of the childless aunt node. Since the end of the array is
         * actually the middle of the heap, a smaller childless aunt node can become a child of x